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Eu fui! Brazil 2014: Prologue

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Hoover Dam

Been home for over a month, so I figure it’s time to write this mess of a tour diary. This will be in chapters by city, so settle in for a whole lotta words. Photos, almost all unlabeled, are here; … tell me more →

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where the hell is hoover

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Hoover Dam

Oh, hey, been a while. I assure you, I’ve been painting–but I’ve also been prepping for a month in Brazil. While I’m there, I’ll update this as I can; for now, here’s where I’ll be and when: And in a … tell me more →

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HELL YES

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Hoover Dam

+ = SEM DESCANSO ATÉ O BELO HORIZONTE

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we went to South Africa: the megapost

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Hoover Dam

If you’ve got the time to kill, here’s the entire 11,000+ word trip report in one gigantic post. It’s the same stuff in the other five South Africa entries, so if you’ve read those, there’s nothing new here–this is just … tell me more →

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we went to South Africa: epilogue

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Hoover Dam

This here’s the post with miscellaneous observations that didn’t fit into the rest of the trip report, or else I forgot to put them in. Half-assed discussion of social issues included.

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we went to South Africa, part 3

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Hoover Dam

When last we left, we’d spent another week in Johannesburg hanging around watching soccer games. Now it’s the time for the third part of the story, in which we decide it’s a good idea to go on safari with, among … tell me more →

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we went to South Africa, part two

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Hoover Dam

When last we left, we’d just spent our first week in Johannesburg, and were hitting the hay the night before the US-England match. Now, here’s the second part of our story, which is wordy as hell and involves an awful, … tell me more →

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we went to South Africa, part one

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Hoover Dam

This is so long, I’m going to break it into three sections, which is a nice way of saying I want to get something or another up before the end of July. The photo gallery’s here, so follow along as … tell me more →

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!ke e: |xarra || ke

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Hoover Dam

I’ve been back from South Africa for about a week, and still have no idea when I’m going to finish captioning all 900 photos or writing up the trip report. In the meantime, here’re the mostly uncaptioned photos (broken into … tell me more →

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know your national team

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Hoover Dam

This post’s a special case; it’s copypasta an adaptation of an intro to the 2010 US World Cup squad written for a forum I frequent. That’s why some of the material’s going to be familiar if you read this site … tell me more →

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