Out Where the Buses Don't Run

Rants from an urban guerilla exiled in Suburbia

Gus Sanchez

Gus Sanchez
Location
Fort Mill, South Carolina,
Bio
I'm New York born and raised now living in exile in the greater Charlotte NC area. I'd like to write for Salon someday, but I'll settle for posting blogs here instead. Currently, I'm making yet another attempt at writing a novel-length manuscript. This time, I'll finish it...I swear!

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JUNE 10, 2010 11:28PM

The Idiot and Non-Idiot's Guide to the 2010 FIFA World Cup




By now, you've probably heard of a little something starting tomorrow at 10AM EST called the World Cup. Here's what you need to know:

The World Cup is hosted every four years, with South Aftica acting as the host nation this time around. As such, this is the first/…

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 3:11PM

Scoffing At Dan Brown's "Literary Success"

You've all no doubt have heard that Margaret Atwood, highly-honored author of such literary masterworks as The Handmaid's Tale, The Blind Assassin, and Oryx and Crake, has a new novel out called The Year of the Flood...right? You've also heard that Joyce Carol Oates, prolific super-author of such lit… Read full post »

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JUNE 17, 2009 11:16PM

"David Letterman Will Mouth-Rape Your Children"

Apparently, the last word on the whole David Letterman-Sarah Palin fiasco hasn't been said yet...

 

 

 

 

For a while, I was ready to give up on bashing these kinds of people: so-called "conservatives" who are really nothing more than closed-minded, group-think Bible Thum… Read full post »

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MAY 8, 2009 4:10PM

A Memory of My Mother

Author's Note: My mother passed away 3 months ago. As Mother's Day approaches, I'm compelled not to dwell on her passing, but to remember my mom for her craziness, her tenacity, and for her tough love for me and my sister; believe me when I tell you it was tough love.Read full post »

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MAY 7, 2009 11:57AM

The Five Stages of Unemployment: A Primer for the Jobless

Author's Note: This was something I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm reposting this as a way to help those that are unemployed and slowly losing their minds.

A confession: I ditched a job interview last Friday.

I'm reaching the stage in unemployment where depression begins to set in. Not the… Read full post »

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APRIL 8, 2009 9:16AM

Dear MySpace, Or: Why I Left You For Facebook

Author's Note: something I wrote some months back about how much I was hating MySpace, and how I was begining to swear full allegiance to Facebook.

Several months later, I'm still 100% loyal to the FB.

 

Dear MySpace,

We need to talk.

I think we need to spend some… Read full post »