Archive for the 'The Simple Life' 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!!!!
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!
Homework finished
2 Comments Published by jakeallen January 17th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Home Life, Morocco, life update on Jake, picturesThis is my assignment for class later today. I had to write a sentence for each vocab word on page 25 of my little book. I just wrote it myself, and still can only read it very, very slowly. Arabic starts on the right and reads moving left, of course. Even the question […]
A franc for your thoughts. / In America they’d bring only a penny, and, huh, I guess that’s about all they’re worth. / Well, I’m willing to be overcharged. Tell me.
2 Comments Published by jakeallen January 7th, 2007 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Morocco, life update on JakeThere is like, a billion things I could write now that I have been in Morocco for three days, and in Meknes for two. But I am still tired. Email me for specifics.
I guess it’s really only been two days, but I have slept three times. I woke up in Casablanca yesterday. I have […]
Cui bono
0 Comments Published by jakeallen December 25th, 2006 in Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Humor, metablogging, Women, IndiscretionHeh heh heh
Merry Christmas:
24 Ways to a Girl’s heart
Madness!
Under Morocco’s Spell
2 Comments Published by jakeallen October 23rd, 2006 in travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, News Commentary, The Simple Life, economics, MoroccoA 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?
Paintball
3 Comments Published by jakeallen October 21st, 2006 in Jake's Musings, The Simple Life, America, life update on JakeI played paintball today for four hours, joining the paintball club where my brothers Ben and Joe belong. It was in a forest, far from the madding crowd. It was a most excellent adventure. In fact, it was a dreamworld of magic. I was not the best, nor the worst. Eliminating another player is quite satisfying.
Monday […]
From Avon to Pyongyang; “So, what do you do?”
0 Comments Published by jakeallen October 10th, 2006 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, travel, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, Movies, News Commentary, The Simple Life, Science/Tech, Home Life, metablogging, politics, economics, Kentucky, America, Morocco, life update on JakeFrom 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 […]
My Old Kentucky Home
5 Comments Published by jakeallen October 8th, 2006 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, travel, Jake's Musings, The Simple Life, Home Life, metablogging, Kentucky, America, life update on JakeI leave Louisville today. Bye.
Madness!
Madness!
Amnesty International
2 Comments Published by jakeallen October 6th, 2006 in jake.allen.ockhamist.com, Jake's Musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, Humor, Home Life, metablogging, politics, video blog, life update on JakeBecause I care!
Madness!
Rules for Life (not an exhaustive list)
0 Comments Published by jakeallen October 5th, 2006 in Jake's Musings, Blandus' musings, Cultural Commentary, The Simple Life, metablogging, quotesBlandus emailed me these, with mild undertones concerning my current state of unemployment.
Hmmmm.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out […]