I hope I'm not a prophet.

Whenever I hear the word “Dubai,” I launch into a rant about how there’s “no possible way all those buildings could be built safely in such a short amount of time.”

My boyfriend always replies, “I know. You think they’re going to fall like Dominoes. I heard you. I heard you a couple of times.”

Then he’ll usually ask me if there’s anything I want to say about Qdoba – the Tex Mex chain – because whenever anyone says “Chipotle,” “burrito,” or “meal under $7” I say, “I love Qdoba so much more than Chipotle. Did I tell you that they're opening one in New York?”

But thankfully, I now have a brand new thing I can get snarky about when someone brings up Dubai - this headline: “Innovation as the Catalyst for Sustainable Development and Peace.”

Maybe that atrocity isn’t Dubai’s fault – the release came from a company called Nakheel. But someone in the city had to invite them to “convene in Dubai for the 2008 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2008 WSIE) from April 1-3.”

Dominoes. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Nakheel.