Hola, My name is Horty Rexach and just so you know, I was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
My parents met and married in New York City in the 1930’s.
They were from a Beautiful Island of Beautiful People in the middle of the ocean. surrounded by water.
Oh! … and we are Americans!!
Yes, American Citizens!
We speak Spanish and English as well as Spanglish!
Our little island, surrounded by big water, contributes more service members per capita than any other state in the union. We have astronauts, scientists, a Supreme Court Justice, Medal of Honor recipients, legendary sports figures, scholars, Oscar winners actors and actresses, internationally known musicians, and many, many more distinguished citizens who call our little beautiful island their Mother and Father Land.
We are a GORGEOUS and an interesting mix of Native Taíno Indians, Spaniards, African and other European blood that gives us our incredible drive to survive.
I’m Puerto Rican and I’m damn proud of it!!!
🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🌴 🌴 🌞 🌞 🌞 🌴 🌴🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷
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Drumpf’s Bizarre Late-Night Tweet Might Have Just Broken The Internet
Drumpf has been extremely active on Twitter since he returned home from his first international trip as the ‘so called’ President of the United States, but at midnight he unleashed what could only be considered an absolute brain-fart of a tweet.
The vague, incomprehensible message looks more like something that would be tweeted after a big night out and it’s still unclear what the ‘so -called‘ President was even tweeting about.
Predictive text changes ‘covfefe’ to ‘coffee,’ however, one can only assume that Drumpf was most likely tweeting about press ‘coverage’.
Even then, one can only assume what he was actually referring to.
It seems that some Americans have a problem with people speaking another language besides English.
Somehow the idea that it is more helpful, not to say, a sign of higher educational level,
speaking a language besides English, in some areas in America, may be looked totally insulting.
I speak from personal experience.
I worked with the federal government for many years. I moved to Florida in 1999 and experienced this fact. Folks I worked with minded the times I spoke in Spanish, my main language.
Being fluent in both, I had to mispronounce my name so that Americans understood it.
Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our Father
Brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother
In perfect harmony.
Ricky Martin and Maluma’s “Vente Pa’Ca” has us feeling like it’s summer all over again.
After snapping a selfie together and blasting it on social media, the two hot Latin superstars host an epic beach party at the SLS Hotel in Miami Beach where they party it up Miami-style.
The clip was directed by Jessy Terrero.
The party track with a reggaeton beat was originally titled “Some Kind of Dream” in English and was written in Scandinavia by Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Nermin Harambasic, Justin Stein, Lars “Chief One” Pedersen and Carl Ryden.
For the Spanish-language track, Mau Y Ricky Montaner penned the lyrics.
Martin also contributed in the writing.
While the video makes its debut now, “Vente Pa’Ca” will be available on all digital platforms as of Friday, September 23.
“English has bite-size candy curses while Spanish has 3-layer-cakes.”
As many people know, English cursing & Spanish cursing have a lot of differences, but maybe they’re more alike than we think. In this episode Joanna deconstructs the meanings behind some of the most popular curse words around the world. Also, find out which country has the most insults out there.
So what?!
(I’m waiting in line behind a woman speaking on her cellphone in another language. Ahead of her is another Caucasian. After the woman hangs up, he speaks up.)
Man: “I didn’t want to say anything while you were on the phone, but you’re in America now. You need to speak English.”
Woman: “Excuse me?”
Man: (very slowly) “If you want to speak Mexican, go back to Mexico. In America, we speak English.”
Woman: “Sir, I was speaking Navajo. If you want to speak English, go back to England.”
Watch Adele Sing Spice Girls, Nicki Minaj in ‘Carpool Karaoke’
Singer joins ‘Late Late Show’ host James Corden for an amusing, tuneful journey through London
Adele took a break from smashing sales records and breaking ticketing sites to join James Corden in a special, London-taped version of The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke. Over the course of the 15-minute segment, the pair sing Adele hits alongside tracks by the Spice Girls and Nicki Minaj.
Between songs, Adele shares some humorous stories about being Adele.
