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

April 19th, outsourced

On Tuesday morning in class, I asked my students who they thought America thought carried out the Boston bombings. Their answers: "for sure they thought it was someone Saudi, Syrian, or Iranian."

Peter Sagal at the Boston Marathon, five minutes ahead of the bomb.

The story behind (and leading out of) one of the most striking pictures of one of the bomb victims.

The first SAT tested students using a fake language. TELL ME MORE.

Too bad I totally still remember: what nobody remembers about new motherhood.

This is my new favorite idea: invite international choirs to sing in General Conference. Huzzah!

17 Pinterest FAILS. [HT Andrew]

The surprisingly serious quest to make muggle quidditch a real sport.

Once upon a time in Pyongyang - photos of North Korea before the Kim family took over. These are really amazing.

Gabrielle Giffords on the gun lobby's grip on the Senate.

Guess what? The law school jobs crisis is even worse than you think. [HT Liz]

So cool: wringing a washcloth out in space.

Dating for moms. So true. [HT Crys]

I don't know why this clip from Jurassic Park is so funny. I only know that it is. [HT Eric D. Snider]

Have you all seen the Dove Real Beauty ad thing? Well, watch it. Then read this rebuttal (which I happen to agree with). Then watch this to laugh at it all.

Al Jazeera's Dima Khatib @ AUS

Human subjects, here I come