Ni Madre: Turns Out Ma’am Was the Nice Version
Turns out there's a word worse than ma'am, and Guatemala hands it out by age. I got called madre in the mercado and wanted to die. 😬
I Like to Walk Because I Can
I like to walk because I can. I see people who can't and I will not take these fully functioning legs for granted. For as long as they continue to carry me.
Say Ma’am One More Time
Got yes ma'am'd twice in one day and had a small crisis.
Quarantine This Birthday
Quarantine killed the birthday plans, which was fine by me. Turning 40-something is weird enough without a pandemic forcing you to sit with it.
Conformity Destroys – the YOYO effect
Forget yolo. It should be yoyo: you're only young once. A short, dread-tinged musing on conformity, adulting, and the decrepitude of the mentally boring.
