We had joy we had fun
we had estaciones en el sol
but the wine and the song
like the seasons have all gone

(Terry Jacks)

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I like to multi-language old familiar songs and things.

Radio DJ’s in Guadalajara used to say these:

reina del caribe – Billy Ocean
grito rebelde – Billy Idol

Years ago I used to do telephone customer service. I heard a co-worker shouting into the phone at a hard-of-hearing customer trying to ascertain which part they were looking for:

“IS IT SHALLOW?”

Upon hearing that, a flamboyant co-worker said, “somebody must be talking about me again?”

I always remember that moment. There were many good ones.

The flamboyant “shallow” coworker ended up moving to Atlanta. I thought that was appropriate. 😁

From where could it be?

“If you are drunk, eat somewhere else.”

I very much enjoy digging up offbeat news from around the world.

This one’s about a Cuban film festival in Ecuador. I would love to see them all. To be in Ecuador watching Cuban movies would be total glory.

In my twenties when I was hanging out in Guadalajara (MX) more, I went to movies all the time. I saw lots of Russian movies, Cuban, and many from eastern Europe that just weren’t showing in the USA.

Also while there. I went to a 24-hour horror movie festival where you got an armband and could come and go as you pleased for a whole day.

Also saw Ghostbusters. Los Cazafantasmas.

This bubbles up in my head sometimes.

I was waiting with someone in a hospital ER cubicle, and this old man was wheeled into the one next to us.

The nurse asked the man, “can I get you something to drink?”

He said in a baritone voice, “yes, milk.”

I thought to myself, “that’s GD nasty.” It hit me as really odd that night.