1. Did you know that Liberia has scorpions the size of a small dog?
2. In Liberia, apparently you graduate after passing each grade in school! It is an elaborate affair and whole town seems to come out and watch the procession.
3. In Liberia, Cassava and Gravy is the breakfast of champions--a dish not unlike mashed potatoes and gravy--with an unpleasant twist.
4. Liberia just had the Miss Liberia pageant. Yesterday, I saw the float of contestants traveling through the streets. What was odd about the whole affair was not that there was a float or contestants, but that this whole affair had no impact on anyone in town. There was no parade, no motorcade, no cars, no lines, no candy, no fans, no stands--there was only a float pulling eight girls around town--waving as if someone was actually watching--they weren't.
5. For the price of about 50 Liberian dollars (1 U.S. dollar) you can have a man on the street print you a college diploma. I have briefly considered finalizing my Ph.D. here. I wonder if he does Yale?
6. Rumor has it, somewhere in Sudan, a lone Frenchman, who eats preserved onions for breakfast, and wears an Indiana Jones hat, wanders the desert with a GPS tracking device in search of water. When he finds it, he removes a can of spray paint from his "man bag", sprays a nearby tree, and then places his hand in the fresh paint.
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