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Ulysses and The Shawarma Man

Last night I had plans to see a movie. I didn’t have time to make dinner at home, so on my way there I stopped at a döner kebab.

It was empty and the proprietor was nowhere in sight. The only noise came from the Tee-Vee, loudly blaring the fútbol game. There was a sad, desolate [...]

Two Faces of Death in America

Two perspectives on death in America: the funny side, and the not-at-all-funny side.

My friend Neal sent the above video to me today. It’s one of those things that is so hilarious, it’s hard to believe that no one’s thought up this exact scene for a movie or a series. A case of life being more [...]

9-11

At the World Trade Center with no pants, 1998

9-11 is a special date in my adoptive country as well as the U.S.

My 9-11 story takes place in the U.S., in New York City. Read it here.

In the cemetery next to the WTC, 1998.

Weird Telepathic Shit & Stuff, Pt. 1

Poor Bam Margera is distraut, but he’s definitely lucid, and he’s not stupid or crazy either. So what do we make of his claim that at the same time his friend Ryan Dunn was dying in a horrible car crash, Margera, thousands of miles away in another part of the country, began smashing out the [...]

Late Nite Music Lounge #5: Requiem for a Weiner

Our loyal viewers have requested that we dedicate the next Lounge to remembering our fallen comrade, ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner. And it just so happens that there are two Top 40 hits – one from 1940, the other from 1971 — that perfectly express our collective grief at the senseless loss of our Weiner.

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“Whispering Grass” by [...]

Ball and Chain (English)

Video courtesy of Sergio Jungle.

Here’s Rob D., singing Janis’s classic, in Anti-Karaoke Madrid last Wednesday. It was probably the most electric moment in the history of the show.

This was Rob’s last performance at AK because he’s returning to the U.S. I’ll miss him a lot, as much as a friend as a star in the [...]

Ball and Chain

Video gracias a Sergio Jungle.

Rob D., cantando el clásico de Janis, en Anti-Karaoke Madrid el miércoles pasado. Lo califico como el momento más eléctrico de la historia del show allí.

Fue su última actuación en AK porque vuelve a su tierra natal, EE.UU. Le voy a echar mucho de menos, tanto como amigo como estrella querida del [...]

Sesame Street: "That's About the Size"

Anyone remember this?

All throughout my life this song pops into my head without warning. It’s one of the first songs that I can remember. I was very, very young when I first heard it — maybe three or five years old at the most.

Even though I didn’t completely understand the lyrics at the time, somehow [...]

Bills to Pay

Here’s a personal story in English.

Pasando factura

La historia la encontraréis aquí.