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The Maté Experiment and Its Dangers

Posted by southron on September 19th, 2008

This morning I started my day with the biggest breakfast change since I gave up bacon for low fat hamburgers.  Gone is my well-known a beloved oversized coffee cup, and it is place is the very Uruguayan Maté (gourd into which the Yerba tea is poured) complete with a brand new metal bombilla.
Because yerba maté […]

Fat, ugly furry worms!

Posted by southron on November 20th, 2007

This is Harry the Westie again.
I would like to thank the fat guy in the wheelchair for setting the record straight about Lucy and her brats, err, ummm, I mean puppies.
Let me make one thing doggedly clear! I was mislead!!! Someone in the office circulated that cute picture of those adorable little Westie […]

Sorry Harry! You are 0 for 8….

Posted by southron on November 15th, 2007

I think my Westie got a little carried away earlier today and made a few slightly exaggerated claims regarding disputed parentage.
An impartial investigation has presented me with the following evidence.

Sorry Harry!
We have octuplets and they all look like Hassan (the dog from Piriapolis) and Lucy, not a patch of white anywhere…
I guess you’re stuck […]

Puppies!!!

Posted by southron on November 15th, 2007

Today we have a guest writer.

Hello, My name is Harry and I am a West Highland White Terrier, or “Westie” if you prefer. For the last 7 years I have lived with the fat guy in the wheelchair in a whole bunch of places: some hot, some cold, some ugly, some nice—in most […]

Hollywood in Parque Prado

Posted by southron on November 14th, 2007

Last night Borko and I were having dinner at Cafe Misterio in Carrasco with an attorney friend. We were there mainly so I could have good sushi and Borko didn’t have to endure it. For some reason the only fish he likes is a nasty bottom feeder that only lives in the lakes […]

Nostalgia Night–or a Night to Forget QUICKLY

Posted by southron on August 28th, 2007

Last Friday the UruguayLiving staff and dates went to a Nostalgia Night (La Noche de Nostaligia) at a party center at about Kilometer 13 on Ruta 5–it was hosted by one of the major hotels and cost US$50 per person.
Considering the price, the provider and the location, everything should have been first class…
WRONG!
The first thing […]

Reincarnated and Transmigrated

Posted by southron on May 21st, 2007

While sitting here in my office and staring into the fog on the Rio de la Plata I had a vision….

At first I was in a place that seemed a pleasant enough, but no matter how hard I tried it there were always obstacles that I had to climb over–the harder I climbed, the more […]

Have I missed anything? A party? Guests? Anything at all?

Posted by southron on March 24th, 2007

If one is going to be sick I highly recommend having a fever.
A fever keeps you warm, it gently blends reality and hallucinations into a fabric that can keep you amused for hours; best of all, it’s is a wormhole in time that transports you from “before” to “after” without having to bother with all […]

Bigger and even more important news!

Posted by southron on March 11th, 2007

After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
This is a full-sized, 8½ x 11 inch paper back, with color covers and black-and-white inside. Because of its large size is much easier to read than the pocket-sized edition produced locally.  The price for […]

Up the “down” staircase–Uruguay style…

Posted by southron on January 23rd, 2007

This past Sunday, I decided to take my new “crip” scooter to our forum group gathering at Old Maz deli for the second time–but this time I decided to do it the hard way.  By “the hard way”, I mean making the trip on the sidewalks, rather than the easy way, which is going the […]


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