Yearly Archives: 2012

Oh No, They Didn’t! Taco Bell Preps the Dori-Taco

All this blah, blah, blah about being bicultural, bilingual, living in two worlds, etc. has finally resulted in something tangible –and most likely inedible. Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos promise to bring us the best of both worlds: a “taco” on the inside… Doritos on the outside* How can you go wrong with that? via: Gizmodo [...] Read More »

When Mexican Politics Intersect With Fine Language

You can say anything you like about Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but at least the guy has it very clear where he’ll end up if he doesn’t win the Mexican presidency this year.

Hat tip: Adictivo Magazine
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Oda al GPS

Por culpa del GPS, en Dallas metí la pata: con una graciosa errata, puse al mundo de revés. Con humor (y con estrés), con un suspiro profundo y sin perder un segundo, doblamos por una rampa: nos perdimos en la … Sigue leyendo Read More »

Gorton’s Launches Spanish-language Site to Pitch Tits and Other Delicious Seafood Treats

I love it when marketers go out of their way and launch Spanish-language web sites to reach my people (i.e. Hispanics.) But just one little thing. If you are going to be as rigorous as Gorton’s Seafood, which seems to be pretty good at putting accents and including “eñes” in their Spanish-language copy, you might want [...] Read More »

Encuentro (neoyorquino) de la cultura cubana

Pocas cosas hay tan insignificantes como un escritor en el lanzamiento de un libro de otro escritor. Pero por los amigos soy capaz de dejar el ego en casa, así que el viernes pasado me di un brinco a la … Sigue leyendo Read More »

A Valentine’s Gift That Will Make Your Girlfriend Wrap Her Legs -Not Arms- Around Your Neck

The creators of the Partner ES900, a portable translator that would seduce your girlfriend into opening her legs, are back at it, with a new marketing blitz pitching the device as the sole “linguistic method” that would make your girl wrap her legs -and not her arms- around your neck. [Click photo to enlarge.] This [...] Read More »

Pie de foto con figura irreconocible

A propósito de un “diálogo” que duró más de nueve horas entre esa metástasis que es Fidel Castro y un cúmulo de posibles pacientes de la Liga Contra la Ceguera, el sitio CubaDebate —notable por escribir “presidente” donde va “dictador” … Sigue leyendo Read More »

Want More Latinos to Watch the News? Pitch the News as a Steamy Telenovela

And to stay in the subject of sh*t this blogger couldn’t make up even if she tried… a local Fox affiliate in San Antonio, WOAI-TV, has found an awesome way to attract more Latino viewers to its 6:30 PM newscast. How??!! Just pitch the nightly newscast as if it were a steamy telenovela, featuring guys in sombreros [...] Read More »

Flujo de conciencia: la hora del almuerzo

Anna AkhmatovaEl viernes pasado, a la hora del almuerzo, decidí ir a Strand a buscar la biografía y la autobiografía de Edgar Lee Masters. Strand es la librería de viejo más grande y conocida de New York. Resulta que los de Strand, donde… Read More »

Gulf of Mexico to be Renamed Gulf of America

Remember the Absolut brouhaha? Remember the Alamo? Well, none of those contentious binational wars would ever come close to what’s looming behind a moronic proposition to rename the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America. The brilliant idea popped into the head of State Rep. Steve Holland of Mississippi, most likely because there’s not a [...] Read More »