Ramadan Half-Time

The moon is full and that means it is half-time for the holy month of Ramadan.

Here are my thoughts so far....

Ramadan seems to be bringing out the best in people. There is less honking, less pushing, more kindness. One guy even let me change lanes in front of him without speeding up to cut me off. That was a first. He even gave me a friendly wave. Hey, I'm enjoying this.

I'm also very impressed with their devotion. It is easy for us to celebrate our holidays because they are about feasting and presents. This one is about going hungry in order to understand the plight of the people of the world without enough food.

I'm still not sure why they don't drink water.... sympathy for the dehydrated of the world perhaps???

On very rare occasions blue-eyesight makes an error in her reporting and on even rarer occasions does she admit it. Yesterday during our Ramadan half-time commercial break featuring Pepsi Max, I incorrectly attributed the first Pepsi Max sighting to the oldest daughter. In fact, it was the youngest daughter who was observantly cruising the aisles of Wal-Mart and who broke the news. Way to go Katie...may you be that observant in all your classes as well.

Speaking of accuracy in reporting...today in the paper it was reported that journalists in the UAE will no longer be arrested for doing their job. There is to be complete "freedom of the press". I will keep you posted.