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Well, I am once again in South America. I like it here. I had an interesting week in Delaware. Interesting is usually no fun. My Week at Work. Click on the above photo to see what it looked like on Monday morning. Sunday night, the refinery suffered a power failure that caused a loss of…

Back in da ‘hood, Friday afternoon. I have just finished up that part of my work schedule that requires six 12hr shofts in 7 days, the first three in the daytime and the last three at night. I spent a good part of that time in a sleep-deprived, cotton-headed state. While working in the daytime,…

Wednesday was travel day. First, a note about international travel. This is my 20th flight to Brasil. About 30% of the time, something messes up. Usually, I end up getting to Brasil the next day. Sometimes, I get home a day late. I stubbornly do not allow for this and leave Brasil without allowing an…

Saturday, we heard that Monica’s youngest son, Leandro, was accepted at the UERJ, the federal university in Rio de Janiero. Here in Brasil, federal universities are free, but it’s really hard to get into one. One has to pass a test (vestibular) that is different for each school. Leandro has taken a number of them…

Clube Nautico Last night, we went to Clube Nautico,  Monica’s dad’s club.  We were invited last week – he called and reminded us yesterday.  They had an excellent dance band.  If you like to dance, it was a really good band.  If you like to listen, well….  Keeping in mind that they did a number…

Thursday, Jan 24. Tuesday night, we went out to dinner at one of our favorite places, Aldeia da Pizza, in Vila. Monica had spent all day in a cleaning fit and needed a break. This restaurant is pretty much the opposite of any place we went in Ilha Grande. It seems that there are more…

Icky view from my bedroom window. It’s Tuesday and it’s still raining. Accu-weather says that the rain will last until the weekend. Yesterday was a pretty ordinary day – not too much happened. Last night, we watched the Clint Eastwood directed movie about the Iwo Jima flag-raising. I don’t remember the title in English. I…

Saturday night, we went out to an open-air restaurant called Varandao, where we spent a few hours and saw two guys with guitars playing Brasilian music (sorry, no Pink Floyd here).     We had a great time. My cell phone has a pretty good camera. Yesterday, Cinesio and Monica’s sister Rita stopped by in the…

Saturday, January 19, 2008 Who couldn’t love this guy? Yesterday, as I was leaving to pick Monica up at the hairdresser, I saw Vagabond Dog on a leash. Someone has adopted him! He was speaking with our veterinarian neighbor as I was leaving. Monica knows the man who took him – he lives in a…

Friday, January 18 We didn’t have to get up early today, so sleeping in was a treat. After breakfast we walked into Retiro to run some errands. After returning, I called Mom and my grandfather – just to check on them. They have snow, and it’s supposed to be in the single digits this weekend.…