Morjes!

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

May 11th, outsourced

Putin Forever. Be advised that this slide show from Foreign Policy contains the sentence, "Putin [retrieved] a coin from a tub of fermented milk with his teeth."

I am so dumb sometimes. One week last evening I was at the park with the kids and I thought, "wow, the moon looks extra big tonight." It was the once-a-year supermoon, DUH.

Kentucky Derby hats. I would love to wear a hat like that just once in my life. [HT Kathy]

Miss Jill's roundup of some most embarrassing moments had me laughing so hard I cried at/for those poor souls.


Watch this Russian taxi driver test the depth of a puddle his car drove into.

The Power of YouTube: Using online videos as a motivational tool in the EFL classroom

Arranged marriage vs. love marriage