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Even the mannequins are checking their junk.

war zone? or good police work?

I know I have friends and probably readers that think I live in a drug war zone. I feel like I escaped one when I left San Francisco. Tonight though, we had some action on my street.  It seemed controlled to me. Of course, I’m not getting paid to pay much attention [...]

El Grito de Dolores

We returned to Mérida for the ¡Grito! and the Independence holiday. We’ve been in other cities and towns for this most important of holidays but never in Mérida, I really wanted to be here.
It was fantastic! We were jammed into the Plaza Grande with thousands of others, watched the Gobernadora give the Grito and [...]

an ex-pat milestone

I don’t know how I missed this experience.  I know that it is common for doctors to prescribe an injection to be done at home.  I think I’ve had one prescribed before and gotten the injection from the pharmacist.  Not even sure about that though.
So, when the doctor asked me if I was all right [...]

Vote México for the Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is taking votes on which Latin American country to hold the next race. It is between Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and México. It would be a huge boost to Mexican tourism to have the race here, I think México deserves it. Right now, we are in last place with [...]

A more reasoned response

On May 1st, the New York Times had an op-ed article by Julio Frenk, Mexico’s minister of health from 2000 to 2006, currently the dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.   It’s well written and he also says that Mexico responded in a quick and effective manner.  I don’t think it is just political [...]

Sneezing in my elbow

The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed “Mexican” influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
That’s got to be one of the most ridiculous statements I’ve read lately.  Whenever they try to mix religion and science it just comes out stupid.  If your god has problems [...]