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The Great Resignation is leading to great consternation
The staffing shortage in the U.S. and Europe was visible everywhere during my recent trip and culminated in an arduous trip home with an unintentionally long stay at Heathrow Airport. But it also afforded the opportunity to observe some colorful aspects of human behavior.
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My cowboy boots didn’t fool the cowboy
I thought cowboy boots would help me develop my rodeo skills. An evening at the Grizzly Rose bar in Denver was enough to teach me otherwise.
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In awe of Colorado’s awfully good athletes
Hiking and biking regularly might lead you to believe you’re in good shape. If you wish to test that hypothesis, just come and pit yourself against the Coloradans who tackle fourteeners every weekend.
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Canada, oh Canada, what have you done?
Canada and New Zealand have been bastions of rationality until the trucker protests broke out. Should we turn to bonobo monkeys for better behavior advice?
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Stand down, parler, this word is too good to debauch
Language is constantly in flux. Words come, words go, and sometimes their meaning changes altogether. Long gone are the days when I associated the word “gay“ with being happy, dancing around the room and singing one of my favorite songs from the musical Camelot. When you leave your home country as I did, you must […]
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From Munich to Philadelphia with love
A chat group of expat Americans provides moral support during a days-long chat leading to Biden’s victory.
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Mail-in ballots are sometimes the only way to vote
Mail-in ballots should be simple and foolproof. The technology is there, so why not use it?