Colin

One Hundred Weeks of Solitude

A repat chronicle on adjusting to the natural social distancing of the “gringo frio” in his native habitat.

What’s a repat to do during lockdown? Or an expat, or anybody for that matter? Here are some idea.

Explaining how I divested from any emotional attachment to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Comparing crime data on Missouri to Peru, along with all the other U.S., Latin America, Europe and more. Select states sorted by murder rate.

While Brexit is a comedy of errors worth a thousand and one laughs, there is also light at the end of the tunnel.

How to improve the ineffective messaging in a letter posted around Medellin condemning sex tourism or mass tourism (it’s not clear).

A rant to Wife about the futility of worrying about shootings and gun violence, part of the ‘This is America’ series.

A primer on the St. Louis Blues’ campaign for the 2019 Stanley Cup championship (ice hockey).

Three brief anecdotes illustrate the adjustment to monochronic time orientation in Gringolandia (as opposed to polychronic in Latin America).

Explaining my reasons for moving the family from Lima to St. Louis, Missouri and the implications of repatriation.

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.

I take to task a poorly educated reader who mischaracterizes several aspects of American culture in a futile attempt to defend Colombian food.

On the best image to come out of the Trump presidency: the banquet for college football champions Clemson Tigers.

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