Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Wednesday's podcast: Mexico and caravans....Fly me to Chicago....and more


Mexico and caravans....Fly me to Chicago.....Michigan and Trump on the ballot.....George Harrison 1970..and other stories..
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Wednesday's video: Mexico and caravans....Fly me to Chicago....and more


Wednesday's video: 
 Mexico and caravans....Fly me to Chicago....and more......

                               
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Lopez-Obrador wants to change the subject




Lopez-Obrador wants to change the subject: We've seen this before.  A caravan comes together in Mexico and…..

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Ralphie’s mom must have been part-Cuban



It’s Navidad and time to watch some of those movie classics, from “It’s a wonderful life” to “The Christmas Story.”
Mrs. Parker of “The Christmas Story“, played by Melinda Dillon, reminds me so much my mother growing up.  I’m convinced that she is part-Cuban.
We grew up between a very tropical Cuba and the snows of Wisconsin. 
And I am convinced that Mrs. Parker was really “una mama cubana”!    Her ways, the soap in your mouth and everything else convinces me that she was like my mom.
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"Que Pasa USA" and growing up Cuban in the US





For years, "Que Pasa USA" was a hilarious comedy about growing up Cuban in the US. 

 It was the story of a Cuban family's struggles as "refugees" in Miami in the late 1960's or early 1970's.   

 We used to call it the "refugee experience" in my household. My parents always said that we were "refugees", perphaps a reference to the politics that brought us here. 

Like most things Cuban, it included parents, very funny grandparents and a couple of teenagers who were in the middle of everything. It sounds like my own family growing up in the US! It will remind you of yours!

My favorite show was the one about the grandparents taking the US citizenship test or the Cuban garage sale!

Why was "Que Pasa USA" so good? Because it was true. It was easy to see your mom and dad on that show.   Also, who can ever forget having a Cuban sister? 




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Happy # 80 Roy White


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Roy White was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1943.    He played his entire career with the Yankees and earned the name "Mr. Consistent".

 Roy broke with New York in 1965 and played in some of the worst Yankee teams ever.   Nevertheless, he was a steady player who played lots of games, good glove in left field and decent hitting:   .271 batting average, a very good .360 on-base-pct, and 1,803 hits in 1,881 games!

 Between 1969 and 1973, he walked 439 times making him a perfect # 2 hitter ahead of Thurman Munson, Bobby Murcer and later Lou Piniella.

 Roy got to play with the Yankees in the 1976-78 World Series.   He retired after the 1979 season.

 I remember Roy White as a really good guy.

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