“Hold on,” said the barista as she studied the bill she was about to hand back to me for[…]
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New Country, New Trek: Into Uganda
At night I lay sick in my saggy bed in my dingy motel in Bukoba, wishing that buses could leave[…]
Read moreHmm, Maybe Canada Really is on Top of the U.S.
When I was a boy, the Cannuck currency was 2/3 that of America’s. I remembered the ratio by comparing it[…]
Read morePenny-wise part 2: The Canadian State-mint
Well, well. I wrote a month ago about the issue we Americans have with our one cent piece–that it’s practically[…]
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