Archive for the 'Cultural Commentary' Category
The Morocco Diet
3 Comments Published by jakeallen September 26th, 2007 in travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Humor, Home Life, economics, Health, Morocco, life update on Jake, FoodTry the Morocco Diet today!
It’s easy! Just:
Walk instead of drive.
Don’t use air conditioner.
Don’t eat anything that has been to a factory.
Don’t eat or drink anything from 4:30 AM to 6:30 PM during Ramadan.
Do eat whatever you want from 6:30 PM to 4:30 AM. Really, knock yourself out. You can’t eat enough. The weight […]
Preserve me
4 Comments Published by jakeallen September 24th, 2007 in travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Health, life update on Jake, FoodI miss eating preservatives.
Madness!
Je ne peux pas parler avec mon computer
3 Comments Published by jakeallen April 21st, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Science/Tech, Humor, metablogging, economics, Morocco, life update on JakeI bought a new desktop computer last week. It’s great, a Moroccan brand, except that it speaks French and I don’t. When I um, buy a legal copy of Windows, I can get that changed. Until then, I just have . . .
Folie!!!!
Fight the Madness
1 Comment Published by jakeallen April 10th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, News Commentary, metablogging, politics, economics, picturesAtlas Mt. High
1 Comment Published by jakeallen April 7th, 2007 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, metablogging, Morocco, life update on Jake, picturesI have more pictures to share from my trip to the mountains and the Sahara desert this week. Click the “Morocco_pics8″ and the 9, 10, and 11 for the different folders. Over 400 photos taken on my Treo 650.
Madness!!
Maghreb Pictures
5 Comments Published by jakeallen March 24th, 2007 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, metablogging, Morocco, life update on Jake, picturesI’ve got a new gallery of pictures. They are not well-organized by theme, but I’m using a new flash gallery program, so the load time on dial-up may be a little longer. Let me know if it works for you or not.
The photos do include the Roman arch that Patton stood in front of […]
Californian Judge: “Don’t help people”
2 Comments Published by jakeallen March 24th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, News Commentary, The Simple Life, metablogging, politics, law and SCOTUS, America, Women2nd District Court rules that “Good Samaritan Law” doesn’t apply to pulling victum from dangerous wrecked car.
Madness!
Any excuse to link to Daily Kos
1 Comment Published by jakeallen March 16th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, News Commentary, Humor, metablogging, politics, America, video blog, TV, IndiscretionBecause there is just so much love over at Daily Kos, I try to link to them whenever possible. (Madness.) So when they deliver (via Reddit) some FOX on FOX satire (Madness), I just have to give them a shout out! Hilarious if you love and/or hate The Simpsons and/or love and/or hate FOX […]
Private schools- the new white flight?
2 Comments Published by jakeallen March 13th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, metablogging, politics, economics, AmericaDo Koreans do better in their public schools because the dumb ones don’t get into the statistics? This guy explains “Simpson’s Paradox“.
Madness?
Why women are bad, written by a woman
4 Comments Published by jakeallen March 7th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, Religion, Humor, metablogging, politics, America, Health, Women, IndiscretionThis woman says some of the things that a man just can’t say, like how men have been deprived of their reproductive rights, and how two parents really are better than just a mother. [WARNING: profanity] I laughed out loud. I’ve been accused of misogyny before on this site, and this link won’t […]
A Sling-box Superbowl
0 Comments Published by jakeallen February 5th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, Science/Tech, Morocco, life update on Jake, TVAnother ex-pat had a slingbox (www.slingmedia.com) from his brother-in-law, so we were able to watch high-quality streaming Super Bowl XLI over the internet. Ha. Purple Rain . . . Purple Rain. . ..
Madness!
Prince was actually rather disappointing. Madness!
Snow, Rabat, but Always Coca-Cola
1 Comment Published by jakeallen January 28th, 2007 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, metablogging, Morocco, life update on Jake, picturesI have a new gallery of pictures, with snow in Meknes (my city; second snow in 7 years; it’s COLD), me in Rabat ice skating and bowling, a small march by children for rain, and some more pictures from my trip to the mountains, including some of the best ones. The rain march by […]
Rabat
0 Comments Published by jakeallen January 27th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, metablogging, economics, America, Health, Morocco, life update on Jake, FoodI went to Rabat today, the capital city. We mostly spent time in the “MegaMall”. It was nice, but expensive. I went ice-skating, bowling, but most importantly, ate 2 triple cheeseburgers at a Quik and took home a large hamburger pizza from Pizza Hut. Almost took home two, but Pizza Hut has […]