Sorry. Tons of stuff to blog about. Tons of other stuff I have to get done. I'm busy and the forecast is for increasingly busy for the near future. Anyway, I miss blogging, I miss having the time to blog, I miss traveling a ton, and I miss being in the Middle East in a love hate sort of way.
Anyway, my only contribution is this link to a BASE jump from the Burj Dubai. http://current.com/items/89546563/world_record_base_jump.htm
I love the fact that these guys are speaking two different languages, but each understands teh other.
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When men's minds seem narrow to you, tell yourself that the land of God is broad; broad His hands; and broad His heart. Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs. --Leo Africanus (as imagined by Amin Maalouf)
About Me
- Leo Americanus
- A City, United States
- An American traveler of sorts, currently in the U.S. and looking forward to the next adventure.
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Favorite Books
- A Moveable Feast by Hemingway
- The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer
- Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
Reading Now
- Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success by Christopher Davidson
- War and Peace
- Bab al-Shams by Elias Khoury
Recently Read
- Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
- The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith
- The End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805, Frederick W. Kagan
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene
- The Illiad by Homer
- Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
- The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq by Hanna Batatu
- Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Iraq by Eric Davis
- The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
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