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Kim Jong-Il Dunking a Basketball

Friday, October 13th, 2006

…Need I say more?

According to notorious political gossip queen Matt Drudge – the D.C. equivalent of the folks at gawker.com – the GOP has decided to shelve an anti-Democrat TV ad produced by David Zucker, of “Naked Gun” fame, and, more recently, the venerable “Scary Movie” series, 3-5.

There’s no Leslie Neilson in this production, but after watching the Will Ferrell-esque (think Reno Time) caricature of Madeline Albright scrub a wall in Osama’s cave, you’ll no doubt be asking yourself, “Shirley you can’t be serious?”

Without any further ado:

‘Scary Movie’ Producer Makes Campaign Ad; Mocks Democrats

Who knew the Republican leadership had such a good sense of humor? I found it rather unoriginal when Dick Cheney articulated what Senator Patrick Leahy could do with himself in 2004. Ages have passed since I’ve chuckled so hard with them.

Another one of Zucker’s masterpieces (no sarcasm intended), this one dating from the 2005 Presidential election:

John Kerry Can’t Make up his Mind

Boludo, Soy

Friday, September 29th, 2006

I hate that we have to meet like this, but it couldn’t be avoided. I should be posting alot more and I know I’ve been a bad boy, but the truth is this:

  1. No matter how hard you try, the Man always wins – which means now that I’m the consummate American office jockey, I no longer have the luxury, nor the energy, to stay up till 3 am or while away the afternoon lost in daydreams of grilled meat and exotic women cooing my name.
  2. Like I just mentioned, I’m just a regular working stiff; I doubt anybody really cares to hear harrowing accounts of double-sided copying and paralyzing computer malfunctions. Besides, there’s nothing I could say that that Dilbert hasn’t already.

The other day I was casually checking this blog and I noticed that my most recent post was missing. Apparently the bootsNall server (the kind people who publish all my fanciful blather) broke down a week ago, wreaking total havoc on its own homegrown blogosphere. Fortunately I got off easy with just one post deleted – which was re-typed a few hours ago…but, according to bootsNall, when the hard drive wiped out in some cases it took entire blogs along with it. That stings. Which reminds me – I better make like Juvenile and back this thing up.

I still plan on posting and droppin’ some more knowledge on ya’ll, but the longer I’m away from Argentina, the closer my mind drifts to the current state of affairs. That’s not to say I haven’t anything interesting to comment on – just that possible topics to be broached may take on a less exciting tone. For example, in Argentina I was one of the few men of my generation living alone, and I was living in what is arguably the city’s most happening neighborhood. Now I go to sleep next to a bookcase stocked with Judy Blume and wake up being harangued to clean my room. Things have changed. At any rate, if you can weather the storm and bare with me for the time being, this will eventually morph back into original form as a travel blog after I take off on my next Latin American adventure to Mexico.

Saludos! Viva Mexico! Viva la revolucion! (Damn it feels good saying that)

When Soccer Ruled the USA

Thursday, July 6th, 2006
wahol.bmp  Taken from ESPN.com Getting a little bit more into the fútbol theme, I´d like to direct your attention to a fantastic article that - believe it or not - actually ... [Continue reading this entry]

The World Cup

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
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For those who haven't been keeping up with the World Cup and Americans, Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 yesterday with a dramatic goal in overtime, advancing to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Feissimo

Monday, June 12th, 2006

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"ME HUNGRY...heeheeheehee"

In Argentine Spanish, the Italian modifier "issimo" is often added to ordinary Spanish adjectives for exaggeration or emphasis. Add it to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Shameless Self-Promotion

Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Morning. I´m going to completely and utterly abuse my blog privileges by directing you towards these websites where I´ve just been published: What´s Up BA http://www.whatsupbuenosaires.com/news/news.php?ln=e  Road Junky  www.roadjunky.com Scroll down a bit on the main page and my article is on the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Happy (2)5 de Mayo

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

They´ll be no Corona and nachos at this May celebration in Latin America - well, at least not intentionally.

 

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¨People of Zamunda...¨

photo from www.lanacion.com.ar

Today is the ... [Continue reading this entry]