DAILY PHOTO: Medellín Metro
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PROMPT: Regretted Reading
Have you ever regretted reading a book — which one and why?
“Hostage” by Robert Crais. The ending was terrible. The protagonist had zero agency in his own survival. They made a movie with Bruce Willis which improved the defect. While the movie may not have been good, per se, it’s my go-to refutation whenever someone squawks that pretentious cliche, “The book is always better than the movie.”
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DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of Lizard with Beard
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PROMPT: Airport
What’s the best and worst airport you’ve been to?
Best airport: On the basis of keeping one entertained on a long layover or in delay, Changi (Singapore) with its gardens or Amsterdam’s Schiphol with its art museum.
Worst airport: I went through Charles de Gaulle (Paris) a couple times when it was notoriously difficult to navigate transfers, and Kathmandu Tribhuvan when it had nothing but an instant coffee cafe once one was through security.
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DAILY PHOTO: El Castillo Museum & Gardens
PROMPT: Most Annoying Trope
What’s the most annoying trope in books or movies?
The McGuffin. A thing chased for the sake of being chased. It only works because humans, like dogs, are programmed to chase certain things without a good sense of whether it’s worth it or what would happen if one ever caught it.
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DAILY PHOTO: El Peñón de Guatapé
DAILY PHOTO: Botero Plaza, Medellin
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DAILY PHOTO: Inside the National Museum of Colombia
PROMPT: Completely Differently
What’s something you do completely differently from how you were raised?
Travel.
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