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		<title>Offended Mexicans vs BBC Comedy</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2011/02/06/offended-mexicans-vs-bbc-comedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an interesting article on the BBC/Mexico scandal in my junk-infested inbox this morning from my dear Better Half, who in turn received it from a friend whose acerbic wit and online social commentary on life in Merida was often the target for xenophobic hate mail accusing her of being *gasp* a critical wach, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas to All and to All a Prosperous 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posting as the Neurotic Foreigner, I have been blessed with a small but loyal readership and many of you seem to enjoy my often ascerbic comments on life here in the Yucatan. While it would seem that my writings are often less than flattering, I would remind readers that mostly these are written with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aeromexicos New Airline Security Brochure &#8211; Endless Fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/11/aeromexicos-new-airline-security-brochure-endless-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you find a brochure lying invitingly on an Aeromexico check-in counter at the Merida airport with the title &#8220;Security in Airport&#8217;s Program&#8221; and you have a penchant, as I do, to examine carefully the English texts in this country, you know you are in for a fabulous unintentional comedic treat and will pick it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Merida Activities &#8211; The 9 PM Houston Flight Arrival Event</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/04/fun-merida-activities-the-9-pm-houston-flight-arrival-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/?p=1444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you constantly whining about how this or that is not the &#8216;real&#8217; Merida as if all Yucatecans had to wear starched white clothing, clunky sandals and balance a tray with bottle and glasses on their heads for your amusement, here is another unreal Yucatecan activity that you too can participate in! There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pimienta &#8211; Good Seafood-y Pasta</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/11/29/pimienta-good-seafood-y-pasta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/11/29/pimienta-good-seafood-y-pasta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Casual Restaurant Critic had driven by the restaurant called Pimienta, located just a few blocks beyond the Consulado de los Estados Unidos de America, when heading south-north, just before the street opens up to reveal the estadio Salvador Alvarado on the left.  The Critic had also heard some rumors and whispers that this little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GoGreen &#8211; Merida Eats Healthy</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/10/07/gogreen-merida-eats-healthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again the Critic finds himself in the Gran Plaza mall and the Critic is hungry but has absolutely no desire to subject his digestive tract to: the calorie-laden punishment of those nachos reheated calorie-laden deep fried KFC chicken that might or might not actually be reheated calorie-laden Dominos pizza (how do t hey survive in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Novel Costco Promotion</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/09/12/a-novel-costco-promotion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/09/12/a-novel-costco-promotion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there you are in Costco, checking out the beautiful books on display, one of which is opened and on top, because it is the Mexican way to shrink-wrap all books for your enjoyment. Really. If you go to Merida&#8217;s &#8220;leading&#8221; book stores, Dante and Ghandi, you will see what I mean. ALL the books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Migracion &#8211; Comments on FM2 Permit Renewal</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/08/14/migracion-comments-on-fm2-permit-renewal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/08/14/migracion-comments-on-fm2-permit-renewal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are, as you know, other sites out there, such as YES (Yucatan Expat Services) that will take you through the FM3 or FM2 renewal process step by step, so this article won&#8217;t be about the actual process itself, but rather just a few comments by me on my experience this past week. Yesterday, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Montejo Statues &#8220;Controversy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/08/06/the-montejo-statues-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/08/06/the-montejo-statues-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/?p=1224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An email from a friend alerted me to the presence of a BBC reporter who did a piece on Merida which focused entirely on the &#8216;storm in a teacup&#8217; surrounding the statues of the Franciscos de Montejo which were recently unveiled on the Paseo de Montejo, Merida&#8217;s wide, Champs Elysees -style boulevard. The interview with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coach Anita&#8217;s iPhone@TelCel Trials and Tribulations</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/07/26/coach-anitas-iphonetelmex-trials-and-tribulations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/07/26/coach-anitas-iphonetelmex-trials-and-tribulations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, we here at lawsonsyucatan.com feature a guest griper who has a fresh and illuminating take on everyday life in the city we all love and find so, well, interesting. Today&#8217;s contribution is from Coach Anita P. Beale; you may already know her! She hangs out in the mercado grande early [...]]]></description>
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