I will…
- Finish writing the book I never started
- Read more
- Plot
- Conspire
- Return to my fighting weight
- Grow a beard
- Head in a different direction
- Finish my masters degree
- Buy a pickup truck
- Seek the opposite of solitude
- Learn another language
- Learn to cuss in another language
- Travel
- Find it
- Keep it
- Keep appointments
- […]

…heartless people…
AMMAN - The authorities said they will intensify measures to prevent retailers from stockpiling oil derivatives as several distributors of fuel and gas were reportedly arrested and referred to court Saturday…Officials said the new measures are meant to curb a trend among some petrol station owners and gas cylinder distributors to turn back customers […]

The Kite Runner | “There is a way to be good again.” For the first time, in a long time, I can safely say that the book was in fact, better than the movie. This is not to say the movie was terrible; it was actually pretty good. However, the fault lies in the storytelling. […]

Oh, come all ye faithful. Breaking the relative peace:

“Palestinian policemen try to control a fight that erupted between Greek Orthodox deacons and Armenian priests during the annual cleaning of the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Seven people were injured.” [source]
Meanwhile, larger beasts still linger:

“On the eve of Monday’s […]

Energy, or lack thereof, was a big issue in 2007. Prices have gone higher than ever before, affecting everything from heating to being able to afford bread. So to commemorate both the New Year and the wonderful announcement of the lifting of oil subsidies in 2008, coupled with the expected new price for a natural […]

There is an absurd law - the Citizenship law - in Jordan that women who marry foreigners cannot pass the Jordanian citizenship on to their children. Most reside in Jordan, these are Jordanian women, with, for all intents and purposes, Jordanian kids who were born on this soil and have probably lived here their entire […]

A special commission will be in charge of monitoring and setting prices of fuel derivatives on monthly basis after oil subsidies are lifted next year, officials said…The government plans to lift oil subsidies totally in 2008. The exact date of the measure has not yet been decided, but the 2008 state budget allocates no funds […]

I just finished watching The Bucket List, a Rob Reiner film featuring the brilliant veteran actors Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Both play characters with cancer, who have a few months to live. So the idea of the “bucket list” comes about: a list of the things they’d want to do before they ‘kick the […]