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Friday, March 5, 2010

El Rocinante Editor Spotted in Matamoros


By MONA MONTANA
Staff Writer

BROWNSVILLE, TX - Sources close to this reporter say Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully, editor of the sensationalist Blog El Rocinante, has checked himself into the Hospital Del Seguro Social, Nu. 2754 in Matamoros for treatment of a rare flu.

"He's here," said hospital spokesman Rogelio "El Pastel" Montiel Montiel. "Came in last night under heavy guard. We thought it was Bob Dylan with him, but it turned out to be his loyal sidekick Juan "El Rrun Rrun" Montoya."

McHale-Scully, said to be the city's social conscience, has been missing in blogging action since last Tuesday's elections, when his BFF Tad Hasse was whipped mercilessly at the polls by incumbent David A. Betancourt in the contest for County Treasurer. "Jerry is like the best of sports aficionados," said Brownsville pop psychologist Criselda "La Cama" Guajardo. "He takes defeat of his favorites especially hard. You should have seen him when Ana Nicole Smith died. He said he had nightmares of not ever seeing her breasts again."

This morning, visitors to El Rocinante's office were greeted by a pair of black roses hanging from the edges of the rusted mailbox's slot.

It was not known whether Hasse had rallied to McHale-Scully's side during the editor's battle with the unknown virus. Hospital officials said McHale-Scully is being treated in the same ward where Matamoros marimba legend Rigo Tovar spent his last hours on Earth. A nurse on the floor added this, in a whisper of course: "He's doing the best that he can. But I've got to admit it's getting better. It's getting better all the time."

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