Archive - Bebop Libre

Welcome to Bebop Libre: Start Here!

An introduction to America's favorite digital detritus.

6 hrs ago • Reese

Becoming Batman by Possibly Getting Rabies

And why I avoid going outside in order to avoid a horrible death.

Mar 29 • Reese

10 Pieces of Advice I Got Before Moving Abroad

When people advise you about something they've never done before.

Mar 13 • Reese

The Logos of Moving Abroad: Origins of Urbanism, and Why We Chose Spain — Galicia!

Learn what Diogenes the Cynic, Ulv the Viking, and you might have in common.

Mar 10 • Reese

February 2026

I Went to the Doctor in Spain. The Cost? An Entire Mortgage Payment.

An American goes to the doctor — en España.

Feb 24 • Reese

Forbidden Tortillas, or How I Mortified My Spanish Teacher

A man is sentenced to homework after committing an unforgivable crime at the supermercado.

Feb 10 • Reese

Finding Your Scene: INTERNATIONAL!

What comic book stores can teach us about cultural integration.

Feb 3 • Reese

January 2026

Secret Diary: Do NOT Read This!

Inside the mind of an American in Spain.

Jan 30 • Reese

Isolation, Dislocation: When Millennials Leave America

How doing everything 'right' can be wrong.

Jan 27 • Reese

Climate Conquest and the Right to Nope Out

On melting ice, hegemonic derangements, and liberty.

Jan 20 • Reese

From My Time Zone, With Love

On the quiet joy of living in the wrong time zone — a letter from Galicia, Spain.

Jan 13 • Reese

Karmic Macho Man

Some sins echo.

Jan 11 • Reese

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