Lebanon-omination*

I have a class on how to do business in Middle Eastern countries. I am currently in this class and bored. Today's topic is Lebanon, so maybe you will accidentally learn from this poem.

For your benefit, single reader, I have excluded the most boring facts (the taxing structure and what kind of corporations you can form) but left things that you may need to know one day. For example if you have an Israeli visa in your passport you can't get in Lebanon. Or maybe you will never need to know that and you will never get back the minute and a half it took you to read this blog entry.

Lebanon

Levi jeans
Excepted from items you may import
Beirut is the capital and where you will
Arrive at the airport.
Never mention that you've been to Israel
Or they won't let you in.
Not likely to agree to peace, much to the World's chagrin.

*Annonimination = play on words, seriously, look it up. Or don't. Either way you are not going to get that time back either.

Powerless

I have somehow misplaced the power cord to my laptop. This means I have to suffer through class without all of my electronic crutches. By electronic crutches, I mean my note taking software, but more disgustingly access to my email, chatting software, and funny blogs to read when enduring a painful case of boredom.

I also learned that my writing looks like a child's cursive lesson. But really, is good penmanship really such an important skill anymore?

And without the computer, I can't take notes in outline format like I usually do because I am too scared to commit to a structure in ink. Typing is just so much more temporary. Maybe my generation's commitment issues now extend to note taking. So sad.

Power haiku:

I have no power
to entertain myself when
I've no power cord.

[Ed. note: I edited this post about eleven times in six minutes and I still don't like the use of the word "I've" in the last line so I may edit it again. Commitment issues!]