Almost American

When I came to the United States, it was to do a Master's degree. I could have done that in the UK, though quite frankly at the time it ...

As evidenced by my blogroll, I love to read about other people's ex-pat experiences. I have a lot of ex-pat Brits listed here, but that...

The article Are Time Lords British? on the BBC site today is more about accents than the question of whether Time Lords are really British....

I have a book on hold at the local library - The Post American World and the Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria . I'm not holding my b...

When I was in graduate school here in the United States, I dated an African American for a short period of time. I was absolutely furious wh...

DH says I am often too self-deprecating and that I lack self-confidence. I tell him that it is a cultural thing. Remind him that I grew up i...

Too many years ago now, I spent a summer living in Taiwan. I lived with a Taiwanese family, took the bus to work every day, and even ate out...

I'm contemplating joining the 'Riot for Austerity' . Not sure how far I'll get, but the goals are worthy ones . . .

I remember someone telling me once shortly after I arrived in the US that a big difference between the US and the UK is the can-do attitude ...