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Hey! It wasn't me! 28 Jul 2013 | 08:51 pm
Yo No Fui (It Wasn't me) Si te vienen a contar Cositas malas de mí, Manda todos a volar Y diles que Yo no fui (If they come to tell you Bad little things about me, Send them all away And tell them th...
The Super Split 29 May 2013 | 01:13 am
Most people who are familiar with the comic strip "Dilbert" will know what a "wedgie" is. It is a form of pranksterism, horse play, or bullying where someone grabs the waistband of the victim's underw...
Cloudy horizons... 22 May 2013 | 05:14 am
Well, it's that time of year again, the prelude to the rainy season. However, the rainy season here is not like a monsoon. It just means that from now until sometime in October it will rain once in aw...
The Turtle Defense 19 May 2013 | 03:38 am
The other day I came across an old CBS Omnibus film clip of the author William Faulkner giving a commencement address for the local high school graduation at Oxford Mississippi in the spring of 1951. ...
Ah, Grasshopper... 15 May 2013 | 04:43 am
I work in the Railroad Industry. For forty years I have lived close to the rails. The sound of the trains do not bother me. For me a train is like a spaceship both when you ride it, and when you watch...
Happy Mother's Day! 11 May 2013 | 05:53 am
Today is Mother's Day in Mexico. It always falls on May 10th here no matter what day of the week it may be. Last night about 9:pm my wife Gina grabbed her car keys and said, "I'll be back in a little ...
A cat by any other name... 8 May 2013 | 06:29 am
Now that I am getting along fairly well with my Spanish I am still learning new words and phrases all the time. There is really no end to it. For example, suppose you want to say to a friend, "Let's a...
The rain...a broken water jar 23 Mar 2013 | 08:04 pm
"El Cántaro Roto", a poem by beloved Mexican Poet Octavio Paz The Broken water-jar The rain... Eyes of shadow-water eyes of well-water eyes of dream-water Blue suns, green whirlwinds, birdbeaks...
A Wonderful Gift 23 Dec 2012 | 02:50 am
Today I received a nice surprise. It was a note from my friend Javier Camarena that included a You Tube Video that he made that is an audio visual description of some of the delightful traditions of C...
The Morning Guy 20 Dec 2012 | 02:18 am
Every morning my wife Gina and I watch a news/commentary program called "El Mañanero", or "The Morning Guy" (or also "Early Show"). It is a bit newsy but also a bit ribald and it pokes fun at life in ...
