Repeat aloud: "No, this did not change my life. No, this did not change..."
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Roller coaster
In a wild 2008, the American short story got a boost.
The compulsion called Rome
Not an addiction or a weakness or a refuge or a safe harbor, or maybe all.
Epic
Obama made history and made you cry, yes. Now look into the past for clues.
Como, walking
The six-hour hike from Dervio to Bellano is an ideal winter adventure.
Flemish fairy-tale
Waffles, beer, a sense of general loveliness — Bruges is ... tasteful and tasty.
Yes, I am
Living abroad in recent years has meant taking the brunt of bashing. No more.
Pisello, talking
When your boy discovers his manhood, it's best to go with the flow.
Saldi
Italian winter sales are a many-splendored thing, but develop a strategy beforehand.
The speech
If an inaugural speech is part insight and part rhetoric, President Barack Obama performed ably.
Frog
Personal email is vanity's accomplice, with daydreams spilled to strangers.
One Life
Tom Lampert lets Nazi-era "normalcy" damn itself.