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Books? For Children? In 2013? Really? What a curious concept!!!! Who needs the ancient wisdom of the great Greek sages from Heraclitus to Diogenes -- when we have talking heads on TV instead? Who needs the detailed study of the Punic Wars or Caesar's Conquest of Gaul -- when you can just play...

http://www.theage.co...0711-2psde.html Opening paragraph, to give you a sense of the argument: "Want to make friends? Move to another country. Maybe somewhere third world. There you might meet a few of the locals who will eventually enter your social circle, but the most likely event is that...

Oh Koustav! How exciting! I had no idea that Tagore visited Buenos Aires -- but that makes sense, since, in his era, Buenos Aires was in its prime and would attract the greatest artists from around the world! Question: if I wanted to read a great Bengali (language) poem, but in a great English...

Dearest Members of the BAExpats BookClub, I regret to inform you that I will not be able to participate in, at least, the first meeting for various reasons. In my absence, please fill the conversation with nonsensical references to famous philosophers so that everyone thinks you're smart even...

Is it elitist to grant automatic membership to people from countries like Pakistan that were formerly colonized by... GREAT BRITAIN. So I assume, by this very same principle you follow, that people from Zimbabwe, Guyana, and quirky "Canada" (which has its own Parliament and laws!!!) probably can...

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a Pakistani in our midst!! Oh we would enthusiastically accept an Afghani -- we could read the poetry of Rumi together! I of course know the ouevre of Coleman Barks inside out (his talent for making the ancient modern blows my mind!) but I often wonder how...

Hey ya'll, Thank you, LaCoqueta, for thinking of me. I didn't respond sooner because, believe it or not -- I know, hold on to your seats so you don't fall off -- sometimes, every once in a while, I will go a few hours, perhaps even days, without reading BAExpats. I know, I know, all appearances...

The same happened to me. Email [email protected] then drop it off for a day and then.... MAGIC will happen and all your problems will be gone!

Oh, Rage, Muse -- Oh, Goddess Sing of the Rage of the Argentine! That Wrath that Wrought Destruction on Countless people on the line! (Throat clears, ahem ahem) Men and women much smarter than me have been studying the nature of bureaucracy since long before Max Weber sat down to try to figure...

Dearest Greek Yogurt, I find it perplexing that you should find Vixi74's post so weird (with your comment, "That just has to be one of the weirdest posts I have ever read here.") A bright, young woman, seeking a first-rate education at affordable levels. Yes--I grant you that in today's day and...

Dearest SynGirl, Thank you for your kind words of support and indeed the word "bless" is a powerfully powerful (I be poetic, ain't I?) word due precisely to the fact that it is woefully under-used today. Thank you. I would indeed love to post to BAExpats with a greater frequency than the once...

Dear Vixi74, Oh, to educate--to lead--'tis redundant! To find the time and funds to attend an institution worthy of the name "school", worthy of the rights and obligations that implies--to teach the students the trivium, then the quadrivium, the noble pursuit of continuing the tradition of...

What is this person's name, so we know whom to avoid?

So I'm in the new terminal in EZE (the just-for-Aerolineas terminal), waiting for my flight and... one of the girls working here just told me there's free wifi in the whole terminal. I just turned on my trusty Mac and whoa! Yes! It's true! Thank you Cristina for giving free Wifi to all of us...

Hey Jeanne, There are so many people on this forum who are super smart and worldly experienced, that they have wise and intelligible and consistent opinions on so many issues. They are the ones who feel confident enough in their judgments to strongly declare these sorts of comparisons. I'm not...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Just rolled off my couch laughing at this, while spitting out the freshly-squeezed OJ I was drinking I think that Jeanne Davis and I have been reading completely different forums, because the BAexpats that I know and love.... well, a "don't dis...

Has anyone else noticed that traffic has gotten substantially worse just over the last couple of weeks? Traffic is usually worse here in good weather: but not this much. Does anyone have a theory to explain why? Maybe: 1 - subway strikes/issues leading to more car usage 2 - rich getting...

Is there something happeneding on that date that we should know of?

Guys, guys, guys. So much to say on The Hoff commercial. Where to start? Lets go: 1.) Argentina: land where washed up American celebrities go to make a quick buck. See the concert tours every year from Megadeth and other bands who were popular 20 years ago. Perfect for David Hasselhoff! 2.)...

Someone needed to start the inevitable thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWmkIhXPEI and http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1534569-scioli-lo-hizo-mitch-buchannon-y-emilio-disi-juntos Slightly, slightly anti-yanqui. But cute :) -morgan