My little brother Hisham gets married this weekend. A good man is becoming a magnificent person. I am so proud of him and what he has accomplished so far. I will be the first to say that although he is is 9 years younger than me, I wish I was half as kind, half as…
PHP Multidimensional Arrays Tip
I hope this will help someone someday for it took me a minute to figure out. I am working on a web application that requires the addition of datasets that can be unique or similar. Each set is to be displayed on a unique row and each row will display data that is being pulled…
She Is
A lot of times I get asked about our story. How it started, where we met, etc. Usually my face gets red and the words refuse to come out of my mouth. I am going to try to put a short pictures storyline together and refer all future questions about the subject to here. This…
Happy Fathers’ Day
Happy Fathers’ Day to all the fathers out there. I wrote the following poem a long time ago (2000) to my late father. It’s not here for awes or complements; It’s my gift to him on this day. It’s been over nine years since you were gone A fact that is always on my mind…
A letter to the President!
Dear Mr. President, I hope this letter finds you in good health. My name is Haitham Gasim and I am a very proud resident of this great country that you are the head of. I felt like writing to you to let you know how appreciative I am of everything you have done so far.…
My Beef with Forwards
I think I am a pretty reasonable person and I try my hardest not to let things get to me. I am a people’s person and I am always looking for news from family and friends. However, when the only thing I am getting from certain folks is just forwards, it annoys the heck out…
An Act of Kindness
I was at the post office today to send off a package. I had to pull out my card to pay for what it cost and right after that I left without noticing that I dropped my wallet. I got in my car and started driving back to work and then realized that my wallet…
Another Bout
Today marks another shot for me to finally quit smoking. It has been a habit of mine for quiet some time (15 years) that I have struggled to kick. I am hoping this time is my last and most successful match and I am willing to give it my all. I also know that I…
Officially Live!
My site is finally up. Thanks to Ms. Jennifer Oster (jennoster.net) who did a great job to make it look this way. For the past couple of years there was nothing but a coming soon page. I had wanted so badly to put something up because, with everything that has been going on around me…
I am back: Not there yet, but almost.
Hi. After a couple of years of dormancy, I decided to bring my website back to life. One of the major reasons why I had put it to the side is the development process. I just didn’t have time to work on it. I came across WordPress a while ago and installed it for my…