Archive for August, 2008
Zohan was typical Happy Madiso…
Zohan was typical Happy Madison. Funny for what it is, but Portuguese subtitles are distracting. http://tinyurl.com/6njrud
Dark Chocolate, A Banana, and a Simple Cookie
I am up in my hotel room having some chocolate amargo (bitter/dark chocolate) with a banana and passa tempo© cookies for dinner. The chocolate is locally made. The banana is locally grown. The cookies are simple small rectangular vanilla cookies with browned smiley faces. Something about the simplicity of that combination makes me feel at […]
Brazilian Food…sort of
Ok, let’s get this out of the way first. I came to Brazil and while I will haven been here — what is the correct verb tense for something you are simultaneously doing, have done and will be doing in the near future? I think Douglas Adams may have written about this. — I will […]
Out to lunch with the boss, th…
Out to lunch with the boss, then I’ll make a few brazil posts.
should i shower? go to the ne…
should i shower? go to the nearby park? hole up in my room watching tv in Portugese?
dinner with the some of the (b…
dinner with the some of the (brazilian) guys where I was offered a free taxi to the (legal) “cathouse”…went to my room instead. ;)
nancy is going to be angry, bu…
nancy is going to be angry, but i ordered delivery sushi to my room tonight — http://tinyurl.com/6l75vw
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil – Landing and Hoteling
For those of you out of the Twitter/Facebook/Personal Connection loop, I am spending a couple weeks in Brazil training a new team. I landed in Porto Alegre last Tuesday and am still surprised at the size of the city. It is in most ways like any modern city with a metropolitan population of 4M+, but […]
…and a Hoke Lake Party Don’t Stop…
Mike Hoke celebrated his birthday this year by organizing a lake party. It was the haps (of course) and the biggest attraction was The Water Wheel. Many of us tried to fit our adult size bodies into this child drowning device and only one of us achieved moderate success. Here are some videos I captured […]
ok…something is wrong when I…
ok…something is wrong when I think the Australian women’s bball team has hotter uniforms than the Brazilians.
dinner up in the hotel room –…
dinner up in the hotel room — a hamburger that is somehow just not right…i know they have the meat, so it must just be technique.
John is getting ready to see N…
John is getting ready to see Novo Hamburgo, north of Porto Alegre…it probably isn’t a town made of hamburgers, right? :(
Making Fun of Portugese
Now for your reading pleasure I will do two translations of a joke told to me by a native Brazilian about the Portugese, translated into Texan and Louisanan. For Texans For Louisianans An aggie had to move to Dallas and he left his prize bull with his best friend. A few weeks after being in […]
Miscellaneous Foodstuffs – Summer 2008
On the way out from State College I made a stop at a vending machine — it beckoned to me as the siren call of all vending machines, particularly ones in unfamiliar places, do. The Mallo Cup was good, but it was only a couple weeks ago that I tried it so it definitely passes […]
Maine Root, I Forgive You
A little over a month ago I stopped at the Maine Root booth at the downtown farmer’s market and was delighted to find that they sold root beer in growlers. I’ve been back nearly every week only to find that they’ve abandon the booth and my growler has remained empty. I’ve gone through the five […]