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Brazil

December 5, 2013

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I landed in Natal in the early afternoon and was greeted by my parents, my sister Haley, my soon to be brother-in-law Rafa, and Kate, my sister’s best friend from college. I hadn’t seen my sister in a year and it was great to be with the family again. Seeing Kate was nice too I […]

When Haley met Rafa

December 1, 2013

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Rafael and my sister met each other one lonely, gray afternoon on a website called Chat Roulette. They had each been perusing the site for hours, praying that somewhere in the mangled hodgepodge of misfits and perverts they might stumble on another lonesome soul with whom they could share companionship… maybe more. They were losing […]

This is not a drill

December 1, 2013

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My trip from Boston to Natal, Brazil, had stops in Atlanta and Rio. I had a 2 hour layover in Atlanta, so I wasn’t worried at first when my flight was delayed 1 hour, but soon an announcement was made that the delay would last an additional 90 minutes, meaning I would miss my connecting […]