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Our first actual letter comes from a reader in France who writes...

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You make too much pollution (plane...) with your trip.
Why not in bike?

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Umm. Because I can't hold my breath that long.

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Just like STRIDE did, I have a bussiness proposal for you, but with a difference, it's a lot smaller but you'll leave with quite a few dollars on your pocket.

This is not a ruse, not a chain letter and I dont want any money for you to invest, this is a REAL proposition, please answer to this e-mail or call during bussiness hours.

Its not in the US , but if you call collect and say its for Julio Garcia they will pass the call.

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Smaller!? Where do I sign?

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Will you ever dance on someone’s grave?

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No, but Jesse Helms' is tempting.

(Yes, I know you're supposed to add an extra 's' at the end of all possessive nouns. There is, however, an exception for ancient proper names that end in 's', like Jesus and Achilles. I would argue that Jesse Helms is, in all ways, ancient. See how smart I am?)

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I recently watched your video, it was on APOD, the description included "few people are able to watch this without smiling."

I just thought, regardless of the fact you did not make that statement, that I did neither laugh, nor enjoy your video.

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Wow. Thanks for taking the time to let me know you didn't enjoy my video.

(Okay, so then the guy wrote back and he felt really bad and apologized, which was not necessary, cause I just thought it was a funny thing to send an email about.)

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Get a FUCKING JOB matt!!!

Goody for you.

You're a young clueless rich kid who travels the world doing a bad dance move. Do something productive in society other than wasting your daddy's hard earned money.

You need alot of character development and wisdom.

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Yeah, well...you also should...work on your character development...and wisdom...too.

And I will work on my comebacks.

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Lo había visto hace un tiempo y me había encantado. Qué colorido es el mundo. Quién pudiera ser Matt...

¡Gracias, Gabi!

Au

Y viste (el detalle de) la música, Au?:

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Okay. Then what’s the deal with the girl singing?

The girl you hear singing is named Afunakwa. She comes from a place named Fataleka in the Solomon Islands. The song she is singing is a traditional lullaby named “Rorogwela.” The recording was made in 1970 by a UNESCO ethnomusicologist named Hugo Zemp.

”Rorogwela” is part of the oral tradition among the Baegu tribe, passed down through generations for who-knows-how-long, and was thankfully preserved while there were members of the tribe who could still sing it.

No one seems to know if Afunakwa is still alive. If she is, I would very much like to meet her someday.

Hay, siempre, en todas partes, pequeñas cosas, boludeces, que hacen que la vida sea, aunque sea por un ratito, pura alegría. Esta ha sido, para mí, una de esas cosas. No la conocía, y me ha hecho bien, MUY bien, conocerla. Gracias, GaBi.

M.

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A mí también me hizo muy bien.

Es increíble las reacciones que suscita. Arriba copié algunas (las malas, que son las que venían primero). Pero después había otras muy... impresionantes.

Sí, sí, me metí en el sitio güeb del tipo y estuve chusmeando un rato. ¿Laverdá? La pasé bárrrrbaro. Gracias otra vez, denserio.

M.