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The pair start with Adele’s “Hello,” with Corden’s vocal acrobatics stunning the 25 singer. “That was amazing,” Adele says, who then reveals that she played the drums on “Hello.” “It”s like I’ve always said: You’re the female Phil Collins,” Corden jokes.
On their ride through London, Adele also tells an amusing anecdote about getting drunk during the long Christmas weekend and — after singing her own “Someone Like You” — how the first time she was “truly heartbroken” was when Ginger Spice left the Spice Girls, sparking a “Wannabe” singalong.
While home in London for the holidays, James Corden picks up his friend Adele for a drive around the city singing some of her classic songs before Adele raps Nicki Minaj’s “Monster.”
You know that I have always posted information, ideas, videos and the like, in English always. However, this is a speech given by a politician that should be translated to all languages.
I need to share this.
~~Este discurso no será olvidado~~
(Pepe Mujica – Río+20)
~~Published on Jul 7, 2012~~
Finalmente un político refleja en su discurso el pensamiento de millones, la certeza de sabernos viviendo en un sistema ineficaz, mezquino y retrógrado que no nos conduce a ningún destino positivo.
Hice esta edición de video para que sus palabras no se pierdan en el ruido y se pueda captar la totalidad de lo planteado.
Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock is known for her roles in such films as Speed, While You Were Sleeping, The Proposal and The Blind Side.
Born July 26, 1964, in Arlington, Virginia, Sandra Bullock made her first stage appearance at age 5 in an opera in Germany. She first became widely known for her role in the 1994 hit Speed. She has since starred in many more films, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for her performance in The Blind Side (2009), based on the true-life story of football player Michael Oher. In 2013, she starred alongside George Clooney in the critically acclaimed film Gravity. She was named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly in both 2009 and 2013.
In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated fortune of $85 million. In 2009, Bullock starred in two of the more financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Bullock was awarded the BFCA Award, SAG Award, Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award for her leading role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side.
She is listed in the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $56 million. In 2013, she starred in The Heat, financially the most successful comedy of the year at the domestic box office, and the science fiction thriller Gravity. As one of the highest grossing films of the year, Gravity is Bullock’s most successful film critically and commercially.
For her role in it, Bullock was nominated a second time for the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the BFCA, Golden Globe and SAG awards and also received her first BAFTA nomination.
~~Early life~~
Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Her father, John W. Bullock (born 1925), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach; her mother, Helga Mathilde Meyer (1942–2000), was an opera singer and voice teacher.
Bullock’s father was from Birmingham, Alabama, and had English, Irish, German, and French ancestry, while Bullock’s mother was German. Bullock’s maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Bullock’s father, then in charge of the Army’s Military Postal Service in Europe, was stationed in Nuremberg when he met his wife.
They married in Germany and moved to Arlington, where John worked with the Army Materiel Command, before becoming a contractor for The Pentagon. She has a younger sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, who was formerly the vice-president of Bullock’s production company Fortis Films.
Bullock was raised in Nuremberg, Germany for twelve years and grew up speaking German. She attended the humanistic Waldorf School. As a child, Bullock frequently accompanied her mother on European opera tours. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother’s opera productions. She sang in the opera’s children’s choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
The scar above her left eye was caused when she fell into a creek as a child. Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was a cheerleader and performed in high school theater productions.
After graduating in 1982, she attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where she received a degree in drama in 1986. She then moved to Manhattan and supported herself as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker while auditioning for roles.
Until the age of eighteen, Bullock held an American/German dual citizenship. In 2009, she reapplied for German citizenship.
Sandra Bullock was at a loss when she was trying to come up with her acceptance speech for the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala. So she decided to turn to Google to learn more about who she is. Watch to find out what the “mediocre” and “over 40” actress learned about herself, thanks to Internet commenters.
Here’s wishing you a very happy 50th birthday.
You have made my life better. I enjoy your movies, your philosophy of life, your kindness. your genuineness and your congeniality.
It Is What It Is 