I was ripped off.

When I was six I was chosen to plant a pussy willow tree in the playground. My teacher said that when I grew up I'd be able to come back and see the tree I'd planted.

I never forgot that and decades later I went back to see it. And it … Read more

I went to an American high school in Rome. One thing that made it stand out from normal Italian schools was the fact we always had a police car parked outside because it was considered a "sensitive location" in terms of bomb threats and stuff.

I Google Earthed the school the other day, and noticed they … Read more