Santino in America

Number One Hit Day

The Department of Statistics have release a report
for the month of March 2005.

On March 30th, the all-time record break for Daily hits
amounts up to 55; the previous Highest day was January 19th
with 39 hits.

Today is the last day of the Month but not the last day of the week.
The Department will be releasing report as soon number are
availables.

Underwater Photos

Finally here the photos from the Underwater by the Great Leader
and Her Greatness, shot during the Marine Life Study
in Belize last month. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger photos.

Comments are welcome and appreciated.

Gaia Di Mitri

Leaderonians are happy to welcome Gaia Di Mitri.
Born today at 1630 Hour and weighting an extraordinary
12 pounds, says new dad Fabrizio.
Our felicitations go to new mom Leslie and the families,
the Di Mitris and the Huells.

The Great Leader and the Sea

Being born 650 miles from the Mediterranean and 200 miles
from the English Channel (commonly called the Canal De Calais)
the Great Leader had always felt a certain distance with the
open sea. This disconnect increased with the years of self
determination, while then living in the eastern seaboard of the
Italian peninsula, over the Adriatic, the young GL was very much
against the popular “beach sub-culture” that was required to be
accepted in the large social canvas. This so-called “beach sub-
culture” was so obnoxious to our adolescent hero that for years
and years he avoided the sea proper and all the beauty and
mystery of this enchanting world.
In the summer of 2003 all this came to an end while traveling the
French Riviera with the help of Her Greatness and her friends Mr.
O.K. and Ms. Wang.

“You have to relax.” said Mr. O.K., “ It is the only way you will
float,” continued Her Greatness, which introduced the GL into the
underwater marvels with the help of a mask and a snorkel.
Since that day the sea has been a destination of the Great Leader’s
curiosity. In the year 2004 an expedition was set to reach the sou-
therner tip of the Adriatic in the land of Salento, where from the
height of the rough cliff of Funniculiere, the GL oversaw a rocky
coastline of mythical proportions, the eastern water of the Canal
D’Otranto.

The Marine Life Study was part of the WHT, which the
Great Leader ended on March 5th.
Accompanied only by HG the GL reached the Islands of Ambergris
Caye and Caulker Caye, two world wide known sea lover destinations
off the coast of Belize, the former British colony in the south of the
Yucatan Peninsula.
The goal was to capture images of a variety of sea creatures never
seen before by the GL, and to attempt the conquest of the Blue
Hole, World Heritage site, a crater into the reef, 400 feet deep.
The first goal was a success, with the help of numerous indigenous
experts the GL and the HG had the opportunity to spot manatees,
dolphins, stingrays, sea turtles, eagle rays, nurse sharks, lobsters,
barracudas, giant sea urchins, puffer fish, star fish, parrot fish,
rainbow fish, angel fish, an infinity of fish, they surveyed a total of
16 site on the corral reef, including the Hol Chan, the Bocalar Chico
and the Corral Garden, over six hundred still photos were taken and
90 movies were shot both by the GL and by the HG who proved
to be a better cameraperson for her easiness in the element.
The second part of the Marine Life Study which involved a much more
intense experience was cancelled due weather conditions.
The expedition to the Blue Hole is then postponed but not cancelled.
To fill the unforeseen hurdle, the Study went on the mainland to reach
the Mayan pyramids of the Lamanai site along the lagoon of the New
River, which is surrounded by a virgin jungle dense with extraordinary
life. In this tour the Study had catalogued a long list of large birds,
specimen of the American crocodile and the peculiar primate Howler
Monkey.

On the way back to Leaderonia, the Great Leader made a promise to
be the stalwart of the upcoming Leaderonia Conservation Society,
the new institution for the protection of all Marine and Land Life
expect Human, and appointed Her Greatness the Chairman of the
Commission.

The report ends with a personal note from the Great Leader:

What my eyes have seen,
What my ears have heard,
What my nose has smelled,
What my tongue has tasted,
What my skin has felt,
What my heart has learned is the beauty
of this living system so strong and stable,
Beware brother men,
This whole planet is big and will swallow you.

Did you mean: "freedomination" 

From the Office of Information Retrieval:

Leaderonia must be proud of being in the top ten sources
of FREEDOMIZATION in the 978 existing in the World.
This study was inspired by Ms.Numberonehitsong obsessive
use of the search engine which mad a strong impression on
the Secretary of The Great Leader.

Full Worm Moon

From The Almanac.com:

--HISTORICALLY, THE Indians of what are now the northern
and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving a
distinctive name to each recurring full Moon, this name being
applied to the entire month in which it occurred.
With some variations, the same Moon names were used throughout
the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.

Other names used for March Full Worm Moon:
Full Crow Moon, Full Crust Moon, Full Sugar Moon, Full Sap Moon.

It was Great

LEADERONIA- Officials from the Archives have released the private
photographs of the Great Leader festivities on February 22nd,
Leaderonia National Day.





Here with Her Greatness and his closest personal friend is the Great
Leader in what he himself declared "it was a Great night".
Click here to see Him blowing the candles.

