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Thursday (12/24/09) 9:22pm - ... wherein Spanish wonders where all the reindeer poop would go.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "Your children are questioning the existence of Santa!" )

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Thursday (12/17/09) 10:47pm - ... wherein Spanish runs way behind on everything at once all the time.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are badly overscheduled." )

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Thursday (12/10/09) 3:21pm - ... wherein Spanish plays the free Open Megaphones around town, honing its material.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are a stand-up comic in Victorian England." )

(Kudos to Patrick Daniel for coming up with the topic and the first couple of entries.  Patrick and I are both performing in Charles Dickens Unleashed!:  Improvised Stories of Bleak Victorian England, which runs on Saturday nights at the Hideout through the end of the year.)

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Thursday (12/3/09) 4:44pm - ... wherein monologing in Spanish is half the fun.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are explaining your plan for world domination to a captured spy." )

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Thursday (11/26/09) 4:37pm - ... wherein Spanish sits around on airplanes.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are flying somewhere for Thanksgiving." )

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Thursday (11/19/09) 9:29am - ... wherein Spanish tries to comport itself properly during big dance events.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are advising social dancers about 'how to not be creepy'." )

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Thursday (11/12/09) 11:02pm - ... wherein Spanish fights with staggeringly-bad UI design.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are using Lotus Notes." )

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Thursday (11/5/09) 7:28pm - ... wherein Spanish is left in charge of the Impressionist wing.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are giving a museum tour on an exhibit you know nothing about!" )

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Thursday (10/29/09) 3:40pm - ... wherein Spanish visits the spooky house on the Indian burial ground in the haunted woods.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are a slasher-movie character intent on dying as quickly as possible!" )

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Thursday (10/22/09) 10:04am - ... wherein Spanish is all about the Plinko, man.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "Surprise!  You're a contestant on a game show!" )

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Thursday (10/15/09) 4:32pm - ... wherein Spanish is surprisingly catty this week, for better or worse.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are canvassing an improv audience for scene suggestions!" )

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Thursday (10/8/09) 9:16am - ... wherein Spanish is really going for it, isn't it?

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "Your friend is being shagged by a rare parrot." )

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Thursday (10/1/09) 1:33pm - ... wherein Spanish moves up in the world from chimney-sweeping.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You have to train your work replacement, who is a Dickensian street urchin." )

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Thursday (9/24/09) 1:02pm - ... wherein Spanish brings back memorabilia.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You've returned from a long vacation." )

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Thursday (9/10/09) 8:39pm - ... wherein Spanish objects rather forcibly.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "A scuffle has broken out at your local town-hall meeting!" )

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Thursday (9/3/09) 3:57pm - ... wherein Spanish won't reveal the end.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You're trying very hard not to give away spoilers." )

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Thursday (8/27/09) 11:49pm - ... wherein Spanish takes on ghastly responsibilities.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You're a member of a newly-formed 'death panel'." )

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Thursday (8/20/09) 4:50pm - ... wherein Spanish reports in from the end of the world.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You are twittering the apocalypse." )

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Thursday (8/13/09) 4:30pm - ... wherein Spanish doesn't hang-glide from an exploding Zeppelin *every* day.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "You're an international man of mystery having a very boring day." )

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Thursday (8/6/09) 2:18pm - ... wherein Spanish demands final script approval.

Welcome to this week's installment of "Spanish for Everyday Situations".

This week's situation:  "Wow!  Michael Bay is making a summer blockbuster based on your life story!" )

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