Archive for June, 2006
Monday, June 26th, 2006
The World Cup is playing, but I ain’t watching
For those who know me, you may be wondering why the World Cup is playing and yet I am not watching. There is one simple reason: I HAVE TO WORK. But, games are also played in the evening and on weekends, but I can’t always watch them. Why? Because they are only televised in Spain on the […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Living la vida española by eric
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Clean Water: Discrimination in the Environment
In this week’s edition of the Economist, there is an interesting article on how one of the gravest problems affecting the world today is environmental health — in particular, clean water. Unfortunately, this environmental issue takes a back seat to Climate Change. Without getting into a debate on the best ways to combat Climate Change, be it through the Kyoto […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Essays by eric
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Mi marca favorita de verano
Cada temporada tiene su moda, su estilo, y su encanto. Por lo tanto, las marcas importantes siempre intentan crear nuevas tendencias para cada estación del año. Pero hay unas marcas y estilos que nunca pasan de moda. Cuando me preguntan ¿cuál es tu marca favorita? Solo tengo una respuesta, la más sencilla: la de las bragas. […]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
The Fury without the Sound
I have recently found that the men’s ”facilities” in the office building where I work have come to stink. Now, that is not such a surprise in and of itself as the bathroom has no windows. What is curious is that this overwhelming stench has increased in intensity over the past few days. I think of Walt […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
¡La Rose Superstar al Barça!
Por fin tengo la gran noticia tan esperada por nuestros lectores fieles a la sección Rose Superstar de Grave Error. Rose vuelve al club de su ciudad natal donde había iniciado su carrera deportiva en el Universitari (ahora el Barça). Aunque el Barça en el fútbol sea un equipo mediocre (que solo sirve para hacer cantera para el Real Madrid), […]
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
El Comité, el silencio y los apodos
En las últimas semanas, el Comité que concede el Premio al Mejor Compañero de Trabajo de la Semana ha tomado unas mini vacaciones y no ha concedido ningún galardón. Algunos preguntarán ¿por qué? Aquí tenéis la respuesta . . .
6 Comments » - Posted in FON by eric
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Dance like Me
Melissa Levine is one of the most talented people I know. We went to high school together, and in the past few years I have rediscovered her via email. If you happen to be in the San Francisco Bay Area, you really should check out her one-woman show, “Dance like Me“. She is hysterical!
Dance Like […]
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Sunday, June 11th, 2006
Kids and dogs
I am sitting outside in a garden working on my computer, and I can hear little kids playing. They are yelling out unintelligible sentences that most people would consider cute. This is something that is beginning to bother me. Why do kids get away with so much (and all the attention)? You see a kid […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Sunday, June 11th, 2006
A Rose by any other name would still be a Rose
Declara Pablo Neruda en Explico algunas cosas, “Preguntaréis, Y dónde están las lilas? / Y la metafísica cubierta de amapolas? / Y la lluvia que a menuda golpeaba / sobre sus palabras llenándolas / de de agujeros y pájaros?” Y yo me imagino que mis lectores (los pocos, los valientes) estarán preguntando, ¿y la Rose Superstar […]
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Friday, June 9th, 2006
European Data Retention Laws: Not such a “Fine Balance”
There has been much criticism of the Patriot Act by Europeans (as well as by Americans), and most of it rightly so. One problem is that in Europe, similar legislation is being passed both on the local level and at the European Union level as well. These are know as Data Retention Laws or are often […]
