Will Farrell and Adam McKay are just geniuses. This video is becoming really popular and I’m jumping on board the bandwagon of laughter. Sure this may mean I have a twisted and dark sense of humor, but come on, it’s Will Farrell and a swearing, beer-drinking 2 year old! (Viewer Discretion is advised: this video […]

Yeltsin was vacationing at the Dead Sea for the past few weeks prior to his death today and I just thought I would do some preemptive tabloid rumor control. No. He did not die because of the Dead Sea. That’s not why it’s called the Dead Sea. He came, he had a nice mud bath, […]

The Soviets built the Berlin wall to try and keep East Berliners from leaving.
Then the Israeli’s built the Seperation wall, to keep suicide bombers out while making a land grab.
Then the American’s started building walls to surround Sunni communities in Baghdad.
What’s with the world and walls? I thought the metaphor was “building bridges” not walls? […]

I’m always interested in knowing how criminal courts calculate time based sentences, especially when there’s usually a year and month involved. Remember the man a few days back who molested his 2 daughters 1,085 times? The same man who received the 9 years and 8 months jail sentence? Well recently another man was sentenced for […]

Everyone in Amman seems to look exactly the same these days. The same spiky hair, the same clothes. Everything is bland, everyone is monotone. And if I don’t do something about it then pretty soon I won’t be able to distinguish myself from the masses. I have to incorporate some type of accessory into my […]

come to us
come to us in the cover of darkness
in cloaks and daggers
wrap your arms around us
sink the silver into our spines
so mesmerizing
so civilizing
render on to us
your bliss

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Yes, I am a fan and I’m not ashamed to admit that. Avril Lavigne’s latest, The Best Damn Thing, may not be the best damn thing she’s ever created musically but it hits on the same notes that make her pop-rock songs so incredibly mainstream and radio-friendly. The lead single “Girlfriend” and “The Best Damn […]

It goes by many names. It serves various purposes. A less than discreet place for alcoholic consumption or perhaps a hot spot where police patrol for young lovers in cars with only Jordanian plates. But after 11:30pm or so, well past the curfew of many; for us it’s basically a roadside hill to park a […]