10.11.26 - Talarico, ladrão de mulher

Halloooo,

Hope all well. It's been a relatively easy-going week back at work, broken up by a national holiday and the Sherlock party on Friday, which was set in a lovely venue overlooking affluent Morumbi, with plenty of nice food and drink. Then on Saturday I watched Gaby give a talk on the tree-filled grounds of USP University, followed by a samba-themed birthday party the following day. 

In other news I've made a new compilation, and my phrase of the day is more of a word, really; turns out "talarico" - as in the new Democratic Senator for Texas - is also Brazilian slang for a man who steals his friend's wife. As made famous in the Zeca Pagodinho song "Talarico, Ladrão de Mulher". So now you know!

Speak soon,

Waiting on a Fred

03.11.26 - Não dar palco pra maluco

Halloooo,

Lovely to see you in Rio last week, and what better way to kick it off than with Lula completing a historic comeback - testament to the adage "não dar palco pra maluco", or "don't give crazy people a platform". 

We got back OK yesterday, and Amelie has been sleeping pretty solidly since then - I think it was a lot for her, but she loved it! We've been making the most of her napping to clean the house from top to bottom, as months of rain have led to an outbreak of mould in our absence.

Coming up we have the Sherlock Annual Party on Friday, and an all-expenses-paid influencer trip to a hot-spring resort in Poços de Caldas at the end of the month, which should be fun! And finally, I've made another compilation - listen to it here. 

That's about it - speak soon!

Fredxercito do Lula

20.10.26 - Chutar o pau da barraca

Halloooo,

Hope all well. Amelie's sleep patterns are suddenly all over the shop, after a relatively stable few months, so we've been rocking her back to sleep to the dulcet tones of forró and getting some shut-eye of our own when we can. 

She also gets extremely bored and aggro in the flat, so we went to the park over the weekend (testing out our new hands-free sling!), and to another kid's birthday party on Sunday, where she was the centre of attention and had a great time.  

In other news I've assembled another playlist, and my phrase of the day ("chutar o pau da barraca") means to lose patience and freak out - literally, "kick the stand out from the tent". And on that note!

Speak soon,

Fred Weight

13.10.26 - Em terra de onça, águia não se cria

Hallooooo,

Hope all well. We had a long weekend here in Brazil - including Children's Day on Monday - and mainly spent it flopping about at home, although we managed a trip up into the mountains for a nice lunch on the Saturday. All in all, compelling evidence for a permanent three-day weekend: one day for relaxing, one for going out and seeing people, and a third day for getting one's life in order.

I've made a new compilation, and my phrase of the week comes from a sign I saw at Sunday's Avenida Paulista pro-Lula march - "in the land of the leopard, no one raises eagles". A timely rebuke to the influence of the US government, plus it reminds me of one my favourite movie lines.

That's all for now - speak soon!

Frod x

06.10.26 - Deu ruim

Hallooooo,

Hope all well. We went out to vote at Gaby's old school on Sunday (taking Amelie with us so Gaby could skip the queue!), and thanks to Brazil's high-falutin' electronic voting system, within a matter of hours received the absolutely catastrophic election results that sent us into a bit of a tailspin. But we also had a nice lunch, so, swings and roundabouts.

No compilation this week; instead I recommend this article as a way of trying to make sense of so many Brazilians voting against their own interests... And my phrase of the week simply means... "bugger".

That's all for now, speak soon!

Frod x

29.09.26 - Urubu na guerra não come carne porque não tem garfo

Halloooo,

Hope all well. 

We've entered a sort of flow state, parenting-wise - a ruthlessly efficient feeding and clothes-washing and rocking-to-sleep machine, which sometimes even manages to carve out little side-quests like "going to the park", and "going to the office for the day". Amelie is a joy, and we can't wait for you to meet her!

I have also made a new compilation, and my phrase of the day - which translates literally as "a vulture doesn't eat meat in wartime because it doesn't have a fork" - is basically a wordier way of saying "excuses, excuses".

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Fred, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

22.09.26 - Cisne não anda com ganso

Halloooo,

Hope all well witchu. Amelie's sleep patterns have shifted for the worse, leaving us bleary-eyed and frail, but we've been standing on business nonetheless - on Friday we went to get her passport application filed, and on Sunday we all ate out together for the first time, which she handled like a pro. 

In other news I've made another compilation, and my phrase of the week is "swans do not walk with geese", which is sort of a "birds of a feather flock together"-type deal. Except I'm sure I've seen swans and geese walking together, so take that with a pinch of salt.

Ciao for now,

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