On Botero, Escobar and Fat-Shaming “Did you hear the one about the hippopotamuses in...
Pablo Escobar Left Many Problems Behind And 99 Hippos is One of Them
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Society
Dynamite For Our Old Wounds
A Colombian New Year’s Tradition ‘El año viejo” was a tradition I grew up with in Colombia. A...
Vaginas All Over Bill Clinton’s Face
Bill Clinton? More like Bill Clits-On Scandals have a way of capturing our attention, and...
Platforms Where You Can Find Me
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Abbot Labs. Because Breastfeeding is Cray-Cray.
Comments on breastfeeding and current baby formula shortage announced by Abbott Labs.
Survival Strategies for Sleep-Deprived Parents
Crank-R-Us Today is a very important day for me. I’m launching ‘Speed-R-Us.’ “Speed-R-Us” will be...
Becoming a Feminist in a Masculine World
Where is Waldo’s Tip? “I am not your audience,” my wife snapped. “I don’t think those jokes...
The Space Between a Cough and Compassion
During the pandemic, I flew back to the Bay Area, and I sat next to a woman with a terrible and...
Your Art is A Steamy Turd
Let’s get something right. Your poop is glorious. It’s a work of art. Don’t you believe it? Well,...
The Refuge of Thirst, Exhaustion and Laughter
A prayer all Colombians know I was probably never as cool as when I dated Isabella — a divorced...
Supplements for My Genitalia
Redefining insecurity as masculine Poppies look like testicles before they blossom and I feel that...
I Have Trivialized Chris Rock’s Pain
But Will Smith Slapped Me Into a Frenzy My wife said I trivialized the Will Smith and Chris...
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A Loogie On Your Face
A Loogie On Your Face
On Issues of Form, Content and Feedback Fernando Londono was addressing Colombia’s congress...
Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
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The castle of little white lies my mom built to protect us Rafa was shot with a BB shotgun by...
The Highway is the Theater of Our Petty Daily Dramas
The Highway is the Theater of Our Petty Daily Dramas
Reckless Drivers are the Reason You Can’t Afford a Nicer Car I am a painfully slow driver....
Under the shade of coconut trees
Under the shade of coconut trees
I bought happiness at a farmer's market in Kauai for seven dollars. It only lasted a few...
Hemingway’s Manly Recipe for Osso Buko
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Cook your food in style and like a man I’ve been playing with the idea of writing a recipe...
A World Without Cojones
A World Without Cojones
My local newspaper published an essay I wrote about the uncomfortable conversations I’ve had as...
Alarming How Convictions Can Affect Your Brain Health
Alarming How Convictions Can Affect Your Brain Health
On open-mindedness and how people think 'atheist' choose not to see.
You Can’t Sear a Sacred Cow Without Looking Like An Animal
You Can’t Sear a Sacred Cow Without Looking Like An Animal
Discussions on the paleo diet and the scientific discussion of eating meat versus eating grain.
Looking at the Muffin in the Mouth
Looking at the Muffin in the Mouth
Some Conversations Are Hard to End He disdainfully looked inside the bag and asked me, “Is that...