This is a recent exchange I had with my dad on our family Discord site. When I finished, it kind of looked like an interview and it talks about when I very first became untethered to the US and then became the skint expat that I am now. I thought it was...
Some of you might know that I’ve started making YouTube videos. Yes, specifically YouTube. I haven’t really embraced this nor do I have any ambition of making (to make?) this a job. It’s more of a hobby, with an idea in my mind of maybe coming up...
I actually saw that in a photo. My first reaction was to laugh. It IS pretty funny. Yeah, a lot of ignorant people seem to be marching in favor of Palestine, clearly with no idea what the geopolitical situation is about. Not that I have a...
The picture of Mickey Mouse has nothing to do with this post. I just like that it’s in the public domain. I just did another standup gig this evening. It was OK, but this time I was a little nervous. More so than usual, that is. The problem...
Well, maybe not a channel exactly. On YouTube, I have just one channel, The Skint Expat / Mighty Grē-gør, or something like that. I’m adding Moron Cooking to that. I guess it’s more like a new series of videos. I cook for myself. I occasionally...
When I talk, I usually (though certainly not always) use words, as ya do. Somehow, it gets me in trouble with other Americans. This is why I avoid talking to them. Not that that is very hard to do; Americans don’t travel much, at least not outside of...
Considering how many years I have been living abroad, and how many countries I’ve lived in, it should come as no surprise that I have been acquainted with more than a few expat communities. No matter what country/city I’ve found myself in, there have been a fair few...
Do you find it hard to speak English in public? And every time you try to do something about it, you either get stuck or can’t even get started. Don’t worry, you are absolutely not alone. The comedian Jerry Seinfeld once famously pointed out that public speaking was...
I’m from the United States, and I’d heard of them as a kid. I remember wondering why we didn’t have them there. I even once asked my mom about it, and she didn’t seem to know what I was talking about. Instead of just shrugging and letting it go, I...
I have been an expat for more than 30 years now. I’m originally from the United States, though at this point that hardly matters. In that time, I’ve played music with bands and recorded and released solo music, I’ve been an English teacher for most of that time, and now I’m doing a blog about all of it.