Americans are very afraid of visiting Mexico and Central America. And now… after the presidential election… the feeling is mutual. More…
AN EXERCISE IN DIPLOMACY
The customs agent looked at the import papers for our cars. Then our passports. Then our papers. Then our passports again. He put them all down… blinked… then picked them up and looked again. More…
SCHOOL IS DEAD
The American school system is a dream killing, soul crushing enterprise that every child is mandated to attend. It’s purpose has never been to educate. It’s always been to indoctrinate… uhhh, I mean convince you to dedicate the majority of your… more…
GHOST TURTLES AND LIMP BROCCOLI
There I am… relaxing in the shade of a coco palm. My feet basking in the warm waters of the caribbean. In the cup holder of my chair is what was just a few minutes ago a very cold beer… but the weather is so hot that it’s now a lukewarm beverage in a supremely sweaty bottle. A slowly building breeze carries a sweet smell that I can’t quite place. Hopefully it’s the cane fields that line the bay… and not the nearby dump. More…
RECYCLE. REUSE. REFUSE!
THE SARCOPHAGUS OF PAKAL
Those would be the words of the great Yvonne Choiunard… founder of Patagonia, urging people to refuse to continue consuming. An interesting position for a maker of consumer goods to take. More…
A DEBIT CARD. A HURRICANE. AND A BIRTHDAY.
Allergies that were once rather rare… like being allergic to peanuts, are becoming much more common in America. One theory as to why it’s happening is that we’re too clean. That reducing our exposure to dirt, and bacteria, and yes… even peanuts (every new parent is cautioned not to give their children peanuts for their first three years), is compromising our ability to tolerate them. More…
DOES YOUR COP BITE
When the bottom line is the bottom line we can’t really be surprised when corners are cut and people are screwing each other over. In fairness, I suppose that we’d all prefer it if you went about enhancing your bottom line in a mannerly way… More…
THE BIG PICTURE
Do you think that any one the cells in our body has the vaguest idea of what it is they’re a part of? I think that the same can probably be said about us. More…
INJURY REPORT
We spent a couple of really nice, cool nights in a large pine forest just a few miles outside of Guadalajara. Then we moved to this nearby water park for a few more days. More…
UPCOUNTRY
With only two months left on our Visas we decided it was time to head into the high country. First stop… Guadalajara, where we found this guy who’d literally melted into his couch. Reminds me of some of my friends after a Sunday of watching American football.