Truly a spectacular city. Historical. Cultural. Alive and breathing.
Walking through La Rambla I thought to myself, here is a street that has defined this city. It’s filled with cafe seats, florists, artists, human statues and festive lights. But it’s just a street. Yet, it’s a street that helps drive the tourism wheels of the […]

Wearing a traditional Peruvian poncho, President George W. Bush gestures as Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso stands below before the official group photo of the 16th summit of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, in Lima, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
I am sure going to miss you…

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An interesting survey result:
US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. [source]
So, how well would would our own government officials score on a similar test?
How well would the people?

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…I would highly appreciate it if you would, for the love of God, discard of that CD, which plays the flute versions of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”. It’s been playing on your store speakers for the past decade and it’s gotten to […]

blog.à.vu: (noun) The feeling where you could swear you’ve blogged this before.

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Thank God it’s Thursday. Here’s another pre-weekend feel-good post.
a cap·pel·la (adv): Without instrumental accompaniment.

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…That’s guaranteed to put you in a good mood: everyday.
Have a great weekend everyone!

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If I could have any title in the world, it would be “Peace Pirate”.

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New members have been added to the board of Jordan’s Higher Youth Council in an effort to revitalize it. I’m 99% sure that none of them are under the age of 50.
Sigh.

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On Saturday, fellow blogger Lina was taken aback upon seeing my beautiful pickup truck and announced her desire to get one herself someday (in neon pink, according to her). A few hours later, on breaking speed limits just to get to a meeting on time, Lina decided to take a shortcut through a rough patch […]

Readers is having a big sale. A bunch of books throughout the store are wrapped in a red ribbon, which means they’re 50% off and you can score some pretty cheap deals. For about 30JDs I got about 5 books, including a hardcover copy of Alan Greenspans’ The Age of Turbulance (total of 11JDs), which […]

A new category here on the Black Iris.
Did you ever notice?…
Whenever a Jordanian government official says a certain piece of public land is not for sale, it usually means it’s probably in the process of being sold?

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“The computer is a moron.”
- Peter Drucker
American management writer (1909 - 2005)

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London graffiti…

Brilliant
[via Boing Boing]

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When the international media focuses mainly on elections in African countries and the Tibet issue, you know it’s been a really slow news week.
Sad, but true, no?

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