Don Veto - Reviews and Words of Wisdom

2011-08-26

The Rules of the Avenues

Avenues have a new set of rules not allowing you to use their names for nefarious purposes.

Here is their announcement:

For those who can't read Arabic, allow me to translate it for you:

1st RULE: You do not talk about Avenues.

2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about Avenues.

3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the shopping is over.

4th RULE: Only two guys to a shop.

5th RULE: One shop at a time.

6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes, no entry.

7th RULE: Shopping will go on as long as they have to.

8th RULE: If this is your first night at Avenues, you HAVE to shop.

2011-08-04

Kuwait: The class of 1990

On August 2, 1990, the Iraqi army invaded the emirate of Kuwait, which Saddam Hussein, the then Iraqi president, had declared Iraq's 19th province. At the end of the school year of 1990, students in an international school in Kuwait said their final farewells as they headed off for the summer holidays. Many of them would never meet again. Twenty years on, Al Jazeera's Nashwa Nasreldin returns to Kuwait to find out what happened to her friends and the school during the war that separated them.

It is 47:46 minutes long but very touching.

2011-07-28

Japanese Girl Tells the Story of the Titanic

I thought how she said it was better than the movie

2011-07-27

How to Levitate

How can you levitate and impress your friends and followers with your magic powers:

2011-07-20

Wife Jumps Forward, Son Steps Back

Rupert Murdoch while being interrogated concerning his involvement in Phone Hacking by the different media assets he owned was attacked by a foam pie wielding protestor.

What is interesting to see is how his son is startled and pushes away from his Father but his Chinese born, volleyball athlete wife, Wendi Deng, jumps ahead towards the protestor and smacks him right in the face.

Wife Scores,
Son Fails.

2011-07-17

Kuwaiti TV Ads in the 1980s

Here are a few TV ads that where constantly broadcast on Kuwait TV in the 80s.

Americana Cake

Pizza Italia

Dalal Oil

2011-07-16

How to Write with Style by Kurt Vonnegut

Here is a great piece from Kurt Vonnegut about writing, it has gems such as:

William Shakespeare and James Joyce, wrote sentences which were almost childlike when their subjects were most profound. "To be or not to be?" asks Shakespeare's Hamlet. The longest word is three letters long.

The whole article can be found here.

In summary, the key points made are:

1. Find a subject you care about.
2. Do not ramble, though
3. Keep it simple
4. Have guts to cut
5. Sound like yourself
6. Say what you mean
7. Pity the readers

And here is a little ad from Amazon with one of Kurt's well known book, Slaughterhouse Five