photographed by Candy Pilar Godoy
HEY AMIGO…MISSING YOU HERE IN RIO….THIS IS A TOTALLY CRAZY SHOUT OUT FITTING FOR THIS OCCASION
Since you cannot be with us today, please join us theriobook.com
YOU are a star there right now. Anyway, behind the scenes today in Rio we are thinking of you. Hope I did not embarrass you. Again
Abrazos, Roberta, David, and Renata
a la Therry Richardson ;)
OMG! Happy birthday Lance indeed :)
okay, my mind is boggling.
And while Lance is celebrating his birthday and our fearless leader is up to his armpits in beautiful women and Rio, I am sitting at my institutional desk on a cold and rainy and very raw day here in our happy little burg up to my armpits in crazy people. By crazy I do not mean charmingly eccentric or quirky or even just unconventional thinkers; I mean the mentally challenged, or, in this particular case, the reality challenged. It is very difficult to carry on a meaningful conversation with someone who is not all there, or worse, has to share his all there with several people only he can hear. The other thing that annoys me about crazy people is the way they assume that all non-crazy people are hard of hearing; I hear just fine, thank you very much, and I don’t need to have this loon screeching his requests into my ear from two feet away.
HOT over there.. have a happy day, Lance :)
Happy birthday Lance, no chance of sneaking past the day; not with David on your case.
Akaky, my sympathies – to both of you.
Mike.
WOW!
too awesome!
Happy Birthday to Lance :))))
Well, happy Birthday, Lance, and a lot of good things happening to you until the next one (and after).
BTW, SCOOP!!!!! Panos is going to Madrid and Greece to work on the “indignados” movements over there. While doing so, he will conduct an online workshop in WORDPRESS, and we can all profit from it, for the modest price of 0.29$. Yes, that’s 29 cents, 1.79 cheaper than DADdy! Details from Panos coming up.
We already know, to each his own, his tattoos and slang language is totatlly relevant to his photography, and never leave him anywhere he goes!
:-)))
Laughing…
Good morning all from the airport:
http://instagr.am/p/VTKUM/
Double scotch whiskey , 11:31am
Happy Birthday Lance!
Happy Birthday Lance !
We are on the front page of National Geograpgic Brazil.
Happy Birthday Lance
HAPPYYYYYYYYYY Spirits LANCE…!!!
HERVE,PANOS…I am Greek,am I qualifying for a free workshop,or no?:))))))))))))
EVA,my VIVAAA…please reconsider…
MIKER…I love this…”Akaky, my sympathies – to both of you..”
Safe travels amigos and amigas…
Can you feel it? the Party is ON…
Birthday
Uzo
Roumi
Nuts…=BURN
Happy birthday Lance!
OMG that photo is an absolute classic, I had to sit down I nearly fell over laughing!!
Akaky…
Have you tried silver bullets?
Wha…?
This is Tuesday #$!&ing morning in Rio?
Happy Birthday, Lance!
DAH
is it a caipirinha what you hold in your right hand…?
enjoy! f
Happy Birthday Lance
Thats pretty funny DAH :)
FEDERICO
yes, that is a caipirinha in my right hand..i am not normally a daytime drinker, and i do not drink much alcohol in general, but when this was offered, i took it….right after breakfast!
AKAKY
can’t you get your office mates to take a look at your screen…i can post a picture that will make them sit up and take notice…yes?
“i can post a picture that will make them sit up and take notice…yes?”
AKAKIUS is out of his desk at this moment…But HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!
happ bday lance :-)
Hey AKAKY my man,
Has it ever occurred to you that the reason you are spending your days in the mold pit and not down in warm and lusty Rio shooting for National Pornographic with stars in your eyes and surrounded by some of Brazil’s most toothsome maidens in their colorful native garb (I know you go for that stuff!) just might have something to do with your POLITICS???
Happy birthday, Lance!!!
And David, lol, I think you really arrived at your one-month-in-Rio-destination.
oime…when you are next to STARS…you have to wear star glasses !!!
I am busy…roasted chicken stuffed with my magic secrets…
THANKS GIVING is almost here…!!!
may the spirits be with YOU…ALL of you…!!!
PANOS,KIM…hmmm…you might need extra spirits…
Greek airport has not confirmed your arrival…:)))))))))
and where is KURT…???
I would love to see a report …
LANCE,
I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting you, but still widh you a Happy Belated Birthday!
HERVE,
Are you sure Panos is not charging 69 cents? (coz, you know, he just has to go there :-)
…are these gonna be…69 euro cents…or dollar cents?
hmmm…:))))))
Viva JUSTIN !!!
CIVI,
I’m sure that you’ll have to ask him, but with everything going Rio lately it might 69 Brazilian centavos!
“Has it ever occurred to you that the reason you are spending your days in the mold pit and not down in warm and lusty Rio shooting for National Pornographic with stars in your eyes and surrounded by some of Brazil’s most toothsome maidens in their colorful native garb (I know you go for that stuff!) just might have something to do with your POLITICS???”
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No, I don’t, Sidney. I generally ascribe my being stuck here on a vile day most dank and drear listening to loonies babbling like brooks instead of being in Rio practicing my Portuguese, such as it is, with Renata and Roberta to the fact that I do not have the money to go to Brazil and probably never will have. That I will not have the cash is entirely my fault. It’s not like the ghost of Jorge Amado didn’t tip me off; I just ignored the tip. In 2002, I had just finished Mr. Amado’s War of the Saints, a book that ends with the word Sarava, when I fell asleep Mr Amado himself, who had died only a few months before and who looked about as healthy as a Communist ghost can look, if I remember this correctly, appeared to me in a dream and let me know that a horse called Sarava was running in the Belmont Stakes that year and that I should bet the ranch on the horse to win. Excited by this tip from beyond the grave, I consulted with my brother, a man for whom betting on the ponies is a type of religious experience and whose bible is The Daily Racing Form, who told me that the odds against Sarava were 70-1. Frightened by such numbers, as I am not a horseplayer, I did not bet the ranch or anything else on Sarava, who then proceeded to win the Belmont Stakes and ended War Emblem’s bid to be the first Triple Crown winner in damn near thirty years. I have had no further visitations from Mr. Amado, who is probably pissed off that I did not heed his advice, and who probably sees no further need to help right wing gringoes go to Brazil.
Paul, I have not tried silver bullets, only garlic and wooden steaks, which are high in fiber, unlike steaks from cattle.
Mr. Harvey, if you want to send dirty pictures along, that’s fine with me, although the office mates will not be taking a look; there is a high percentage of women working in this office and I would just as soon not have to explain why I am looking at such pictures on the public’s dime.
This has to be the best Bday shout out.. total shock.. and quite a bit of awe. Dreaming of all things Rio here.. thank you David, Renata, and Roberta!!! Much love from Austin!
Akaky…
You should try hanging a pentacle talisman medallion as protection at work, should keep you relatively safe from those who are crazy.
Paul, I’ve tried lots of things, but so long as we let the public into the building, I’m screwed.
Sidney, this is as close to Rio as I am ever going to get: