Monthly Archives: July 2007

Still Hell on Earth

The A/C repair guy came today. Turns out the thingamajing in the watchamacallit needs to be replaced (for the educated: the 1/4 HP 110 V AC blower motor in the furnace). It’s expensive, but not iPhone-expensive. He’s coming back in the morning and that should be the end of it.In the meantime, the weather, which [...]

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Hell on Earth

My air conditioning broke. This is hell. Brings back memories of summer at the kibbutz, except for the good parts.Will keep you posted as this develops.

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The War Against Spam II

See the previous post The War Against Spam I if you haven’t (and you care).
La Polla Defaced
Yes, comment spam hits popular blogging systems such as Wordpress all the time. But how about little, innocent, low traffic, 100% custom coded websites made by some random little guy? Surely, these websites are not targeted by spammers. It’s [...]

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Primavera 0

Fluorescente azul
Luz que baña mis sentidos
Donde todo empieza a ser real
Siempre vuelve a dar
Nuevas chances
Una vuelta mas
Entera
Nena tal vez fui
Un sueño de otro
Un rumbo incierto
La verdad es que nadie vive sin amor
Y ahora estoy aqui
Temblando frágil en la multitud
Y la espero
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Primavera 0
El avión se va
Recuerdos del futuro juntos
Goles suenan a la distancia…
Te espero
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Lindt Excellence 99% Cacao

“La couleur : noirissime - la senteur : sublissime.
En bouche, la force du cacao presque pur, puissamment aromatique.
Un chocolat de connaisseur.
Laisser-le fondre sur la langue et vivez un plaisir d’exception…”

You may or may not have read a recent post on my newly found addiction to extremely dark chocolate (but not to chocolate, that’s been [...]

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Pick a name

My good friend (but not for long?) Salomón Goldman and Fanny had this awesome beautiful little blond baby a few months ago. They still haven’t named him.
He’s unsure what to call him so he asked me to tap into the collective mind of the internet cybernauts. Please help him out.

What should baby Goldman be called?

Simón

Ramón

Filemón

El [...]

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Passport economics

You can get a set of two passport photos at Ritz Camera for $13.99.
Or you can get a set of two passport photos at Walgreen’s for $7.99.
Or you can take your own photo, duplicate it six times in a file, and print it three times anywhere to get a set of 18 passport photos for [...]

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Chupete Suazo

Chilean scoring sensation Humberto “El Chupete” Suazo has been presented with Rayados. Let’s hope he maintains the level shown in the Libertadores and Copa America. After all, it’s time we win the championship again.

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Me Verás Volver

Nathan B. was kind enough to purchase my ticket for the long’awaited Soda Stereo concert this November. It’s going to be awesome.
These are the guys in charge of the stage. They must be decent.

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La Polla America: Winners

serge shows his loot
After almost a month of excitement and sleepless nights,the tournament has come to an end and so has La Polla América.
The first place went to papichulo and gringo. One of them is a Tigres fan and the other is American. This proves that knowledge has little to do with who wins these [...]

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