Guanábanas in Colombian Market
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Today Tica Macha mentioned making up a song to remember how to pronounce guanabana, a fruit that makes the most refreshing juice ever. I’d like to know how Tica Macha’s song goes because we used a song to help us remember too, except we didn’t come up with it ourselves. Guanabana is pronounced is just like the old Muppet song Mahna Mahna. Frankly, I can’t even think of the fruit anymore without singing the Muppet song. Or going to …

a big heart, a bigger gun
his pride
his joy
his mom gave it to him

On Monday, Mo Rocca stopped me in a park in the East Village.  I noticed him standing with a cameraman, pointedly trying to ignore me as I walked towards.  I realize that my sexiness knows no bounds, and Mo being a fragile human, he had a hard time looking away.
As I walked past them, he sprang into action and accosted me.  The exchange was probably forgettable.  If he was still with the Daily Show, I can see John Stewart making fun of me.
Mo: Excuse me sir.  What were you just …

Pete Seeger, that is. My lovely little sister took me to a benefit concert the other night to stop the relicensing of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. What a fantastic show it was! Performers included Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Gail Ann Dorsey, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and the New York City Children’s Choir. I believe I have expressed my love for Pete Seeger in the past, but it seems that I have now found a new folk singer to love…his grandson Tao.

Before we left for Costa Rica, we were playing Uno and Yahtzee pretty often at home. Sometimes M was really happy and complimentary when he lost and other times he was a REALLY sore loser. Unfortunately, losing happened more frequently, and he seemed to get really worked up about winning and would often change or attempt to change the rules to aid his cause. I sometimes lost on purpose and did my best to model good behavior. Games can be fun, they can exercise the …