Category Archives: Photo of the day

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Hurricane Alex in Monterrey

Posted on 07/01/2010 by kirsch

Found this photo on Flickr. For those who haven’t been to Monterrey, that river is completely dry and there are lots of things inside it (or at least, there were): soccer fields, open air markets, go-kart tracks, golf courses, etc… … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #28

Posted on 03/06/2010 by kirsch

You’ve been warned. Source.

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Photo of the day #27: Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

Posted on 08/21/2009 by kirsch

It doesn’t get any better: The only man convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people was released today. This is the photo of him getting on a plane to fly back to Libya. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #26: Obama and Lula

Posted on 07/09/2009 by kirsch

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gifted Barack Obama a Brazilian soccer jersey just two weeks after Brazil beat the U.S. in the final of the Confederations Cup while meeting during the G8 Summit in Italy. The optimist inside me predicts … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #25: Lobezno

Posted on 05/16/2009 by kirsch

In Spain, they translate EVERYTHING, even movie titles. Oddly enough, I distinctly remember Wolverine was called “Guerpardo” in the Spanish-dubbed X-Men cartoons. Thanks to Carolina De La Lanza for the photo.

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Photo of the day# 24

Posted on 04/14/2009 by kirsch

Still catching up on my post backlog. But it’s still Passover so I can still post this one: President Obama heading up a Passover Seder in the White House last Wednesday night. But you just wait and see the photo … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #23

Posted on 12/30/2008 by kirsch

As I walked back to my car after the 2008 Hanukah (Channukkah? Chanuca? Hannukka?) Casino party, in which I lost all my fake money but walked away with six chocolate coins, I was surprised to see my car surrounded and … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #22

Posted on 11/19/2008 by kirsch

Courtesy of Google and TIME Magazine (Google recently put all of TIME’s photo archive online) comes this beautiful photo of a two year old kid having a cigarette. I guess back in 1959 it was O.K. for kids to smoke. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #21

Posted on 09/27/2008 by kirsch

This is a very cool photograph I was recently sent of my great-grandfather Elías Zack, whom I never met. It must be from the late 20′s or 30′s. Hmmm… interestingly it bears a striking resemblance with a certain photo of … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day #20

Posted on 09/16/2008 by kirsch

Below you can see soccer idol Francisco Javier “El Abuelo” Cruz with my friend Yoni Wapinski. Turns out that sometime in the mid-eighties the players of best Mexican soccer team Rayados de Monterrey came over to my school. Someone snapped … Continue reading →

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