That Dave Barry has a blog on blogspot seems to me like unfair competition.

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I went to a coffee shop downtown, long mid-afternoon break, read a book of poems by Mexican poet Coral Bracho that I had checked out of the library. The weather was nice; her poetry wasn't bad either, though I wouldn't like this same sort of poetry if written originally in English. We tolerate certain kinds of excess better in foreign products, like Gary's Indian movies and Arab pop stars. The foreigness serves to distance us from sentimentality. Just a theory! In a little bit I'll go to a sports bar to watch the Kansas basketball game.