potpourri

(1) Seth Stevenson at Slate has belatedly weighed in on the Hummer commercial I complained about a few weeks ago. Most interesting is the info near the end, about re-editing the ad to replace the old tagline ¨Restore your manhood¨with the current ¨Restore the balance¨. To all you Hummer fans who have loyally stood behind my boycott, I suppose it´s okay to go buy one now.

(2) Thanks to a certain Quilt Enthusiast for notifying me of the Slate piece.

(3) Internet cafes in Argentina enforce a pretty strict anti-obscenity policy on their computers. The night that I played pool with my fly undone, I stumbled into a café and wrote a much longer and drunker version of the event, but decided against posting it until I could read it in the harsh, sober light of morning. The next day, I went back to the computer to read the entry, which Blogger had allowed me to save as a draft. Unfortunately, my initial version of the story was so profane that Net Nanny wouldn´t let me view the page.

I´ve moved from Buenos Aires to Rosario now, and the restrictions are even greater. In this smaller city (birthplace of Che Guevara), I´m no longer allowed to view my blog at all. Upon entering the address, I am met with the following message: ¨The webpage you are visiting maybe contain Adult contents. This page will be closed.¨

So this is what it feels like to be a smut peddler. At any rate, if there are any typos or bad links or anything, I probably won´t be able to fix them for a while. Blame the Catholic Church, if you must.