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On top of the vertical blinds that cover the sliding door to the backyard, I see the furry beast in all its glory: this is the ugliest and biggest squirrel I’ve ever seen (and will be referred to as Brutus the Squirrel from now [...]
I walk into my house from work this afternoon, through the laundry room which has a door to the garage. I notice something amiss: the little door to the water heater is open. Upon further inspection I see the piece of insulating foam that sits between the water heater’s chimney going up into the attic [...]
I want to officially welcome my new housemate. Like Madonna, Cher, Beyoncé and Sting… she is simply known as “Totah”.
Check out the sheer amount of suitcases she brought. I think there’s a midget un one of them. I heard a voice coming out of it:
In any case… Welcome to Austin! Will be fun. My days [...]
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 [...]
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.
Last night, my friends Pepe and Paty had their second child, a baby girl named Ana (not Dora, no matter how much I lobbied for it). Congratulations to the parents and to the older brother and long time drinking buddy Diego as well as to the rest of the family.Ana was born at 11:09 PM, [...]
My next-door neighbor recently built this on her front yard:
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 I’m not sure what it is. My best guess so far is that it is a memorial monument commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Six Day War. Whatever it is, it makes it easier for people to find my house (”it’s the one [...]
From left to right:José Antonio Aguilar, Marcos Kirsch, José Euclides Correa (with Diego Correa), Alejandro del Castillo and Jerónimo Mota.
After two years or so, my very good friend Jose Antonio Aguilar (who studied with me and came dangerously close to displacing me as my parents’ third favorite child) came to visit over Memorial weekend.
That means [...]
Last Wednesday (May 3) I turned 28 (as you can see in the Friends and Foes of Marcos Calendar).Paty baked a delicious chocolate cake for me (my favorite!). Thank you Paty!If you didn’t call or email to wish me a Happy Birthday, the least you can do at this point is leave a comment below.
The toilet is the most important seat in a house. It’s where all reading is done. It’s where the daily meditation happens. It’s where Tetris records are shattered. A small, round, uncomfortable toilet is unacceptable and inhumane.
Alejandro Zepeda (a.k.a El Destroyer - hater of Peruvians), Gustavo Castro and I, sharp fellas as we are, know [...]
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