Stuff to write about

My brain chugs a lot while I read or drive or hear snippets over the EMS scanner. My brain carves essays in air while it's inconvenient to carve on the page. Topics for future posts:

• Guys with guns -- Civilians & conceal-carry permits.
• On the run from yourself -- Chemical dependency, recovery programs, and the face in the mirror.
  
• Emigre paranoia (1) -- I always spend time in their little rooms-without-windows whether coming or going, yet they never fail to grant me a work permit.
• Emigre paranoia (2) -- Why my Spanish isn't worth shit.
• Emigre paranoia (3) -- What I learned at Franco's tomb.
• Emigre paranoia (4) -- Choose your maternal city wisely. San Sebastián is pais basque, Santander is not.
• Emigre paranoia (5) -- Citizenship options... How much guilt do they feel? (The "law of historical memory.")
• Emigre paranoia (6) -- Expat isolation.
  
• Child-parent revenge fantasies -- "That patient really needs a DNR."
• Mandatory corpse abuse - "We're doing CPR why, again?"
  
• Your personal jesus ain't mine -- Street medicine as ministry minus coercion.
• Barcelona, my other Rio.
• Kitchen tips (1) -- running life on one each plate, spoon, fork, sharp knife, cookie sheet, and deep tupperware thing.
• Kitchen tips (2) -- using a claw-hammer-and-brick can opener without repainting the walls.