I sent an email to author Benjamin Orbach a few days ago telling him how much I enjoyed his book, Live from Jordan. He wrote back thanking me for the input and with some links to some programs he works with, like America’s Unofficial Ambassadors and Creative Learning, that are aimed at encouraging interaction between […]

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One thing that we Americans always can count on is our ability to take sides in the admittedly-petty battle of “Pepsi versus Coke.” With the exception of sponsor-bought restaurants and county fairs, we know that any store we go to will sell either one of the dark brown soft drinks and we can have our […]

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In which Zach examines the commonly-held Eastern belief that sleeping with plants next to you at night is potentially harmful. Is it true or false? Should we all be scared? (spoiler: no)

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For the first time in a year and a half, I mounted a bicycle today with the purpose of traveling to my place of work instead of for recreation. With the Dead 2 Red just around the corner and a week and a half away, I want to make sure that I’m in the best […]

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In which Zach goes a little crazy and rants about the lack of AC power plug standards in Jordan, before proving beyond a doubt that he is qualified to reveal which power plug is the greatest in the world.

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So, in case you didn’t already hear about it, the TSA has released some more or less official plans on what they’re going to do following the antics of some Nigerian guy who attempted to explode himself and a plan using some sort of weird diaper with uncombined explosive compounds or some other idiotic idea.
Basically, […]

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