Man oh man...

Whadda week. Whadda week of nothing! Except for some lunch in Chinatown (I thought I was over it!) with a couple of the nicest expats you'd ever wanna meet... I've been in bed with some kinda low-grade flu crud.

But it's time to rejoin the living!

First up: Come on down and hoist a cold one at Drinking Liberally Buenos Aires, Sir Will's Pub, San Martín 678, in microcentro, near Retiro, almost at the corner of Córdoba.

Drinking Liberally is a great concept:
It's always every Thursday ...so you never have to wonder when the next one is.
It's always at 7:00pm ...so you never have to wonder what time it kicks-off.
It's always at Sir Will's Pub ...so you never have to wonder where it is.

Not only that! There's no members, there's no leadership, there's no dues, there's no nuthin'! Just liberals of every color and flavor and stripe and persuasion and nationality. Very fun, very casual, very easy. See you there tonight and every Thursday at 7:00pm.

...in other news:

Buenos Aires (YMnewswire) Democratic National Committee Chairman, Howard Dean announced yesterday that Yanqui Mike Buenos Aires (www.yanquimike.com.ar) has been selected to participate in the DemConvention State Blogger Corps during the four-day event in August. Governor Dean notified Yanqui Mike and the other blogs selected via an online video message available at www.DemConvention.com .

"Similar to the record-breaking voter turnout our Party has seen during the primary season, the demand for these coveted blogger positions is yet another indicator of the tremendous interest in this historic Convention," said Governor Dean. "The Internet has played a critical role in connecting Americans to elected officials and candidates seeking office. The DemConvention State Blogger Corps will continue to foster this dialogue - in all 50 of our states and our territories too - as we head towards this year's historic election and elect a Democrat to the White House."

Yup. Your faithful scribe is going to political blogger heaven. The position of "State Blogger" at the convention is so new and weird and never-before ...that it is hard to describe. I actually declined the invitation 3 times before it sunk into my thick skull that this thing is BIG.

I won't just be part of the press corps... although there will be plenty of bloggers at the convention that will be part of the press that is covering the convention.

The gig that I picked up yesterday will allow me not only the access that a credentialed reporter will have ...but also the same access as an actual delegate to the convention. In fact, I will actually be seated with the "state" delegation from Democrats Abroad. This should allow me, at least the opportunity, to report to you and the world better than anyone in the press and/or the blogging world.

I'm "tickled pink and proud as punch" as Hubert Humphrey used to say, and the magnitude of the position and the magnitude of being chosen from among every yanqui blogger in the world that applied ...still hasn't sunk in.

(propers to my blogfather, Steve Gilliard, RIP)