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About xaviertrevino

I like to write, take things apart and put them back together. Also our cat Snookie, turtles, and my lovely wife Danusia.

Learning English From Bogie and Bugs

Posted on June 10, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I spoke no English for the first five years of my life. I was born in Mexico, and even though we had moved to NY when I was 2, my mother spoke no English and my father did not speak … Continue reading →

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Tattoo Me

Posted on June 5, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I was on the way home from the city yesterday, riding the M train over the Williamsburg bridge and I was looking at all of the people in the seats opposite. A lot of us read books, or newspapers or … Continue reading →

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Iron While Damp

Posted on June 3, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I was going to call this post laundry day, but once I started doing the ironing I decided to change it. I’ve been doing the laundry since the week I got suspended. Even though I am back at work, I … Continue reading →

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Give Generously

Posted on May 28, 2013 by xaviertrevino

Yesterday I was on the A train somewhere on the Upper West Side returning from a memorial day picnic with my lovely wife Danusia when a guy got on the train and started asking for money. He was a thin … Continue reading →

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Branded

Posted on May 27, 2013 by xaviertrevino

During my short stint in the 82nd Airborne I was once assigned to a detail where me and a couple of other guys in my platoon were driven out to a yard full of lumber (as opposed to a lumberyard) … Continue reading →

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Back To Tuna

Posted on May 26, 2013 by xaviertrevino

For years, at least the last ten, I made a tuna on whole-wheat sourdough sandwich, with tomatoes and jalapeño jack cheese and mayo for three days a week as either lunch or breakfast. Since being out of work for the … Continue reading →

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No Brazilian For You!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by xaviertrevino

I saw the coupon on one of those Amazon “deals” I get periodically, like for ice cream, massages, dinner for two, or whatever some local small business is promoting. This one said “Brazilian wax for $19.95”, and it was in … Continue reading →

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X’s Last Stand

Posted on May 18, 2013 by xaviertrevino

Last night Danusia and I went to prospect Park to see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Great Googa Mooga concert series, I have no idea who Googa Mooga is, but there it was emblazoned across the top of the … Continue reading →

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Back To Work

Posted on May 16, 2013 by xaviertrevino

So as many of you know, I entered limbo six weeks ago, almost to the day. Six weeks where I could not collect unemployment, since I had not been terminated, six weeks where I could not plan for the future, … Continue reading →

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Jack Of All Trades

Posted on May 15, 2013 by xaviertrevino

  I learned how to sell shoes when I was 16. The summer I was 18 I worked in a lumberyard and learned about common pine, sheetrock, joint compound and board feet. I was fired for being late one too … Continue reading →

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