DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Cartagena

DAILY PHOTO: Castillogrande, Cartagena

PROMPT: Could Talk

If your pet could talk, what would be the first thing it says?

“You think you’re better than me? Who carries whose poop in this relationship?”

DAILY PHOTO: Medellín Metro

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.”

DAILY PHOTO: Portrait of Lizard with Beard

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.

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.

DAILY PHOTO: El Peñón de Guatapé