Toni Merchant’s blog Vox 2009-04-06T18:56:38Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d414379a873c7f/ Blogging is the democratization of ego Los Desfiguros (Eulalio González Piporro) tag:vox.com,2008-11-03:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f0109d0664cac000e 2008-11-03T23:00:39Z 2009-04-06T18:56:38Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

09 Los Desfiguros

Los Desfiguros Cuando te miro empiezan los suspiros y luego los latidos de mi corazón quiero aguantarlos y no puedo frenarlos solitos se me escapan en busca de tu amor Como si fueran palomas mensajeras te llevan el recado no ...

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]]> About my bad education (Pablo Neruda) tag:vox.com,2008-04-15:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00f48d0d4ed20001 2008-04-15T04:00:21Z 2008-04-15T04:13:13Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Translated from Spanish to English by Toni Merchant Which is which Which is the how? Who knows how to behave? How natural fish are! They never seem out of place. They are like hosts in the sea And they dress correctly Without sporting an extra ...

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]]> Unusual words from Chilanga Banda tag:vox.com,2007-10-09:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e398b0f5240003 2007-10-09T04:22:50Z 2008-10-22T18:26:20Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Word in Caló Chilango Word in Spanish(Español) Word in English Inglés ¡Ya chole! ¡Ya basta! ¡Estoy harto! I am fed up! C...

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]]> Chilanga Banda....cross cultural learnings.... tag:vox.com,2007-10-05:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e398afc8d40004 2007-10-05T20:17:28Z 2009-02-06T21:27:50Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Chilanga Banda Chilanga Banda

This is a song that I have promised to many people (about 2). Pure Mexico City slang (caló or caliche). This song was written by Jaime López, and interpreted by Café Tacuba. Translation to Spanish available below, to English, is coming up. C...

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]]> More about multiple personalities tag:vox.com,2007-09-28:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e398ad374c0005 2007-09-28T00:49:18Z 2008-09-03T15:22:32Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fernpessoa1

Pessoa, Pessoa..... I cannot think of other thing but Fernando Pessoa right now. Pessoa means: Person in Portuguese, and the Portuguese poet Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa created about 70 different persons out of him. His creations wrote in ...

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]]> Heteronyms tag:vox.com,2007-09-27:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e398ace8500004 2007-09-27T03:17:15Z 2009-04-07T06:30:34Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I found this poem by "Alvaro de Campos" one of the multiple personalities of one of my favorite poets: Fernando Pessoa. I love Pessoa, because he was able to create at least four different people out of his pen. Four different poets that wrote...

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]]> When did I become an old fart? tag:vox.com,2007-08-25:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e398a119e20001 2007-08-25T20:10:37Z 2009-04-06T14:53:05Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The topic of last party at Mayra´s house was the horrific: "getting old". I thought that it would not happen to me, that stuff was happening to everybody else, but me: the wrinkles, the tiredness, the lack of interest in what I have always been in...

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]]> Coopela o Cuellos tag:vox.com,2007-07-28:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00e3989821900005 2007-07-28T04:51:14Z 2009-04-05T04:09:59Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Zhenli Ye Gon-Copleas o Cuellos

This is Zhenli Ye Gon, Mexican businessmen of Chinese origin. He is involved in a huge legal scandal when authorities discovered that he trafficked pseudoephedrine to Mexico. He accused Mexican current party in power for being part of the operati...

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]]> Savannah, GA tag:vox.com,2007-06-23:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00d414470f533c7f 2007-06-23T19:18:36Z 2007-06-23T19:36:45Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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]]> Photos from Savannah tag:vox.com,2007-06-23:asset-6a00d414379a873c7f00d41446e9373c7f 2007-06-23T08:35:35Z 2007-06-23T08:38:34Z Toni Merchant http://tonimerchant.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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