Welcome to Dubai! This brief quiz will prepare you for some of the many beautiful sights, exciting shopping and dining opportunities, and cultural practices in our emirate. Don’t worry-you’re not being graded! But your answers will be recorded in case we need evidence later.

Let’s get started!

Which of these will you NOT find easily/affordably in ( Read more... )

In response to the prompt "Yes, and," lrig_rorrim, kathrynrose, porn_this_way and
whipchick played the improv game Story Story ( Read more... )

Coffee shop, this morning the music is good enough to keep my earbuds out, at least while I’m editing. It’s a No-Email-‘Til-You-Write Day. You talk to yourself in the second person when you’re trying to enforce discipline, self-discipline being easier when it’s external. It’s easier to check in with a writing buddy or sit down with a writing buddy ( Read more... )

The visor on his helm hung by one of the pop-rivets as they loaded him into the helicopter. They’d landed in the empty retention pond in the parking lot-there wasn’t a big enough clearing in the village-which meant carrying him outside the gates, through a lane lined with curious patrons held back by volunteer actors in costume, some with tears ( Read more... )