Morjes!

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

July 1st, outsourced

So apparently Cars 2 is not so appropriate for very young children. Also, the Cars 2 universe can really get you thinking.

This casting call for extras (on Portlandia) is the funniest announcement of its kind that I've ever read.

Inside an eating disorder treatment facility.

I heard about this site from two different sources within two hours of each other. For good reason, too - Dear Photograph is poignantly awesome.

This takedown of a recent Newsweek cover (no, not the Mormon one, which I thought was fine, by the way) is SO RIGHT. What was Newsweek thinking??

My friend Liz linked to this article on Twitter, and I was so happy to read it. I cannot let go of that Oxford comma, the one that sets apart the final item in a series. When it's omitted, my mind stumbles over the sentence without fail. So hooray for this article defending it.

Finally, I leave you with a strangely beautiful (and negative, duh) review of Transformers 3.

Things I learned from watching Arab TV

Rumsfeld, Divergent, Hangman, Spoiled, Wilder