Category Archives: ESL Links

Although the natural beauty and fantastic food should be enough for anyone, the Dowbrigade has unfortunately been so jaded by our decades in so-called "civilization" that we often feel the need for more sophisticated entertainment.  Therefore it was with some … Continue reading →

In the dream we are sitting in the audience of a conference of super computer geniuses, covering it for the Dowbrigade News, although we understand almost nothing of what is being said in the presentations. After the current presenter, who … Continue reading →

The question of why our culture has a morbid fear of some insects (spiders, roaches, and locusts, for example) while cultures in, say, Africa do not, is an interesting one. In part, no doubt, it is due to the real threats … Continue reading →

We are forced to admit that President Bush’s address to the nation on his Iraq disengagement was pretty damn good, at least by his standards. Never a Praetorian orator, he has learned a trick or two over the years, and … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Dowbrigade was subjected to one of the true trials-by-fire of the marital matrix – the interminable afternoon visit to the aged, infirm relatives. In this case the relatives in question were an ancient aunt and uncle of Norma … Continue reading →

Jessica’s speculation on what her action figures do when no one is at home might have something to do with the recent appearance of the Geekman model….. The world’s first nerdy action figure has gone on sale. The GeekMan doll … Continue reading →

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The World War of Beauty has come to Quito, and the Grand Dame of the Andes is dressed for the Gala, with flowers in her hair, and flowers everywhere. On June 1 the live telecast of the Miss Universe contest … Continue reading →

On buses all day long. Torrential rain last night, hope the road into the mountains and up to Quito is uninterrupted. Hopefully, we will be back online tonight from a Cyber in the capital, and have an interesting post on … Continue reading →

        Robert Burck, who calls himself "The Naked Cowboy," performs in New York’s Times Square under a billboard featuring Swatch’s "Bunnysutra" watch Friday, May 14, 2004. The ad [as reported here earlier] features a larger-than-life close-up of … Continue reading →

The sparkling chrome mufflers, sleek fiberglass bodies, and ventilated disc brakes are enough to please any motorcycle admirer. But the bikes that scream up and down Deborah Connally’s street each night are 2 feet high. And they’re driven by 13-year-olds. … Continue reading →

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – OPEC producers on Friday sought to play down expectations of a quick fix for an oil price scare that is threatening to derail global economic growth. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries holds informal talks in Amsterdam … Continue reading →