Archive for February, 2008

The same winds that have been erasing us with the sands they’ve been carrying for the past week have brought me back here: Bahrain.
Two nights ago, those same winds violently jerked me out of some dream or another when they rattled the windows and doors of our house. At four a.m., I thought that […]

An Impossible Phone Call

I’m about to do the 400-meter march of death (and I really don’t mean to make any references to any inhumane death marches in the history of the world - yikes, I’m beginning to sound like a history student). The 400-meter march is a strip of land between my dormitory and the closest train station, […]

Names of Groups of Birds

I know that this is a total cop out, but I just find this fascinating. (click here for source)
Birds in general - A flock of birds, a dissimulation of birds, volery of birds
Bitterns - A siege of bitterns, a sedge of bitterns
Chickens - A peep of chickens
Choughs - A chattering of choughs
Coots - A cover […]



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