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Aloha Medical Mission

I had meant to be a medical practitioner had I not changed career directions due to various forces, not the least of which was my low threshold for shattered bones and muscles with gushing blood flows. I began holding hands with female nurses while contemplating entry into...
Posted On Feb 11 2014 08:50
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Sochi(t) to me

I remember the Jamaican bobsledders in the movie Cool Runnings of 1993. I was in Jamaica in ’79 so I can put the incongruity of the sport in context. The only frozen thing in Kingston, or up the Blue Mountains, is the ice that cools the beer. I lived in the prairies of...
Posted On Feb 06 2014 12:39
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Ze middlesex

Previously, I dealt with the gender challenge of a neutral word for “she” and “he” by using a slash on “s/he”, but I was never satisfied with the result. Now a young guy started using “ze” as a generic pronoun for both she and he,...
Posted On Feb 05 2014 11:12
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Lao Ye and Lao Tai Tai

It’s the calf. I do not mean the source of last night’s veal that roams freely in the grasslands of Nei Menggu with the ponies. No, it’s that part of my body down the leg behind the shin that keeps reminding me that perhaps the bones have gotten too brittle for the Dong Bei cold,...
Posted On Feb 04 2014 10:20
, By Jaime R. Vergara
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