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My Foray into Carnival after 10 Years of Avoiding It
I don’t like parades, whether they be Fourth of July parades, Thanksgiving Day Parades, Gay Parades, Mummers Parades (aka gay parades), so it’s no surprise that Carnival was simply never a festival that was high on my priority list both … Continue reading
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Tagged abre-alas, Beginner´s Luck, Bloco Bollywood, Bloco Bollywood São Paulo, blocos, Bollywood, Butanta Carnival, Carnival 2020, Carnival do Butanta, Carnival Parade, Carnival Regulations, Carnival results, comissão de frente, Corte do Carnival, desfile de Carnival, Ensaio Técnico, Escola de Samba, Fourth of July Parade, Gay clubs, Gay Parades, Grupo de Aceso, Grupo Especial, Indian Music, King and Queen of Carnival, live sex, Macy´s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mummer´s Parade, Né Né da Vila Matilde, P. Ray, parades, Pé Quente, Phil Ray, Recife Carnival, Salvador Carnival, Samba Schools, Sambadrome, Sambodromo, Sapucaí, São Paulo, São Paulo Carnival, Technical Rehearsal Anhembi, Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Bridge Point
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2020 Brazilian Medical Check-up
I went to see my doctor this morning. I was a bit nervous about getting the results of my full battery of tests I did in December because I didn’t feel I took good care of myself in 2019. I … Continue reading
Posted in Brazilian Life, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020, blood pressure, Brazil, brazil debt, brazilian sidewalk, cholesterol levels, don't stress the small stuff, drink a lot, drink beer, drink wine, durnk superman, glucose levels, in debt, kidney disease, liver disease, Medical Checkup, Medical Exam, Medical Exam Brazil, meditate, mindfullness meditation, mindfulness meditation, Music, Phil Ray, porn, someone left the cake out in the rain, Star Trek, The Bridge Point, transcendental meditation, xvideos
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Ten Reasons to Love São Paulo – plus one
Most foreigners have an image of Brazil which includes the beaches of Rio, thick forest of the Amazon, or the Carnivals of Salvador. But Brazil´s 3.3. million mi² makes it nearly the size of the United States and big enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguá Branca Park, Atlantic Forrest, Avenida Augusta, Avenida Paulista, Bahia, Berrini, Bixiga, Brazil, Brazil size, Brazilian Churrasco, Cantareira Park, churrasco, City Chess, Clube Polyglota, Couch Surfing, Drinking in São Paulo, Economic Center of Latin America, Erotic Poetry, Gaucho, Ibirapuera Park, Immigration Brazil, Internations, Kobra, Largo 13, Love Brazil, Love São Paulo, March for Jesus, Mata Atlantica, MeetUps, Minas Gerais, Morumbi, Phil Ray, Pico de Jaragua, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santos, Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo, São Paulo Art, São Paulo Food, São Paulo Gastronomy, São Paulo gay parade, São Paulo Parks, Street Art, Street Chess, The Bridge Point, The Guardian Top Ten Parks in the World, The Polyglot Club, Virada Cultural, Worldwide Expats In Brazil
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Ranking the Best Picture Oscar Movies – 2019 Edition
I got a bit busy during Oscar season and didn´t publish my picks before the Oscars aired. Not a big deal as I plan to do an Oscars edition for every the Oscars have been around! Sounds crazy? That´s because … Continue reading
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Tagged #metoo, A Star is Born, Abigal The Favourite, black panther, Blackkklansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Driving Miss Daisy, Freddie Mercury, John David Washington, Lady Sarah, Oscars, Oscars 2019, Phil Ray, Queen, Queen Anne, Roma, Shallow, Spike Lee, Spike Lee Oscars, The Bridge Point, The Favourite, The Green Book, The Oscars
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Brazil: Where I Became Who I Wasn´t Time and Time Again
When I arrived in Brazil in 2009 I had a very difficult time finding an expat network. The only platform in Brazil that I knew which had any real reach back then was the now-defunct Orkut, and it mostly catered … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Behavior, Brazil, Brazil Life, Brazilian Crisis 2015, Brazilian Life, Eddie Ozzy Vaspol, Expat Blues, Expat Bubble, Expat Depression, Expat Life, Expats in Brazil, Orkut, Phil Ray, Question Yourself, The Bridge Point, Worldwide Expats In Brazil
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What I am Watching: The Handmaid´s Tale going to the next level, Godzilla, Gotham, a Hitler-and-Bigfoot Assassin, and Killer Condoms
The Handmaid´s Tale: Season Three – Episodes 1-5 (2019) Game of Thrones has come and gone. If you missed my weekly podcast with my buddy, Peter, be sure to click on the link below to my YouTube channel and listen. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, Aunt Lydia, Bigfoot, Bruce Wayne, Chicago The Handmaid´s Tale, Emily The Handmaid´s Tale, Fred The Handmaid´s Tale, Game of Thrones, Godzilla, Godzilla King of the Monsters, Gotham, Hitler, Hitler and Bigfoot, James Gordon, Jezebel´s, June, June The Handmaid´s Tale, Killer Condom, King Ghidorah, Kondom des Grauens, Luke The Handmaid´s Tale, Margaret Atwood, Mothra, Nick The Handmaid´s Tale, Ofred, Phil Ray, Rodan, Sam Elliot, Serena The Handmaid´s Tale, Supergirl, The Bridge Point, The Colonies of The Handmaid´s Tale, The CW, The Flash, The Handmaid´s Tale, The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot
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What I am Watching: The OA Season 2, Glass, Shazam
Hello readers – long time no write! While I have been busy working on other projects, I have managed to make time to watch all of Season 9 of The Walking Dead and follow Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aqua Man, Batman V Superman, Batman vs Superman, Bruce Willis, DC, DCMU, Game of Thrones, Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Phil Ray, Samuel L Jackson, Shazam, Split, Star Trek Discovery, Superman, The Bridge Point, the oa, The OA Season 2, The Walking Dead, Twin Peaks The Return, Unbreakable, Wonder Woman
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The “Not-So-Christmasy” Christmas Time Movie List To Help During The Holidays (2018 Edition)
Article originally published in my old (now defunct blog – forgot the password) in 2011 and an update from my 2016 list on this blog, which can be found here. For all of us who have nothing against Christmas but … Continue reading
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Tagged A Muppet Christmas Carol, Batman Returns, Catwoman, Charles Dickens, Christmas Movie List, Dennis Franz, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Ernest Saves Christmas, Eyes Wide Shut, Gizmo, Gremlins, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Jim Varney, mogwai, Nicole Kidman, Phil Ray, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Scrooge, South Park, South Park Christmas Episodes, Stanley Kubric, The Bridge Point, The Grinch, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Penguin, The Trouble With Tribbles, Tim Burton, Tom Cruise
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How The Walking Dead Became Great Again (No Spoilers)
*This is a non-spoiler look at Season Nine of The Walking Dead. That said, if you don´t know that something very big happened to Rick, stop reading now. For two long seasons (four if you count bits of seasons 5 … Continue reading
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