@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] One has to admire an individual who realises that he/she has a personal problem and takes corrective action. As a species, we are often quick to see the faults of others yet are blind to our own shortcomings....
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In just over a month, 29 May 2022 to be precise, Colombians go to the polls to elect their next president. Fico fights back There are two things that we can take as virtually certain at this stage. One is that...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A few years ago — in my more petulant days (they are behind me now, of course) — I shamefully caused a bit of commotion in a Bogotá nightclub. Tainted vision The casus belli? Well, none other than the...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] With the great industrial and technological advancements over the last number of generations, humanity can get much more done in a much shorter period of time compared to just a few decades ago. As most of us are well aware, tasks that had once […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Wow, your Spanish is very good.’ ‘Well, I’ve been based here for over ten years.’ ‘Oh.’ That’s how the conversation generally goes when I meet a new...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] We’ve seen plenty of ire directed at those who haven’t completely condemned Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or shown unconditional support for the under-siege locals. Super Zelenskyy Even...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.’ That’s one of many maxims from Mark Twain. Were he to be with us today, it’s safe to assume that...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Sitting unhidden in one of my barrio tiendas sipping on a litre of Poker beer, it dawned on me that less than a year ago such behaviour was officially prohibited and had been for the guts of 12 months. I’m...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A long-standing friend made an interesting and, I think, somewhat accurate observation about me recently. He noted how I spend a lot of time fretting about casually meeting certain people to the extent that if I...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] And just like that, it’s all over — kind of. Within a couple of days of each other, both England (just England initially that was, not the other UK nations) and, more shockingly, a heretofore extremely...
