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Abu-Sammy

'Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.' -Blaise Pascal, Pensées

About Me

For those of you who don't know me already, my name is Ben, I'm in the Navy, and I'm most definitely not from around here. The curse of the random Yankee stuck in the Deep South.

For all of you who haven't seen or even heard from me since, well, graduation, here's what's been going on: I joined the Navy, went to boot camp in Illinois, transferred to the Defense Language Institute in beautiful Monterey, CA, got me some book learnin', got promoted, got married, graduated from DLI with an AA and got promoted again, transferred to Ft. Gordon, GA, got divorced, bought a house, started work as a linguist, took up a couple new hobbies, got promoted again, and started going back to college, stopped going back to college, and took a huge chunk of leave. In that order.
As for those of you who know me here in Georgia...you already know all that stuff. You know where to find me if you don't.
I've got some more pictures up on PictureTrail .
You're Alaska!
You're big, bulky, and extremely wild. At the same time, you're rather cold and standoffish, even a loner of sorts. Taming you may be one of the last great quests of the people who do manage to find you or even seek you out. So many of them just want to plunder you for what you have of value, but there are a few, the ones who will stick with you, that truly value your rugged remoteness. As long as no one is spilling stuff on you, you are truly beautiful.
Take the State Quiz at the Blue Pyramid .


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Until they get the instant messenger on here fixed, you can find me on AIM as yabasaam.

My Interests

Foreign languages, working on old cars, politics, woodworking, comparative theology, music, cooking, and doing whatever else I put my mind to.

I'd like to meet:

President Bush.
So I can take a rolled-up newspaper, smack him on the nose, and tell him "No!"

Music:

Death Cab for Cutie, Chevelle, Iron and Wine, Relient K, Kasabian, A Perfect Circle, Flogging Molly, Five Iron Frenzy, Weezer, The Postal Service, Bad Religion, Snow Patrol, Daler Mehndi, Radiohead, Taking Back Sunday, The Fray, The Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol, Green Day, 3 Doors Down, Cake, Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode, Pete Yorn, Franz Ferdinand, the list goes on and on...

Movies:


According to the "Which Big Lebowski character are you?" quiz:

Why don't you check it out? Or we cut off your Johnson!

Which Trainspotting Character Are You?

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Family Guy, and Battlestar Galactica. That's about it.

Books:

Anything and everything I can get my hands on.

My Blog

Insomnia Strikes Back

Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote a blog...So I'm sitting here in my hotel room, and it's nearly 2:00 in the morning.  I am alone.  I have to get up tomorrow and go to class in the mo...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:35:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Numero 9

"The time is now, the place is here.  Stay in the present.  You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for."-Dan MillmanSmart man. ...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:12:00 PST

The Prodigal Friend Arrives

So, that Travis guy I kept talking about, you know, the one you all were starting to think I was just making up, is now here.  I put him on a plane today, and got him back to the house this morni...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:27:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Version 8.0

Found this little gem on the CNN website:"Hitler had a good 20 to 30 IQ points on Bush, so comparing Bush to Hitler would in many ways be an insult to Hitler."- Kevin Barrett, Instructor, University o...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:14:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, 7th Iteration

"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.  And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Beyond Goo...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:58:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Vol. VI

"If I had the chance,I'd ask the world to danceAnd I'll be dancing with myself..."-Billy Idol
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:55:00 PST

Quote o' the Day: Fifth Edition

"Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desire,I hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruc...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:25:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Rockum 4

"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence.  Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great de...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:52:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Vol. III

So, it's 5:45 in the morning, and I've been up reading and thinking about things, and was trying to find a good quote for today when I came across this one:"Don't try to solve serious matters in the m...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:46:00 PST

Quote o' the Day, Part Deux

Tonight's quote:"Clothes make the man.  Naked people have little or no influence on society."-Mark TwainI think I'm going to have to disagree with Mr. Twain on this one.  It may have been tr...
Posted by Bin Muhsin on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:16:00 PST