How to improve the ineffective messaging in a letter posted around Medellin condemning sex tourism or mass tourism (it’s not clear).
Author: Colin
TIA: ‘Did You Hear About the Shooting?’
A rant to Wife about the futility of worrying about shootings and gun violence, part of the ‘This is America’ series.
I’m Emotionally Invested in this Sports Team
A primer on the St. Louis Blues’ campaign for the 2019 Stanley Cup championship (ice hockey).
TIA: ‘Pickup time is at 3:30’
Three brief anecdotes illustrate the adjustment to monochronic time orientation in Gringolandia (as opposed to polychronic in Latin America).
When Readers Attack! Roosh V Forum Does Repat Chronicles
An expansive response to a thread on the Roosh V Forum criticizing and questioning my article detailing the move back to Gringolandia.
Repat Chronicles
Explaining my reasons for moving the family from Lima to St. Louis, Missouri and the implications of repatriation.
Bad Bunny’s Album is Not Perfect
Explaining why Bad Bunny’s new album X100PRE is not perfect. In fact it’s Not Good, Not Bad, and he should change his name to Sad Bunny.
When Readers Attack! ‘All Yall Know to Do is Judge and be Racist’
I take to task a poorly educated reader who mischaracterizes several aspects of American culture in a futile attempt to defend Colombian food.
The POTUS Creates a Work of Art
On the best image to come out of the Trump presidency: the banquet for college football champions Clemson Tigers.
‘Latino’ is Not a Race
Explaining my typical gringo transformation from seeing “Latino” as a race, which it’s not, to a culture. Inspired by a poem by Noel Quiñones.
Let’s Go to Cuba … Before It’s Ruined!
A few less-than-ringing endorsements from recent visitors to Cuba, followed by why I’d still like to go (before it’s ruined).
Keeping an Open Mind About Human Trafficking
Asking some tough questions about the seemingly open-and-shut case of human trafficking in Arequipa which involved Peru’s former top cop, Raul Becerra.
TIA: Free Hugs for Hipsters
Anecdote from a hipster bar in St. Louis and the “blue bubble” which are a bit of culture shock for an expat on a visit home from Latin America.
TIA: ‘US Bank Needs to Get Their Sh*t Together’
Anecdote from a bank in suburban St. Louis illustrating a bit of culture shock for an expat on a visit home from Latin America.
