LA RANCHERA MEXICANA
When I drive around Florida, like most people, I listen to music. Either CD’s or the radio. On the radio there is American music and Latin American music.
Category: Stories
AUSTRALIAN BREAKFAST: FLAT WHITE AND MUESLI
As we travel along this vast Continent of Australia, we become acclimated to a new type of breakfast: Coffee and Bircher Muesli. The Coffee in Australia is excellent. Italian immigrants invaded Australia about a century ago and brought with them the Italian secret of Espresso. Coffee in Australia is almost as good as it is [...]
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Aug 26, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
A TRIP TO HONG KONG
Hong Kong is just a small reflection of China.
There is a major difference between modern American and Chinese workers.
Hong Kong is full of the contrasts of human nature.
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May 23, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post
THE “BAG LADY” IN THE E.R.
To some degree, we all have the “Bag Lady” mentality. It is simply the thought that the future might be mean and we had better keep something that we would normally throw away in case “We might need it someday.” Women, because they must care for children, have this thought more frequently than men. In [...]
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May 12, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
ACCOLADES TO AMAZON
Once in ten years, you get excellent service.
This time, Amazon won the prize.
Try Cabrales cheese. One of the best “blues” on the planet.
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May 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
DRUGS AND DEPRESSION
Recently, I had a patient come to me with a strange story: This was a man in his early forties, who had been married for several years after dissolving an earlier marriage that had produced no heirs. I treated him only sporadically, since he was seeing several other doctors for problems not within my area [...]
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May 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
AGUSTIN LARA — POETA MUSICAL DE MEXICO
When I lived in Mexico City and studied at the University, I had a friend who came from Veracruz. As a consequence, I went to Veracruz frequently. Veracruz is Mexico’s major port on the Gulf of Mexico. Today it has half a million inhabitants. When I was there, in the early 70′s, it probably had [...]
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AUSTRALIANS: NO SHOE NAIL FUNGUS
In America, TWENTY PERCENT of people over 50 have a fungal infection of their toenails called ONYCHOMYCOSIS. In Australia, LESS THAN TEN percent of people over 50 have ONYCHOMYCOSIS. ONYCHOMYCOSIS is a disease of the nail and the nail bed, caused by one or more fungi. It is a cosmetic disorder which rarely turns into [...]
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Jan 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
