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Welcome to Jollybengali.net |
Please come in, make yourself comfortably bibble burbble. My name is
Maher S. Hoque and this is my
little respite on the information superhighmaze. In this website,
you can find various information on myself, my homeland Bangladesh,
and my religion Islam as well access a collection of quotations. I
am also quite a picture wh*re so my picture gallery covers close to 6,000
pictures over the past 7 or so years. Look around and if you have any questions/comments, please feel free to contact me.
Quote of the Moment:
"Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it."
- Boethius
Following is a sample from my semi-blog, "An Amrikan Chimaera"...
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The Terrors of Owning Furniture |
The Vagabond Class and the Third Culture Kid
I sometimes wonder how the instability of my 5 years with Cerner has shaped my life in a way that just doesn't happen to people with "normal" lives. I spent 5 years leading a somewhat vagabond life. Actually, moreso than being a vagabond, my lifestyle was geared towards a sense of 'always moving on'. Nothing I did, none of my decisions were geared towards any sense of permanence. My oldest sister, who is a true vagabond, seemingly has more permanent possessions and connections than I do.
Even though I built a house two years ago, I considered it a mostly financial decision. I still do. It's a house; is it a home. It took almost 7 months of sitting on the floor in my game room before I bought a couch, not just because I wanted to get a good one but because I felt almost terrified of the idea of furniture, which (to me) symbolizes the idea of being grounded. I'm not opposed to be grounded, per se, but I'm very unfamiliar with the concept.
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The Post-Boomer Meritocrat by David Brooks |
New York Times
(Original title - Where's the Landslide?)
Why isn't Barack Obama doing better? Why, after all that has happened, does he have only a slim two- or three-point lead over John McCain, according to an average of the recent polls? Why is he basically tied with his opponent when his party is so far ahead?
His age probably has something to do with it. So does his race. But the polls and focus groups suggest that people aren't dismissive of Obama or hostile to him. Instead, they're wary and uncertain.
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