Jake Allen’s Ockhamist.com

Try 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 […]

I 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!!!!

Do Koreans do better in their public schools because the dumb ones don’t get into the statistics? This guy explains “Simpson’s Paradox“.
Madness?

I 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 […]

This guy from Slate explains why learning Arabic is so hard. A must read.
But the ferociously unfamiliar grammar sets us all adrift. Arabic is a VSO language, which means the verb usually comes before the subject and object. It has a dual number, so nouns and verbs must be learned in singular, dual, and […]

——Jocks vs Nerds—-
Michael Jordan having “retired,” with $40 million in endorsements, makes $178,100 a day, working or not.
If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head.
If he goes to see a movie, it’ll cost him $7.00, but he’ll make $18,550 while he’s there.
If he […]

Yesterday I changed my subscription to the Economist to my new address in Morocco.
And as of this week my tickets are in my hands!
Woo Hoo
Fight the . . .
MADNESS!

http://www.x-rates.com/d/EUR/USD/graph120.html
I move overseas soon.
Madness!

A certain Kevin sent me a link to the New York Times’ article “Under Morocco’s Spell,” which I share with you now.
 
It speaks of the Berber people, whose lives are often overlooked in tales of Morocco.
Madness?

heh heh. via metafilter.
 
Everything you need to know about investing in 129 words. By Scott “Dilbert” Adams, edited by Paul Ferrell.  Nine steps.  The comments are interesting, with some profanity, and some regular forum fighting.  I need to write a will this week.  Some people don’t like number 8, but it makes sense to me, except […]

Morocco and EU consider closer ties.
“We want to be the southern rib of Europe.” “In 10 years, we will be a fully-fledged partner in the EU family,”
Madness ou non?

From a small rural library in central Florida with a very worn keyboard (keeeeeysss stiiiicck) and 800 x 600 monitor (”the letters are so big!”), I read on Peter Krupa about the ArmsControlWonk, who has some good data and insight about North Korea’s FAILED nuke test Sunday night.  The news I’ve been reading on my […]