Ran across an interesting place this morning. I realized I knew nothing about Morocco (thinking about it because of the soap I’m using) so I did a Google search. Did you know that the CIA has a website? It had never occurred to me before, but it’s there, and on this website they have The World Factbook, which you’ve probably seen in print but is available here in a searchable electronic form.
So I went to the drop-down menu, selected Morocco, and voila! All I ever wanted to know about Morocco, including geography, topography, population (it seems that old people don’t stand a chance in Morocco–can you say Logan’s Run?), and it occurred to me this would be a fabulous resource for researching locations at the basic level for a novel. I’ve branched out for the first time ever in my work to include people from other real-world countries (since most of my work has been in heroic fantasy, I’ve just made up all the countries) so I think this will be helpful.
And speaking of the Moroccan soap, you might remember that the good people at Caress Fed-exed me a full-size bottle of the Brazilian body wash to try. I’ve been using it for about a week now, and while it doesn’t smell nearly as good as the Moroccan, which for some reason hits my smell receptors like opium hits the visual cortex, the Brazilian does smell nice. The body wash is creamy and lathery and skin-soften…y. Way better than the bar soap, though the scent of the bar soap is purer. I might buy some Moroccan-scented body wash after my soap is gone.
That is all.
Filed under: Life, Writing | Tagged: body wash, caress, cia, morocco, world factbook
And, how cool is that? Yes, I knew the CIA had a website, but no, I didn’t know they’d share what they knew with us.
Now they know where you are … and that you’re looking. You’re a suspect.
J/K. Anyway, I think skin-soften-y is nice in a soap. Having a pleasant smell is a good thing. Maybe I can get the company to pass them out on the train as people get on.
… and then I have to find a way to force them to use it every day. *Sigh*
LOL, yeah, I knew about the CIA site. Rumor has it that one of my uncles was an operative but I don’t know how true that is, and no way to find out. I guess even if he was he’d never tell me, cuz then he’d have to kill me.
And you smell real purdy.
Love and hugs!
Yeah, if you’ve ever wondered what I smell like, now you know! Walk into any drugstore and take a sniff of Morocco Caress. That’s me.
I used that CIA website to research Guatemala for Just Cause. Good stuff, Maynard.