In Mexico, as an experiment, I had a lifting facial, costing me $60, and everyone is shocked and says I look nearly 10 years younger. This is in part due to my having gotten a lot of exercise and eaten and slept well, but it is true that the facial got rid of my wrinkles. … More Nos visages
Of course I knew I was renting from an Arab-Mexican, but now I have noticed that my laundry shop is not only Arab-Mexican, but outright Islamic. Then I strongly suspect my tailor, Abraham Pérez, of Judaism, and now, near his shop, I bought a glass of carrot juice from a very Mexican style, if light … More Semites of Mexico City
IN JULY I MUST Work on computer files Call my T.A. Follow up on my denied grant Finish site for that Cultural Studies course Make plans for New Orleans and Austin Work on fiction Started, keep going I must also work on paper correspondence Update membership in professional societies Do academic work Teach Continue acquiring … More No he terminado de estar aquí
I have friends in their forties and fifties who now say, variously, in tones of voice dripping with superiority, that they: ♦ could not tolerate a seven to eight hour bus ride because to sit for that long would cause them too much pain ♦ could not tolerate a four hour car ride or a … More Des vieillards
Bold the ones you have been to. 1 Seoul South Korea 10,231,000 2 São Paulo Brazil 10,009,000 3 Bombay India 9,925,000 4 Jakarta Indonesia 9,373,000 5 Karachi Pakistan 9,339,000 6 Moscow Russia 8,297,000 7 Istanbul Turkey 8,260,000 8 Mexico City Mexico 8,235,000 9 Shanghai China 8,214,000 10 Tokyo Japan 8,130,000 11 New York USA 8,008,000 … More World’s 15 Largest Cities
In this apartment building are a Cuban, a Korean, a Lebanese, a Frenchman, two Mexicans, three Americans, two Canadians, and me. The Americans and Canadians had a convention outside my window, to which I did not relate at all. Them 1: Public displays of affection in this country are quite extreme. Every park bench has … More On cultural difference
I am going to Veracruz Monday morning and it has come to my attention that it is the 18th most dangerous city in the world. The 50 most dangerous cities are all in the Americas and South Africa, and most of them are in Latin America. If I have counted right, 14 of them are … More World´s 50 Most Dangerous Cities
Top places I have not been and want to go include: The Amazon Beirut Benin Berlin Damascus Darien Gap Egypt The Faroe Islands Ghana Guyana Jamaica Iceland India Istanbul Iran Mali Poland Tallinn Uzbekistan Xinjiang Autonomous Region Zanzibar Where do you want to go? Axé.
Note to readers: please remember the asynchronous and melded nature of all my posts. No positions are currently open in my current department. If the job I have to offer is so good that well qualified candidates should be beating upon my door to get it, then why are they not doing so? Especially since … More Take Two
Did you drink a lot in your twenties? I did not — did not in my teens either — did not know it was expected. I always did go out, though, and I started going out more and more in my thirties, living in New Orleans. I would go out by myself because nobody I … More Public Opinion Poll
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