Ankur and Genny’s Meandering Tour

As of this morning after they lost 7-4 to the Dodgers, the Cubs' magic number is at 24.

The magic number is reduced with each Cubs win and/or a Brewers loss, or a Cards loss. Anyhow, it is 24.  The closer it gets to 0, the better.

Genny's TV debut.

We went to the Doha Debates yesterday. Its debate forum were politicians battle over a ploitical topic. At the end, the audience votes to decide the "winner". Clinton was on it two years ago, and earlier this year the Israel's Deputy PM came to Qatar to participate. It occurs a few times a year and is broadcast on BBC World.

Last night's motion was: 'This House believes it is time to talk to Al Qaeda.'

I was in the minority of the voting. Genny and Steve were in the majority. Both Steve and my opinions were swayed during the event. It will be shown on BBC World on September 8th at 12:10 and 19:10 GMT. It will continue to be shown the next day at 01:10, 07:10, and 17:10. I'm assuming that this is so that it will be on sometime during everyone's "prime-time".

I wanted to post a quick picture that I took during Genny's birthday celebration.

She tuned a year older, but she's still as young as ever.

The fireworks cake shocked everyone and was a fitting end to a great dinner.

You'll have to email Genny for stories as we all had a good time that night, but she definitely rocked the house.

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Qatar/10151688.html

This is outrageous… “the report is imposing a psychological and social burden upon unmarried Qatari women as married women have more chance to be productive in society, henceforth linking women's productivity to their fertility”.

The only way for a woman to contribute to society is to be married and pop out babies?!? This country is in deep trouble then because it has a higher rate of illiteracy in men (20%) over the age of 15 than women. Also Qatar has one of the highest literacy rates among women in the region. This should be a good thing for women in Qatar but apparently it is a drain on the society. Those darn women who decide to be educated and work before choosing to get married!

“The issue of woman choosing not to marry is due to a number of factors, including women's growing awareness of their right to be educated, to work, to vote and to choose a partner.“

How do they propose to fix it…duh…encourage men to exercise polygamy.

-Gen