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Kitten Karma
My wife is a cat person. I am a dog guy. Somehow, three kittens, one airport encounter, and a little “kitten karma” turned that difference into a lesson in love, politics, and keeping your blood pressure under control. Continue reading
Posted in opinion, Politics and Society, Trump cuts, Trump Opposition
Tagged American politics, animals, brazil, cat, Cat Lovers, Cats, Dog Lovers, Donald Trump, humor, Kittens, marriage, personal essay, Pet Adoption, pets, political satire, politics, travel
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Dolly Would
A long layover, a Dolly Parton rabbit hole, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, and one uncomfortable question: how much of our happiness are we willing to hand over to politics?
Dolly had a pretty good answer Continue reading
Posted in Humor / satire, opinion, personal essay, Politics and Society, Trump Opposition
Tagged After the Gold Rush, Aging, American culture, brazil, country-music, democracy, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Happiness, life, Linda Ronstadt, music, Neil Young, personal essay, politics, travel, writing
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How The World Cup Defeated The Orange News Cycle
I thought marriage meant love, compromise, and pretending decorative pillows serve a purpose.
Turns out it also meant swearing lifelong loyalty to Brazilian soccer.
This one is about the World Cup, marriage, Brazil, and the blessed miracle of replacing the orange news cycle with a month of yellow jerseys, questionable officiating, and emotional damage in Portuguese.
Give it a read. Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, Brazilian Soccer, football, Political Exhaustion, soccer, Sports, World Cup, writing
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Six Years Ago, Today
Six years ago I flew home from pandemic lockdown in Brazil believing America still knew the difference between leadership and a late-stage infomercial host with a persecution complex.
I was wrong.
A little jet lag, a little heartbreak, a little rage, and just enough dark humor to survive reading the headlines. If you’ve ever looked at the news and thought “how did we get HERE?” — this one’s for you. 🇺🇸🔥
Read before they replace the Statue of Liberty with a gold-plated grievance monument. Continue reading
Posted in covid, Humor / satire, institutional poverty, opinion, personal essay, Politics and Society, Social Media, Trump cuts
Tagged brazil, family, life, travel, writing
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The Smoking Snake, My Dad, and The Forgotten Lessons of The Greatest Generation
My wife met my father for the first and only time in the last month of his life. Three months earlier, I had met this gorgeous, smart, funny woman on an eighteen-day cruise up the coast of Brazil, with a … Continue reading
Salvador, A First Date, Michael Jackson and Brazil’s History of Slavery
Brazil’s history with slavery is shameful. Brazil imported more than 4.8 million Africans as slaves—almost eleven times more than the American colonies and the U.S. during its own shameful past. Even more shocking is that 50% of those who arrived … Continue reading
Brazil’s Heat: Hot Temps, Cold Shoulders for Trump
Making America great again has, in turn, made China great in Brazil—which would only be tolerable if it improved the quality of Chinese restaurants here in Rio. (Don’t ask. It’s awful.) Continue reading
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Tagged anti-maga, bolsonaro, brazil, china, news, politics, trump
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