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Retired playboy, now a psuedo-intellectual of the Leibniz cloth. Just got back to Brooklyn after running a newspaper in Mexico, which was an education better than any graduate school. Currently waiting for 2012, and wondering if there will be a parade, preferably Monkeys on Parade.

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Ran Scot

Glory Ride Home

The best way to learn a language is to take the cheapest transportation you can find. This is how I got caught up in the Mexican carav…

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

El glorioso regreso a casa

La mejor manera de aprender un lenguaje es tomar el medio de transporte más barato que puedas encontrar. Así fue como caí …

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

Reseña de las tortas de terminal (Terminal Torta Review)

(For those unfamiliar, in Mexico everyone travels by bus, and every bus station has a torta stand. This is a review of the food options at various bus…

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

Christmas Shopping in Small Tianguis in Rural Mexico

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

I think we’re ready for the coffee and pie

We find ourselves in a corner cafe worthy of that overdone ‘50s painting. Now we are about to square off like two priz…

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

Dog Days of Durango

This all started because we were hungry. Tobin and I had been biking acrossing Durango all day and this catina had the sweet smell of tamales rolling …

Revised 20 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

In The Heart of the Ring of Ghosts

The best way to get directions to the Ring of Ghosts in the Dark Forest of Brazoria is to ask the elders who always gather under the Masonic Oak. Th…

Revised 31 Oct 2006 by Ran Scot

Jesus waits for the mail as we chased bells.

Jesus didn't mean to fall off the bar stool, but he did. And to be fair, we were four tequilas in and God only knows how many beers. As he struggled…

Revised 15 Jun 2007 by Ran Scot

The case against putting eggs on walls.

Manhattan always needs a good wash down, to help us forget it's rather dirty underbelly. Today the rain gods most have realized it had been awhile s…

Revised 15 Jun 2007 by Ran Scot

Picking up the check at Democracy Cafe

The rummy stumbled out of the cafe, no one cared enough to call him a cab. Left at the table was an oddball pair, looking at the havoc their dinner …

Revised 15 Jun 2007 by Ran Scot

Act 2, Scene 4, Bush II: Battle of Justice's Day

Act 2, Scene 4, Bush II A band of patriots stand looking weary-eyed at the huge forces of the far right. Most desire to flee, and the Imp Impervish,…

Revised 15 Jun 2007 by Ran Scot