Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

December 11th, outsourced

Did Lucy Maude Montgomery commit suicide? I had never heard of this before and yeah, that really sounds like a suicide note. But who knows? [HT Jessie]

Not sure if this made the news in the US, but #YouAintNoMuslimBruv was a big deal in the UK this week. Seriously great riposte (and "riposte" is a seriously great word).

The linguistics of "YouTube voice."

SERIAL SEASON TWO IS HERE. Bowe Berghdal.

My brother sent me this article about Krampus attacks in Austria and it sounds like something I never want to experience. [HT Blair]

This week's laugh-til-you-cry post (read the comments, too) at The Toast is Levels of Purse Anxiety it is Possible to Have. PURSE SAND.

Downton Abbey with American accents - this is just a two-minute video from Stephen Colbert and if I had been drinking a liquid as I watched it, I would have spit it all out at a certain point. Hilarious.

The saga of the Finnish residence permits

The saga of the Finnish residence permits

Christmas carols from Syria