As you may have surmised, I’m a big Ron Paul fan. It looks like his Boston Tea Party money bomb is probably going to raise around 6MM today. Of course, things are still too good in the US for someone like Paul to win….It’s interesting to see a stat that something like 61% of repubnicans [Continue]

It’s not just the seasons that are reversed here….it’s the academic schedule. I can almost hear alice cooper playing in the background. Not sure if kids still participate in the end-of-year book burning ritual in the states……but this isn’t the states. Granted, I don’t talk to many kids here….and I [Continue]

We took an interesting walk through parque rodo this morning. There was an amazing amount of activity from the top of the park, all the way down to the beach. A flea market with holiday (prechristmas?) shoppers took up a huge swath of the middle of the park. Down closer to the water, there were mate sippers, [Continue]

oops. UBS just announced *another* $10B in writedowns??? Blamed bad “subprime” mortgages of course. holy crap. anyone remember the good ole days when a “rogue trader” nick leeson lost a “mere” $1.4B and bankrupted Barings, a 233 year old bank? what’s it gonna take before the first of these goliaths get [Continue]

Today is the 4th anniversary of Golden Lotus and fuBarrio’s first date. (uh…oh yeah….and some dudes dropped some bombs on hawaii too) At the fuBarrio household as you might imagine however, the year 2003 is much more important than 1941. Dec the 7th each year starts a “murderer’s row” of special dates to be [Continue]

Punta Carretas is the neighborhood that Golden Lotus and fuBarrio call home. Golden Lotus shot these fotos the other day on a walk to the grocery store. Golden Lotus seems to be a lot more talented at taking pictures than fuBarrio….must be the opposible thumb ….or the eyes without cataracts… ciao,fubarrio If you enjoyed this [Continue]

It should be obvious to all by now that Golden Lotus has a soft spot for canines. After all, she has managed to overlook fubarrio’s generally disagreeable temperment and unsettling appearance for all these years. Let’s just say that, unfortunately, fuBarrio is facing his most serious challenge yet to his alpha-dog [Continue]

Here is where we stayed…..I didn’t really know anything about if before we got there. It was setup by a travel agent. I guess they aren’t too strict on trademark infringement in Brasil yet. The room included breakfast and dinner. 5 days, four nights, flights from mvd and 50 minute trip to hotel from [Continue]

Some Brasilians Cleaning out their nets on an overcast morning after fishing in Praia Inglesis, Florianopolis, SE Brasil. The seagulls are circling around waiting for the droppings… fB If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! [Continue]

after almost a year and a half of talking about it, golden lotus and i finally went to brasil for a short (5 day) trip. the country is huge, and we didn’t see much of even the town we visited, but i’ll give you some general impressions here and follow it up with some pictures in [Continue]