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I remember in 2013, the SunTimes fired the entire full time photography staff. Field reporters now take a few photos with their phone while on assignment. To be honest, I don't think the average reader even noticed the difference. I wonder what happened to the photographers. I imagine some went into teaching photojournalism, but what happened to the rest?

Every time I walk pass a hotel or shopping center, I get hounded by taxi drivers that view foreigners as potential customers. I have used taxis a few times. The drivers don't want to quote a price until you are in the car, but if you start to walk away, they will start negotiating immediately. The price you pay is still more than Uber and the interiors of taxis are not super clean. I understand some Salvadoreans do not have credit card accounts for Uber, but the popular InDrive App allows anyone to pay with cash.

I don't see how taxi drivers are still able to compete, but I still see plenty of them hanging around. Does anyone have any insight?

In true Jon Hein fashion, when did the show officially jump the shark?

1. Jackie exits the Show
2. Artie exits the show
3. Tim Sabean/Lisa G exits the show
4. Benjy exits the Show

I remember every sitcom in the 80s/90s had an amnesia episode. Someone would get bonked on the head and he/she would walk around the house not knowing who they or their family members are. Throughout my life, I have never met anyone that experienced this phenomenon. I am convinced that TV amnesia is just a made up thing by TV writers.

P.S. I have never met anyone who fell into quicksand either.

One of things I love about El Salvador is fresh tuna. Wild caught tuna in El Salvador is very cheap --less than the price of chicken and far cheaper than snapper or seabass. The tuna available in El Salvador is not the highest quality species of tuna. It's usually skipjack tuna or its cousin, the bonito. These fish do not come close to the buttery sweet flesh of bluefin or yellowtail, but I still enjoy it. I have been a fisherman all my life and I know how to cook all kinds of fish or prepare fresh sashimi. My impression is that Salvadoreans really do not know how to prepare tuna very well. I have only seen it once on a restaurant menu as grilled tuna on romaine lettuce. It wasn't very good --it was overcooked and had a strong metalic flavor. Sushi is only popular in the city with the upper crust society and visitors. I think the idea of eating raw tuna is unsettling for the average Salvadorean. Maybe I am wrong? Maybe there's some delicious tuna-tartar pupusa that you can only find in certain areas? Maybe there's some kind of spicy delicious tuna caldo/stew that I have never heard of? Am I wrong about this?

When I was in highschool, the musical group, The CURE was the anthem bearer of weirdos. I am sure you had the same group in your highschool -- the kids with black eyeliner, chrome studded necklaces, and a notepad full of angry poetry. I recently found the CURE on youtube and I think the music is amazing. The lead singer looks like a mess, but the music holds up. I wonder if any other Xers rediscovered music from the 90's that they wouldn't have considered as a teen.

When I was a kid, I remember watching reruns of the Brady Bunch everyday before supper. There was a two part episode when the Bradys went to Hawaii. The boys found an amulet that they were convinced brought bad luck. They tried to return the amulet to the Hawaiian sacred grounds, but the caretaker(played by Vincent Price) of the grounds was conviced that the boys were there to loot treatures. He subsequently tied the boys up and held them hostage. When the boys' parents, Mike and Carol found their children, they had a brief conversation with the caretaker and they all agreed it was just a misunderstanding. The caretaker was invited to a Luau and everything was fine.

Even as a kid, I thought that was weird. Now, that I am a parent, I think the situation is completely insane. If a stranger kidnapped and tied-up my kid, I would go ape-sh*t crazy. The kidnapper would at the very least be arrested and charged.

I am the only one who thought about this?

I don't know why it bother me so much, but I also get annoyed when Dr. Jill Biden calls herself "Doctor." Jill Biden has an EdD. This is the same degree that Shaq has. I never hear Shaq refer to himself as Dr. O'Neal.

High Fidelity is one of my top5 movies of all time. I saw an interview with Nick Hornsby in which he described Jack Black's character as a man-child that refuses to grow up. He continued to say that guys like him just seem to evaporate from society when they reach their 50's without anyone noticing. I am curious if anyone knew someone like "Barry" and "what became of them?"

I had a 10 hour layover in Guadalajara, Mexico. I was one of three passengers that found some corner of the waiting area to spend the night. It was comforting to know that I wasn't alone. When the nearby breakfast place opened, the smell of eggs and coffee was a nice wakeup call. That being said, I didn't enjoy it and I felt dirty waking up in a small airport. I wondering how many nomads out have slept at the airport. Has anyone been woken up by security?

I see Chinese money everywhere in El Salvador. They financed the new library, the new dock in La Libertad, and the football stadium currently in the works. I see several Chinese stores with cheap Chinese products and billboards for Chinese electric cars everywhere. The Chinese don't give money away for free -- do you worry there's too much Chinese influence in El Salvador?

As a foreigner in El Salvador, my impressions of the Salvadorean people are warm, friendly, and generous. The one caveat that I noticed is that Salvadoreans will cut in front of you in line if you don't guard your space. Older ladies at the market and at the bus stop will slip in front of you in a millisecond. I talked to surfers and they told me that Salvadorean surfers will jump in front of your wave without any apologies. I am wondering if cutting in line is just the norm or something that's only acceptable to do to foreigners.