Medco might be your petrol station, but in the words of the inimitable Garrison Keillor it seems it has inhabited "driveway philosophers" because Medco suddenly seems inspired enough to decode Lebanon, and even better, decode it more thoughtfully than anyone else. Long time ago, a student of mine wanted to rebrand Lebanon, and after brainstorming we came up with the line "the essential is invisible to the eye" (yes, I know, taken from The Little Prince by St. Exupery). But there it is again, Lebanon - according to Medco - is not a country that is "understood" but is "to be lived". Sunday with the family, where is the party tonight (kids are at my mother's), Come spend the weekend, We're off to the village, Grandma has done kebbe, Are we going up the mountain or down to the sea?, the smell of the grilled meat on Sunday, The smell of the sea. The problem? They all make sense and are true and correct. Suddenly, everyone comes into the picture regardless of political differences and socio-economic disparities. And that too is tried and tested. So indeed, you can't explain that, but you totally can live it.