This is a new website I’ve stumbled upon recently that you all need to check out! It’s hilarious! I’d add it to dearblankpleaseblank and MLIA as our procrastination-suitable websites.
The website is: http://DamnYouAutoCorrect.com
And here’s a sample of what’s waiting for you at the link:
As I followed my friend’s tweets on what he was going through in Tahrir Square in Egypt, today, I couldn’t help but feel proud to be Lebanese – at least for today.
I’m not going to start embellishing the life we lead in Lebanon for the sake of impressing a reader that might stumble on my blog. But today has proven the vital importance of something we’ve come to take for granted – at least in the last six years. Our freedom of speech.
We have gotten accustomed to saying anything that comes to our mind that we don’t really think about those who cannot do so.
Look at what happened in Egypt today… the government cracked down on those who tried to defy it. A bloodbath ensued in Tahrir Square.
Can you imagine what would have happened if the government cracked down on those that tried to topple it in 2006? They protested and had a two-year long sit in. And no blood was shed because of the protest directly.
Even more so, can you imagine what would have happened if March 14, which is very similar to what happened yesterday, on February 1st, in Egypt, was followed by a similar crackdown by the authorities to the one that took place in Egypt today?
So for all matters and purposes, I am proud to be Lebanese today. I am proud to be able to decide on a cold Wednesday in February to protest against the government and expect no one to beat me up in return. I am proud that I can support causes that most people frown upon and still expect nothing to happen to me. I am proud that I can criticize most top politicians in my country and be able to sleep soundly at night. I am proud to be from the country that is lightyears ahead of the whole region in everything that counts.
So do remember from time to time that there are things more important than super-fast internet, a booming economy and a fragile political peace… sometimes, being free is what matters the most.
You got it folks, Lady Gaga is releasing a fragrance to the markets that will apparently smell as a mix of semen and blood. Maybe she thinks that combining them together might make a scent that would not repel everyone within a 100-kilometer radius, but as far as I believe, it will stink.
Also, I have no idea how she’ll recreate either smells. The idea is discomforting to begin with. Ah well, to each their own, I guess.
Who’ll be buying this? :p
Lebanese people rejoice…
According to Lebanese telecom minister, Charbel Nahhas, Alfa and MTC will be launching their 3G services in 7 months time, for about 900,000 subscribers.
This will allow Lebanese mobile users to get access to speeds in the range of 7 – 21 mbps, which is a huge increase over what’s currently offered, be it through DSL or through mobile data packages.
In addition that, a fiber optic network is being built across the country, to set the path for a drastic improvement in internet speeds for end-users.
No pricing was discussed for 3G services but hopefully they won’t be as expensive as the horrid BlackBerry service currently offered.
Moreover, for those who like their phone number but dislike their operator, apparently you will be able to switch operators and keep your number. Maybe this will help create some competition between operators as they try to keep their subscribers?
Moreover, for prepaid subscribers, three new recharge options will be available soon.
The first package, available late February, will allow you to recharge a value of 30 minutes for 30 days, for $10. The second one available two months later will give you 60 minutes that will last you 30 days, for 25,000LL. And the third package, available in July, will give you 120 minutes of talktime for 48,000LL or $32.
Hopefully this won’t be just political talk and that we’d get more tangible information soon enough. A true broadband experience will do wonders for the Lebanese economy.’
A jobless British 29 year old man is set to become a grandfather after his fourteen year old daughter got impregnated by her fifteen year old boyfriend.
She is to give birth in August.
This man’s mother also gave birth to him when she was 18 years old, a teenager. And when his daughter delivers, there will be six generations of his family alive: his great-grandmother, his grandmother, his mother, himself, his daughter and his grandson/granddaughter.
Honestly, this is all too weird. How messed up can a family be to have a sequence of teen pregnancies with two of them being as early as early adolescence? It’s like a vicious circle. His mom brought him into this world when she was young and he brought his girl into this world when he was fifteen. Anyone else sees a pattern? This is too dysfunctional!
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