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

April 20th, outsourced

I really enjoyed reading the list of rejected titles for Ken Jennings' new book about debunking parental myths.

Was anyone else weirded out by the fact that the NYT ran a really positive, really accurate piece about Mormon missionary work? I don't know if the author of the article had previous familiarity with Mormon missionaries, but he did a good job conveying the essence of the thing in not too many words.

Do you live in a bubble? I probably broke the survey since I don't think it's meant to be taken overseas, but I got a 36 when I considered the places we've lived in the US. [HT MFB]

There are problems with the assumptions of some of the sources of this infographic, but it is still really interesting: What are the hardest languages to learn?

Another informative poster, on how to treat an introvert. [HT Jeremy]

Here's a beautiful article (from Dialogue) about what it means to be a Mormon and a feminist, from none other than Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. [HT Cait]

OH MY GOSH, I think I've experienced every single one of these. The "can you tie my shoe?" requests while I'm driving the car baffle me every time.

Making men walk a mile in high-heeled women's shoes to raise awareness about sexual violence toward women is a neat idea. It will also teach them the lesser lesson of what a pain it is to walk in high-heeled shoes. [HT Kathy]

Some really great pranks went down while I was a student at the BYU. I'm glad YouTube is around now so we can enjoy watching an especially elaborate prank.

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