Miserere Mei

In the town of Chieti, The Great Leader' parents residential home,
a procession of violinists walk the dark streets, illuminated only by
torches, they strike their strings into a melody that surrounds the
wooden corpse of the dead Christ.
The Great Leader was a teenager when first saw this display of faith
and commemoration, and althought a self-considered atheist
he was forever impressed.
On this day of mourning, The Great Leader offer this link of music
for all Leaderonians, regardless of the religious creed:
Listen to Miserere Mei of G.Allegri directed by P. Phillips
and permormed by the 3rd Internation Choral of Rimini

The Mississippi River Observation

Back when the Great Leader was just an unnamed immigrant working in the United States for a large corporation small service, things were hard, there were so hard on him that after five years he had to quit and find a better job.
During the dark days of the End of the Second Millennium, when the World was preparing for a catastrophic joke set by some mid century computer technician, the One To Be the Great Leader was scanning the classifieds everyday, until his old friend from Western Massachusetts, General Henery sent him a very important message which propelled our unemployed hero in the heart of Corporate World, Midtown Manhattan, on the 41st floor of the white slim tower, the General Motor Building, to start his adventure in the America’s Cosmetic Industry.

Little did he know, back then, for how long he would have being pushed that elevator button. There are days, more recent ones, when our Great Leader still amazes himself.
Three days after he set foot on that floor, finishing his training, a journey was planned to reach the banks of the Mississippi River in the Louisiana’ town of New Orleans, to celebrate the Great Delivery Number 30.
Optimism found its way through the loose colored beads rolling into the old streets of the French Quarter, and the warm season breezed over the large river.

A year later that river that was filled with tears, and it reflected the image of the end of an era. The Great Delivery Number 31, celebrated again in the mouth of the Mississippi River, was intoxicated with a ghost chasing experience. The optimism was over.

The Third Millennium came untouched, but nine months and 11 days later it fell apart.
The rest is recent history, the return of the Great Leader and the Freedomization of Leaderonia have certainly been the major events of our Land, however there was some business to do for the Cosmetic Industry and The Great Leader embraced the fight against Acne, and started the Skin Treatment Campaign. In a brisk morning of this February 2005 on the seat 1A of the Flight to New Orleans the Great Leader was looking ahead to face that river again.

Twenty minutes before landing at sunset from the window He saw the coastal line, where a golden snaky mirror was fighting the gulf which was shooting heavy tankers right up the river like full metal jacket bullets pointing northbound, right at the heart of Corn Land.
The bloody foam trailed the tankers, hundreds of them, lined up neatly in a military fashion. The scene was gruesome.

Was just a product of the purest irony the selection of the site where the Dermatology business would had take place. Right under the massive pillars of the giant bridge that crossed the wounded river, the Great Leader took care of business and after handing over the happy dermatologists the best and most sleek environment they had in years, he walked out the convention center. The sun was strong and He walked on the riverbanks for a while, looking at the water, continuously traced by the heaviest vessels He has ever seen.

He looked at the water for a while, enjoying the mist from a nearby fountain. And then he said those words, those pearl of intellect that we cherish so much. He looked at the water and talking directly to the Mississippi River, He said:
“You look like diarrhea”.

End of Post Production

LEADERONIA- The Ministry of the Moving Image has recently
announced the end of the Post Production of
"The Exhibitionists: The Documentary".
The Head of teh Department along with the Great Leader have joinly
approved the final cut of the debut feature. The 58 minutes video will
be screened soon at a theatre which has not been selected yet.
Leaderonians will be notified when the event will take place with plenty
time to arrange their schedules and duties in order to witness what is
has been in the workd for almost 2 years.
Both the GL and the MOVIMA Secretary have agreed to concede a
Press Conference for the two major news outlet of Leaderonia,
The New York Pest and The Daily Woos.

The WHT Report

After 5 weeks of intense discovering around the Western Hemisphere,
in which the Great Leader first walked miles in the convention center of
New Orleans, then came back to celebrate the Great Delivery number
36, pick Her Greatness up, zoom to the Islands of Ambergris Caye and
Caulker Caye where together they explore miles of reef and hundreds
of marine life exemplars, then after being back to Leaderonia for few
hours crossed the entire continent to reach the shore of the Pacific Ocean
just in time to see the grey whales go by off Point Reyes, while being
educated by local farmers and participating in a social game, Leaderonian
are expecting all details, the Great Leader knows.
The ministry of information has been closed all through the GL absence
due to the lack of personnel.
Today, the first day of Leaderonia Spring, after meeting with the new
executive cabinet the GL authorized the release of photographic material
and personal account of what is known to be Western Hemisphere
Tour Report.

The first part will cover the Mississippi River Observation followed
by the Great Delivery Number 36 National Day Celebration.
The second part is entirely dedicated to the Marine Life Study that the GL
and HG undertook in Belize, including a brief journey in the Mayan Jungle
(this part contains moving pictures).
The third and last part of the WHTR is a Mixture of Nature and
Humanity in Northern California.