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The Teleportation of Gil Pérez
That had to have been startling.
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A Wonderful Public Awareness Campaign in Mexico City
When I was 19 years old, I was traveling through Mexico City, and I hopped on the metro. It was so packed with commuters that I was barely able to move. Think sardines in a can. Once the train left the station, the man behind me started groping me. There wasn’t even enough room to…
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Tragic Nostalgia
As I write this blog entry, I’m watching video footage of the eruption of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano. It’s about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City, and I have been on its slopes. It has erupted about a dozen times since then, and it always brings me back to that long ago visit. Although I didn’t…