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What’s Up, Chile? and Related Musical Adventures
On the Giants: I hate being right, though this is a classic example of the difference between reading about a game afterward and actually getting to watch it. Why did they take Sadowski out so early, giving up one run … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Giants, jazz, music, rap, Santiago Radio, The Whole Empanada, What's Up Chile?
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Steroids make the world awkward
I’ve long believed that there’s a strange force in baseball, a deus ex machina, also known as the iRobot (movie) phenomenon, that gives baseball it’s random and anything-is-possible nature. Cash does not directly translate to wins, though it certainly helps, … Continue reading
This will be a long post of highs and lows.
Before this post truly begins, a short note. The last few days have been filled with both extraordinary fun and hair-pulling frustrations. I will describe the happy moments in full detail, but first, a short rant  (chee chee to follow). … Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Chorale, audiobook, behavioral economics, cold, Dan Ariely, FREE, freezing, Giants, Internet, New York, Nuts4Nuts, Pucon, Riverside Church, Santiago Radio, Santiago Times, snow, TED, There's a rickroll hidden somewhere in this post, weather, wine, wine is good
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One Month Reflections: On Power, Journalism and Pool
“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.” Boy, ain’t that the truth. And as I’m pretty sure the great thinker Kareem Abdul-Jabar was trying to say, in our time, when your … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Giants, journalism, one month, reflections, santiago, Travel
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City in a Valley Surrounded by Mountains… Press?
Attempt 2: Rewriting is really hard, but I’ll do what I can. So even though CVSMP doesn’t have as nice of a ring to it as my old newspaper, it seems I’ve found a place that I like to get … Continue reading
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Tagged CHIP, CHP, Giants, journalism, Machu Picchu, Peru, pool, Santiago Times
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