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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 18

A MOVING EXPERIENCE: SHINGLE WELL SHOCK

I was living in Italy when a friend stateside uttered the world “shingles. Shingles? Wasn’t that something from an 19thth century Dickensonian novel? So old-fashioned: surely no one gets shingles in this day and age. Except that my friend had gotten it, twice, and emphasized how unpleasant it was. It’s…

USA

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A MOVING EXPERIENCE: SHINGLE WELL SHOCK
A MOVING EXPERIENCE: SHINGLE WELL SHOCK
USA

3 min read


Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jan 17

See Naples and LIVE

The first time I visited Naples, I had not heard the expression, “Vedi Napoli e poi muori.” It wouldn’t have made sense to me anyway, not as Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe intended when he immortalized the saying in 1786. Back then, Naples was at the height of its Renaissance glory…

Naples

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See Naples and LIVE
See Naples and LIVE
Naples

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Dec 18, 2022

A Moving Experience: Bah, humbug. The American Dream

Once upon a time, Europeans — not all but many — looked across the ocean to the American Dream with admiration and envy. Americans were more pragmatic, more positive, more energetic, more upbeat, and more honest. None of the dangling cigarette cynicism of the Italian intellectual, the entrenched ennui of…

Irs

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A Moving Experience: Bah, humbug. The American Dream
A Moving Experience: Bah, humbug. The American Dream
Irs

5 min read


Dec 11, 2022

A Moving Experience: Officer Krupke and the Call Center Blame Game

One thing that call centers in Italy and the US have in common — the reps you speak to are most likely NOT located in Italy or the US. One difference is that Italian call centers state explicitly that “the person you will speak with is in Albania, say, or…

USA

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A Moving Experience: Officer Krupke and the Call Center Blame Game
A Moving Experience: Officer Krupke and the Call Center Blame Game
USA

4 min read


Dec 5, 2022

A Moving Experience: The Agony of American Auto-mated Insurance

Of the MANY aspects of American life that have changed since I last lived in the US, one of the more dramatic is the change in auto insurance. That difference was pounded home when we had a little fender-bender in early November. A young man, rushing home, sideswiped our car…

Auto Insurance

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A Moving Experience: The Agony of American Auto-mated Insurance
A Moving Experience: The Agony of American Auto-mated Insurance
Auto Insurance

6 min read


Nov 22, 2022

A Moving Experience: Why is Thanksgiving better abroad?

Peeling the spuds for Thursday’s mashed potatoes, I had the feeling that something was off. I was about to celebrate the most important American holiday in its country of origin, the weather was appropriately brisk, my tablet was pouring out seasonal music, and a turkey dinner at a relative’s house…

Food

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A Moving Experience: Why is Thanksgiving better abroad?
A Moving Experience: Why is Thanksgiving better abroad?
Food

6 min read


Oct 22, 2022

A Moving Experience: An expatriate meets Joe Black

In the movie Meet Joe Black, the Devil is reminded that death and taxes are the only two inevitabilities. But why is insanity attached to them, especially the latter, and especially in the US? I have been butting heads with the IRS for 385 days for money that they erroneously…

Taxes

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A Moving Experience: An expatriate meets Joe Black
A Moving Experience: An expatriate meets Joe Black
Taxes

4 min read


Oct 3, 2022

DESIGNING DARWIN INTELLIGENTLY

If you are an animal lover, the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are heaven on earth. You can have a close encounter — on land or in the water — with wildlife that exists nowhere else on our planet. …

Travel

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DESIGNING DARWIN INTELLIGENTLY
DESIGNING DARWIN INTELLIGENTLY
Travel

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Sep 15, 2022

A Moving Experience: Comparing apples to mele

It doesn’t make sense to compare life “in the US” with life “in Italy.” You have to compare apples to apples — Gala versus Gala or Fuji versus Fuji. A fair comparison means you need to be specific about WHERE in the States and WHERE in Italy. In some ways…

USA

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A Moving Experience: Comparing apples to mele
A Moving Experience: Comparing apples to mele
USA

5 min read


Sep 9, 2022

A Moving Experience: is voting easier when you do it twice?

Voting in one country can be complicated. Remember Florida’s hanging chads in the 2000 US presidential election? So what happens when a civic-minded individual with two passports tries to vote in both? …

USA

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A Moving Experience: is voting easier when you do it twice?
A Moving Experience: is voting easier when you do it twice?
USA

5 min read

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