Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

December 9th, outsourced

OK, I actually hate Wheel of Fortune, which maybe is why I laughed at these poor, inept contestants.

Hooray, a spoiler-free review of Downton Abbey Season 2, from Ken Jennings of all people. OF COURSE it's good.

WHY DO WE STILL HAVE PENNIES???????

Literary genre translations from McSweeney's.

Have you ever wanted to explore the demographics of word usage on Twitter? Well, here you go!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie was my Friday treat this week, and it was GOOD.

And that's all I have for you this week. I spent three whole mornings in UAE government ministries this week (Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, and the SDNR on Wednesdsay) so I wasn't able to click on all the good stuff out there.

I think parenting is harder for introverts

My quest is almost over