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My Life in Transit

Searching for a Cure for Far Sickness

Category: Politics

Waking Up From Paradise

As I’ve aged, my nightmares have ceased to be about evil clowns and being trapped in Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood to … More

Donald Trump, Dreams or Reality, La La Land, Seychelles, seychelles international airport, traveling, Turkish Airlines

President-Elect Trump and Other Near Death Experiences on Praslin

Near death experiences from the Island of pounding rain, mutant sized geckos, and President-elect Trump.

near death experiences, Praslin, Seychelles, travel, Trump

My Life As A Fruit Bat

Other than one or two trucks, used for agricultural purposes, there are no motor vehicles to be found on the … More

Best Beaches, Fruit, Fruit Bat, Grand Anse, Indian Ocean, La Digue, La La Land, Seychelles

Hold Your Applause

Part 1 in Weird Correlations With Democracy: Why Clapping on an Airplane Makes You More Susceptible to Authoritarianism.

air travel, authoritarianism, Clapping on planes, Kharkiv, travel and democracy, Ukraine

Ukraine Runs to Europe, Europe Runs from Ukraine

I was one of the few walking down Lenina Avenue this past Saturday, the rest of the city was running. … More

EU membership, Europe and Russia, Kharkiv, Putin and Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine conflict, Ukrainian nationalism

A Guide to Overthrowing Your Dictators

I recently introduced the topic of “pet peeves” to my class of 10 students in Baku, Azerbaijan. “A pet peeve,” … More

Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's political prisoners, Baku, Corruptistan, Heydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev, Islam and Democracy

Based on a True Story

Watching the Edward Snowden sideshow escalate in the past week has sent increasingly violent waves of nausea through Washington even … More

Assange, Barack Obama, Ecuador, John Kerry, Moscow, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Snowden, United States

On Love and Euthanasia

Love… Happiness… Time… Life… More loaded words to give further reason to use ellipses… and then some questions. What would … More

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Amour, Austria, CIA Interrogation Memos, Emmanuelle Riva, Euthanasia, Funny Games, Heidi Klum, Michael Haneke, Nazi, orgasm, premature ejaculation, Ramon Sampedro, Torture, White Ribbon

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  • Caffeinated
    • Berlin
      • Bonanza Coffee Heroes
      • Café Anna Blume
      • Caffè e Gelato
      • Gelateria Am Brandenburger Tor
      • I Due Forni
      • Kauf Dich Glücklich
      • Mustafa’s Gemüse Kebab
      • Santa Maria Mexican Diner
      • Zula Hummus Café
    • Italy
      • Monopoli (Puglia)
        • Bar La Nave
        • Cafe Blanco (or, Where Marriages End)
        • Cafe del Corso
        • Cafe Dell’Angolo (economic realities of a one night stand)
        • Cafe Gieffe
        • Cafe Insomnia
        • Cafe Malindi
        • Cafe Napoli (or, Microwaves Cause Cancer?!)
        • Cafe Natale
        • Cafe Roma
        • Cafe Smeraldo (or, Why Wait for the Morning to Regret?)
        • Cafe Venezia (Coffee with Aschenbach)
      • Trani (Puglia)
        • Baciuco: Bistrot and Cafe
  • Drinking like a Ukrainian
    • Night 1: No Hablo Español
    • Night 2: Fallout
    • Night 3: The (absent) Revolution
    • Night 4: A Drunken Rant on Pastries and the Cultures that contribute them
    • Night 5: Something Happened on the Way to Yalta
  • English Lessons
    • Adjectives
  • I love Europe, but…
    • I have a beef with their burgers.
    • I need to pee.
    • Intermission ruins the cinematic experience.
  • Letters from Ukraine
    • January 28th to February 22nd, 2012 – The Difficulty of Maintaining a Poker Face during especially Trying Times.
    • March 25th – The Kama Sutra and Lenin
  • Life in the Heel
    • Adventures in Laundering
    • Ciao! (to love and cappuccinos)
    • A Particularly Productive Day, or: Why I Need a Better Alarm Clock
  • Shorts
    • Missing Christmas
    • Two Nights, Two Lovers
    • The Road to San Vito
    • The Pope is Bleeding
    • Gay Like Mohammed
  • Why I’m “In Transit”
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