Posted by shiite on Tuesday, February 1, 2011,
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Some people have a way with words; others... ... ... ...not...have way, I guess. - Steve Martin
Hokay, I will do my darndest to make this post short (though my parenthetical remarks may make this difficult).
- In but forty days I begin Staging for the Peace Corps (!) and in 42 days, I will be in Morocco, inshallah.
- I did some research on the fatality of scorpion stings in Morocco (research papers here, here, and here). The journal articles say: "Stings were mainly observed between May and Sep...
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Posted by shiite on Thursday, November 25, 2010,
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" One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work, a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts, which the superficial person who leaves his or her work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition, can never know. It is this conscientious completeness which turns any work into art. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of ach... Continue reading ...
Posted by shiite on Saturday, July 24, 2010,
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Here's a quiz on how much you know about the population of the countries in the world (all based off data from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population): http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=world-populations_1I created the quiz because after perusing the raw population data, I realized I had/have a lot of misconceptions about countries and their populations. Tell us what score you got! Continue reading ...
Posted by shiite on Thursday, July 22, 2010,
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I like to watch stand-up comedy (word up) - mostly on Comedy Central - and decided to compile a list of my most memorable stand-up routines...you know like the ones that are like, "zomg ROFL funny"!! So, without any particular order, here's a few that come to mind: - Sinbad's "Where U Been" - has got to be top 5 of all time, and he hardly even uses profanity to make his point. I find that I enjoy situational humor the most, and he is pretty damn good at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3vn9dc...
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Posted by shiite on Saturday, May 8, 2010,
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I broke out in tears when I first listened to this audio clip. I showed it to my roommate, who didn't find it quite as funny, so maybe I have an overly mathematical/nerdy sense of humor...I thought it was cute. Continue reading ...
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The Author
Llah y3awn, salaam 3laykum! I am serving as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Eastern High Atlas region of Morocco from March 2011 - May 2013, inshallah...
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