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

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.

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?

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

London graffiti… Brilliant [via Boing Boing]