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I Make a New One

I’ve told you people a million times that I’m prone to hyperbole. So you’re sort of forewarned. Here goes: This Swiss dude is The King of all the anal-retentive restoration project YouTube video generators, and there are legions of them. There can be only one, and he’s it.

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Baseball, Baby Vladimir, and Other Discontents

I must admit I don’t see TV much. I even avoid restaurants that have teevees blaring on every wall. That was easy to do back in the states. I had no money so I didn’t go to any restaurants and that teevee problem solved itself. There are plenty

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A Happy Father’s Day

This video requires a commitment from you. It’s pushing three hours long. In TikTok world, it’s the equivalent of a trip to the moon. But it’s worth it, for various reasons. The Tube is awash with people bringing a trailer and rescuing cars from barns, and from other

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I Got Killed. But I Got Better

Well, the latest crime statistics for Mexico are in. They incite a certain “compare and contrast” urge in me. You see, I came to Yucatan, which is a state in the southern jungles of Mexico, from Maine, which is the unheated basement of Canada. It’s yin and yang.

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Nowak! Szybciej!

Moonlighting (1982) is a small movie. In fact, it’s so small, it’s practically claustrophobic. It’s the story of four men sent from Poland to England to renovate their boss’s rundown pied-a-terre, even though it’s not legal to do it. The film is set contemporaneously in the early 80s,

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¿Qué Onda, Doc?

I went to the doctor yesterday. It’s useful to compare and contrast mundane things when you’re in a strange place, and your audience mostly isn’t. I’ve seen a metric boatload of videos about Merida, Mexico, where I’m currently living. I watched them, along with videos of all sorts

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Greatest Hits

Bits of my life pulled out and flung on the Internet floor

It’s Not Ordinary

There’s a moment just before the dawn in western Maine. It’s not ordinary. You have to have a view of it. The valley tumbles in

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Maine Family Robinson

Rumford Delenda Est

I did something well out of the ordinary yesterday. Or was it Thursday? I don’t know. Or is today Thursday? I don’t know what day

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Sagas and Compilations