Can You Spell S.O.A.K.E.D.

Well, Ashoura has come and gone, without any problems. Nasrallah wants us (the Lebanese) to go out and liberate Shebaa Farms. Although I have a dear colleague who is from Shebaa, and who can vouch for the fact that she has a Lebanese passport, and therefore, Shebaa Farms must be Lebanese, I can’t run warm over this little puny piece of land. I love the way Nasrallah says’ Bush’ though. He has a very distinct way of pronouncing his name. Let them have Shebaa if it gives us peace. It is not very correct though. Today it is Shebaa, tomorrow it is another small piece of land. I know it is all about principles, but people are getting tired of it. At least in this part of town. And in the end, that’s what it is all about; ‘your part of town.’

A' thing' coming out of the ground at Verdun.

But it all got watered down in the end by a deluge. By the afternoon, when the rain moved in, the town was empty. People are staying home. I wonder though; if you are staying home now, and things aren’t even that bad, what you’re going to do when the shit really hits the fan? And how did you manage during the civil war?
I went out though. Encountered this ‘thing’ that came out of the ground near Verdun (A Beirut neighborhood). The Beirut sewer system is not altogether up-to-date. And since the city is build on a hill (or hills) it all runs down to the seaside, and then the sewers just cannot cope with it any longer and expel it. I got absolutely soaked. SOAKED! Can You Spell S.O.A.K.E.D?

A nice spray painting on a wall near Clemenceau (due you hear the French colonial history? Verdun, Clemenceau. . ..)