I just finished reading an interesting article that was in last months Wired magazine.  It basically went into the idea that most people would be willing to give larger amounts to assist one person over larger groups of people.  According to psychologists they believe this is hard wired into most of our brains.  For example [...]

Most of you who have been around my blog, or any of the sites I have designed, have seen some of my graphical work.  For years I have been toying around with graphics.  Outside of any formal art classes from back in high school, everything I have learned has been self taught, as well a [...]

Alright folks, night 3. I think I am ready for some sleep. AlhumdiAllah (Thanks be to Allah; Praise be to Allah.) I made it up this morning in time to eat as well as Fajr prayer (Morning prayer before sunrise). I indulged in gratuitous amounts of water and gatorade to get myself [...]

Alright before I get to tonights prayers, I have to say that today started off a little rough. I ended up waking up a little late for Fajr Prayers, which meant no meal before starting the day off. It wasn’t really to hard until work started. I usually suck down quite a few [...]

The sun sets,
the clouds part,
and the crescent moon reflects not the light of the sun,
but the light of Allahs Mercy,
for you,
and all Mankind
-Todd Ricker

I am probably not going to do this every night, but I did want to share a little about my first night of prayers for Ramadan.
After Isha prayers ( night time prayers), the brothers quickly discussed how many Rakats (parts) we would do each night. It was pretty much a consensus to stick [...]

Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, Sheik Jamal al-Sudani would bury up to 40 abandoned bodies a week, and now with the War on Terror he is burying up to 200 a week.  Isn’t it time to start rethinking our strategy.  Are we really helping these people.  How many more innocent abandoned bodies need to [...]

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Alright it’s just a few more days away, but we are coming up upon Ramadan. This year it should begin either the 12th or the 13th of September. Usually decided by the sighting of the moon, and agreed upon by another community or an organization. [...]

Alright I took this little meme to lighten up the load around here.
Here is my results.
34% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.
Tagging anyone stopping in, post your results in the comments as well as your blog.