Morjes!

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

March 1st, outsourced

In goats-sounding-like-people news, we have an introductory video...and then some truly brilliant insertions into Bon Jovi and Justin Bieber. [HT Jen and Jeremy]

So cool! A little girl recreating classic paintings. [HT Jen]

I can't get this article (about babies napping in sub-zero temperatures) out of my head. I go from envy to disbelief back to envy again. [HT Nancy]

The 30 most Portland things ever to have happened in Portland. [HT Suzanne]

OK, stay with me here: somebody put together a video of Downton Abbey singing a One Direction song. [HT Suzanne]

Julian Felllowes explains a little more about that horrible last episode of Season 3. Sigh.

38 maps you never knew you needed. [HT Ashi]

This is a really long article that reads like a train wreck of failed healthcare experiences in America. Lots of things to think about.

Syria in 1940.

If you want to read a whole bunch of visa (like border-crossing visas, not Visa visas) horror stories, The Economist has got you covered (see the comments).

The Economist also has an interesting article about bilingual people/nations and which languages they choose to text in.

Nacho Libre, pedestrian crosswalk edition.

Passersby thwart (attempted) bank robbery in UAE. I can't decide which is my favorite part - that the robbers threw stones at the bank employees as they made their escape, or that two civilians chased them down via car at 200 kph.

MA course reflections

A lot of books (there is no cohesive title for this post)