Morjes!

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

January 29th, outsourced

I love that some awesome people were like hey, we have a T-rex suit. Let's make some funny videos. (Like a t-rex ice skating.) [HT Jen]

A new way to appreciate those awkward Alex Trebek interviews (it's a Twitter account that condenses all three into one tweet).

The ugly truth about why Rey was excluded from SW merchandise (no movie spoilers; f-bomb warning but honestly kinda well deserved).

I found this article about an emerging "grief police" SO INTERESTING: "The Internet is allowing a return to age-old, communal forms of mourning. That makes some people uncomfortable."

Writers look back at the Arab Spring five years on. Fascinating and heartbreaking.

To warm your heart back up, here is a story about an Iraqi refugee in Finland and an elderly Finnish woman becoming friends.

Perhaps you heard the This American Life story, but if not: the DIY scientist, the olympian, and the mutated gene.

A new border of interest in the refugee crisis is in the Arctic Circle. Yeah. And sometimes you cross it by bike!

The most Aussie interview ever. I consider myself fairly adept at comprehending spoken English, but...wow.

I saw this headline on a click-baity source and thought for sure it was fake; did a little Googling; found reputable news source; NOT FAKE: clean out your car's exhaust pipe of snow before you get in or you could die of carbon monoxide poisoning.

And finally: TRUTH. The real Snowzilla was the epic mess our kids made while home from school. [HT Stacie]

Downton Abbey 6.5 (SPOILERS)

January 2016 books