“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation A favorite quote from my favorite author. I mentioned on Twitter that I’m trying to reach 10k followers by 2019. Anyone who retweets this tweet or becomes a new Twitter follower could win a copy of this (or another) book, or suggest a donation to […]
This blog went live in April, 2017 — I have yet to explain the blog tagline (“An alt-brown look at medicine, money, faith, and family”), or provide a blog “origin story.” It’s probably taken this long because as in many other things, I take awhile to get to the point. I tend to ramble and […]
The Beginning This is the first ever blog post. I’ve added made slight formatting changes since its original publication, but it is otherwise unchanged. Like most second-generation Pakistani-American Muslims, I went through a John Denver phase in college. Okay, maybe that phase was limited to those of us with a friend/roommate who loved John Denver […]