Libya

[chucker_t]

While Andy and I were out enjoying tall and frosty at Damon's ("The Winchester"), he mentioned that we are restoring full diplomatic ties with Libya, and removing their country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. He found this out from CNN today. This is good news! I don't know why but I'm ecstatic about the whole thing. This also means

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[labrynthos]

Cuba would be dope.

You can always fly out to Venezuela and a hop on a flight to Cuba from there...

[chucker_t]

Mexico or one of the Carribean islands would be more ideal. I don't think we'll be welcome in Venezuela much longer if our relations with them keep up the way it's going.

[izuko]

That's it. We need to hit St. Thomas again.

[vocalevil]

The easiest way to pick up some Arabic is the Rosetta Stone progam, which attempts to teach Arabic without translation into English.

The problem with learning Arabic is that there is not one, universal type of Arabic spoken throughout the Middle East, but many. Most, if not all, progams to teach Arabic will teach the Modern Standard Arabic, which is just the foundation. This means you won't be able to understand everyday "street-level" speech, but you'll be able to make yourself understood with a little bit of faith on the part of the native speakers. While you won't be able to speak Lybian Arabic, I'm sure that your goodwill in attempting to learn the language will go a long way.

Good luck.

[izuko]

I see RS's products, but I didn't know if they're any good or not.

About as close as I got to arabic was being able to identify their numbers when I was in Bahrain.