The Obligatory “About Me” Blog Post

My name is Richard Fernandez. Earlier this year, I was contacted by Christian Cámara regarding the website you happen to find yourself on. The conversation went something like this:

Christian: “Hey, so I’m going to start a political website, and I’d like you to be a contributor.”

Me: “That’s great, man, but I’m not really into politics.”

Christian: “Don’t worry, you can just write about whatever you want. Your blog doesn’t necessarily have to be about politics. Just be your normal, funny self.”

Me: “Oh. That sounds like it could be interesting. I’ll get started right away.”

That was probably in mid-March. Today is April 30, 2012. So the first thing you, dear reader (readers?), should be aware of is that I am a procrastinator. As such, expect these blogs to randomly show up with little or no regularity. It’s not that I don’t have much to say. My opinions are great, they are varied, and oftentimes they are baseless. It’s just that it’s hard to find time to sit down and write a coherent paragraph or two, unless you do it for a living.

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Tampa beats Miami for best Cuban Sandwich

How is it possible that a town like Tampa–whose diluted Cuban-American community largely pronounces the common last name Martinez as marr-tin-esz–could beat out the mecca of the Historic Cuban-American exile community for best Cuban sandwich?  This is according to an article published by the University of South Florida (a Tampa area school, despite it’s name).

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RPOF better off without rancid cake

As expected, the Charlie Crist flunkies out there were quick to point out that the RPOF raised less money in 2012 than it did in 2008 touting that as a sign that somehow things were better at the state GOP  back during the Greer/Crist/LeMieux days.

Does anyone remember what RPOF was like then?

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Setting the record straight: Gingrich is no Marco Rubio

And Romney is no Charlie Crist

As the primary contest roars to Florida, candidates are escalating their attacks on one another. This is to be expected in any hotly contested election, and as an observer with a preference in the race, I don’t generally care to address or dignify attacks against my candidate of choice, who in this case is Mitt Romney.

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Beloved wife, philanthropist, Cuban patriot, and "mom" to many, Maria Juana Cohen dies

I want to thank everyone for the countless expressions of sympathy I have received in the last few days. I decided to put politics and other musings on the back-burner and have maintained somewhat of a “radio silence” of sorts since Thursday night when I received word of María Juana Cohen’s grave condition. I took the first possible flight out of Tallahassee into San Diego, but unfortunately arrived too late. She died before I arrived, but I was able to make it to the burial and spend some time of reflection with her husband Salomón who has gone above and beyond for me over the years and has been like a father.

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