Note: The title is a little language joke to help me feel a little better about the somber mood that’s hovering over all of humanity recently. “Virii” is an incorrect plural of “virus” and despite its wrongness, I prefer it over “viruses” which, really, is just totes boring. Aren’t we glad we just have a […]

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In which Zach and Christine visit the mountainous highlands of Cuba to the west of Havana.

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“A common Cuban scene!” according to Cuevas, who asked us to pose this way

“Okay, tell me the difference between your two political parties.” Frank paused for a moment and peered over the tops of his bifocals. “You cannot!” It was noon on our first full day in Cuba, and we were taking a walking tour […]

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In which Zach and Christine fly from Chicago, to Mexico City, to Havana Cuba to begin a glorious vacation

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In reading the Washington Post’s favorite stories of 2018 a couple weeks ago, I was struck by one in particular – Suzanna Walter’s “Why can’t we hate men?” article on why women do indeed have every right to hate men, if they want to. The article starts out slowly and builds steam, and then in […]

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A few days ago, I gave “floating” (also popularly known as sensory deprivation) a try. Christine had given me a gift certificate to a local float company last year, and after returning from a vacation in China (and a 14 hour time zone difference) I thought it might be just what my frazzled brain might […]

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