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Mexico popular culture

Crazy Pants

It’s really hard to understand what some of our legislators and politicians are doing. Really hard.  Let me just point out some of the things these politicians have said and done. I’m focusing on a few key players, but there are plenty of other nutballs out there.  Ron DeSantis Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has […]

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Mexico travel

Guadalajara

Why is this city so overlooked? I’m in Guadalajara, Mexico for a few weeks, attending a Spanish language school. Guadalajara is an old city with a lot of history, and plenty to see and do. It was founded in 1532, but was forced to move 5 times before it ended up in its current location […]

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Mexico psychology

Things Fall Apart

I get mad when things don’t work. I was recently caught in the middle of a Verizon network outage in Chicago. Of course, it was a day when I wanted to make a bunch of calls and texts. I was flying to a meeting that day, and whenever I fly I like to keep Lisa […]

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life lessons

Memories

I preached a sermon about remembering recently, and that got me going. I started thinking about my own memories.  In Adlerian psychology, there is a whole system that has been developed to evaluate what are called Early Recollections. These are our earliest memories, and because we have so many memories to choose from, those that […]