I'm a Ranger, a new Belgian beer ranger.

You can't see my uniform because we're on the radio, but you can bet I'm wearing it

with pride.

Wandering the land from coast to coast bringing good beer to the masses while I can develop

quite a thirst.

Now we've crafted a beer with Simco, Chinook, and Cascade hops, the Ranger IPA, so bold

and refreshing it can satisfy a ranger's thirst.

Try a new ranger IPA and then head online to get in uniform at newbellgim.com.

Employee owned, alternatively empowered, new Belgian brewing.

Follow your folly, ours is beer.

This is The Shorts and you're listening to The Dirt Pack Diaries.

I'm waiting for the green light to be a permanent resident.

Until then, my entire existence in America is linked to Mavisa, which mandates that I

cannot work anywhere besides the university, where I am now a postdoctoral scholar.

But as my second cousin points out, a postdoc is a nobody.

Indians are known for their honest but blunt observations.

I can't argue with him since I see a grain of truth in his statement.

If I'm going to stay in America, I have to accept the long hours and little pay.

Yet, I love the research I do on cancer prevention.

I love it as fervently as I love liberal politics, America, and climbing.

I have been in the States for 10 years now, but as you can clearly tell from my accent,

I was born and raised in India.

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