http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca One young man's journey to find himself and discover who his biological father really is Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:31:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Six months have passed since my last post, so I'm not sure if even the site programmer will be reading this. But if I've long ago won you over with my acerbic wit and pithy observations of life far south of the border, perhaps on rare occasion you still breeze ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/is-there-anybody-out-there.html ...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 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/kim-jong-il-dunking-a-basketball.html 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: No matter how hard you try, the Man always wins - which means now that I'm the consummate ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/uhwhats-er-going-on.html In [this country], red lights come in many varieties. A rare few actually mean stop. Others, to the driver, suggest different interpretations. At a pedestrian crossing at 7 a.m., with no pedestrians around, it is a "negotiable red," more like a weak orange. At a traffic intersection, red could mean...full ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/and-were-back.html Editor's note: As I write this I'm sipping on a glass of Fernet Branca, Argentina's most popular liquor (nevermind that it's Italian - the only other factory in the world lies in the Buenos Aires province) I arrived back in the US around 6:30ish Wednesday morning. As I sweated through the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been.html I leave Buenos Aires tommorow night. Aside from running around day and night finishing up the interminable last minute errands, this past week saw a lot of positive developments unfold, resulting in one of the most enjoyable weekends of all my time in Argentina. First, the English Institute I worked for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/palabra.html No, really.  A friend of mine (another blogger in BA, what’s more) introduced me to the spot and I must say – Dios Mio can this place cook up a chicken. Having lived here almost a year now I’ve not only had the pleasure of discovering places to eat and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/the-best-chicken-sandwich-in-the-city-is-in-a-parking-garage-in-san-telmo.html     ¨When I Die I Want you to Play Cumbia¨ - by journalist Cristian Alarcón There are lots of unpleasant ways to have your precious sleep interrupted in the morning, though having “Winds of Change” involuntarily forced upon you, as I did last week, is particularly cruel. In Winds of Change, you’ll recall, quintessentially bad ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/droppin%e2%80%99-some-knowledge-part-iii-musicology.html   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 graces the frontpage of America´s pre-eminent on-line sports journal. Soccer on ESPN.com - fancy that. Though I suppose with every professional sport out of season ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/when-soccer-ruled-the-usa.html 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 the quarterfinals. Though the match was too close for comfort, Mexico playing so well turned out to be a blessing in disguise. You see, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/vivaBarca/the-world-cup.html