by DMcGirr | Nov 18, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
Homogeneity So there’s this widespread apprehension back home that all Americans are the same. People have some popular phrases people employ that highlight this idea, such as “Well you know in America, they (insert nonsense)” or “Them Americans, they’re always...
by DMcGirr | Nov 17, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
Everything will be OK When you grow up on an island, a small island made of rock, and covered in grass and more rocks, you gain a certain perspective on the world. Your world is quite small when all you know of it is a dot on a map, clinging to the side of the...
by DMcGirr | Nov 16, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
Anniversaries You get reflective around anniversaries. Well I do, and all of my anniversaries happen around the same time. Kimberlee and I met around this time. We started talking one on one around this time. I visited the US around this time, for the first time, in...
by DMcGirr | Nov 15, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
The Mall In case this is news to you, let me begin by telling you that Americans like to shop. I’m fairly sure it was Americans that invented the term retail therapy – the practice of making yourself feel better through shopping. We’ve all done it from time to...
by DMcGirr | Nov 14, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
Gotta have that confidence So that I’ve thoroughly alienated probably a large part of my audience, there’s no reason to stop there. One of the main aims of this book is to make sure that nobody ever reaches the end, because that’s where the really insightful stuff is....
by DMcGirr | Nov 13, 2014 | Writing, WTF America
Why do people trust Dr. Oz? So the idiots lantern, the goggle box, the boob tube, the unblinking eye. This box sits in homes, bars, hotels, airports et. al all around the world and it’s a constant stream of information. Sometimes that information is important,...
