Friday, June 20, 2008

Today’s Video: Junot Diaz humbles Stephen Colbert

We’ll continue posting a few items this weekend. Why? Because we care! (The real reason: I have no life).

In the meantime, the below video is of author Junot Diaz’s appearance on “The Colbert Report” earlier this week. In the interview, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Diaz explains his family roots, looks at immigration, and “outgeeks” Colbert by mentioning about triffids.

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According to Wikipedia, triffids are “a highly venomous plant species” first mentioned in the fictional 1951 novel “The Day of the Triffids.”

Sources- The Latin Americanist, Comedy Central, YouTube

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