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The sport of American tourist spotting

Mexicans, and I’m guessing people in many other countries, have a way of recognizing American tourists from the moment they are heard saying, “Hey, how ya doin’?”


Adventures in invasive surgery

Part I

I have been putting off a knee replacement surgery for at least four years. And for longer, I suffered with pain that gave me the gait and posture of an early bipedal species newly descended from the tree.

Why Day of the Dead always intrigues

For decades, maybe even centuries, Unidentified Flying Objects have been a mystery, a joke and a source of denial from all who have dismissed the idea as nonsense. I remember the explanations.

ATM personality types

Few things darken the clouds here at Lakeside like an improperly functioning ATM machine.

Is your nation in a funk?

The “Atlas and Boots World Happiness Report” has done a survey intended to rank nations on a happiness scale.