Archive | May, 2007

20 May 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Jerry Falwell

I just read that Jerry Falwell died suddenly on Tuesday. I’m not going to argue in favor of or against the Reverend at this time. What I did find interesting is what really happened when he railed against the gay Teletubby character in the 90s. I, like many Americans, was duped and just assumed that [...]

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18 May 2007 ~ 1 Comment

Supporting the Troops

I don’t know how much longer I can take this BS from people who say they support the troops yet hate our President, think we can’t win, and want us to pull out. I can’t dwell on it or my blood starts to boil. I wish they would all just secede and start their own [...]

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18 May 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Subway Shutdown

The subway in Buenos Aires has been out of service for two days now and man am I glad I don’t absolutely have to commute anywhere right now! The Metrovías subway workers are demanding a wage increase of 10-15% and started their strike on Wednesday. While the subway system here is outdated (1913) and poorly [...]

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14 May 2007 ~ 4 Comments

New Apartment

A couple weeks ago I moved into a different apartment in Nuñez. It’s a little further out and on the very edge of Capital Federal (Buenos Aires proper). What I really like about this area is the residential feel. There are no noisy buses driving in front of my window every 3 minutes and only [...]

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07 May 2007 ~ 1 Comment

Will Update Soon

My apologies for the lack of updates. I moved into a new apartment last week and in typical Argentine fashion, have to wait 12 days for the cable company to come and flip a switch to give me cable and Internet. I´m using the locutorio to do only the essentials and saving everything else for [...]

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