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Textual abuses

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Last March 10, my first book, a collaboration with Néstor Biassini, was finally printed. Its title is Abusos Textuales (Textual Abuses) and it's written in Spanish. Here I post the translation of one of the shortest stories I authored to abuse my English-speaking friends.  Other profile W hen meeting a future partner you feel uneasiness, a certain anxiety and even a warning that something is not right. Palpitations, tremors, sweating... suddenly everything changes. Hearts beat in unison and euphoria invades us. A harmony is born that is a sign of mutual acceptance. From then on, nothing will go wrong and everything will be possible. And when that happens on a blind date, it's a wonderful experience. This was what I thought as I drove to meet Alice.      I arrived a few minutes early and stopped the car by the plaza , on the side that goes down to the beach. From there I could spot where we had agreed to meet. I thought it was a good sign that she was already install...
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Get Smart

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  Those who were lucky enough to grow up when  Get Smart was broadcast, remember at least 3 things from the TV show: the  openning sequence , the shoe phone and the cone of silence.   The wireless phone hidden in the shoe is clearly a predecessor of the cell phone  which generated many funny momments when used and was developed 40 years after    ( the Star Trek Communicator was also an ancestor of the mobile device, besides, it had some intelligence that enabled to call someone just by naming the person) .  The cone, an acrylic gadget intended to assure top secret communications that actually made them impossible to achieve causing us hilarity, has inspired designs for security solutions for restaurants in pandemic times. Many technological stuff that we currently use were sketched in comics or cartoons: 3D printer,  Superman (1964) ; smart watch,  Dick Tracy (1946) ; telecommuting, online gym classes, telemedicine and video calls...
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