Archive for October, 2006
Monday, October 16th, 2006
Saturday with the Kids
I spent all of Saturday with my friends Kevin and Rocío, Santi and Clara, and with their lovey children Marina and Javier. Marina and Javier were both born in May 2005, and now that they are almost 18 months old they are getting more and more fun to play with. I finally got Javier to start kicking […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Rose Superstar is Back and this Time it’s with el Barça
Como informé a los lectores de este blog y en esta sección Rose Superstar, nuestra héroe del baloncesto femenino ahora milita en el Barça. Después de unas merecidísimas vacaciones este verano, nuestra crack empezó a entrenar en las filas del Barça al principios de Septiembre. Este jueves estrena como blaugrana esta temporada en Ibiza contra […]
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
The Year of Spaghetti
I am just about to go to bed and finish off the long day by reading Haruki Murakami’s short story, “The Year of Spaghetti” from his new book of short stories Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. As you may know from two previous posts (Noruwei no Mori and Haruki Murakami), I am very much a fan […]
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Thanksgiving and Christmas Caroles
I fully recognize that it is much too early to be discussing Christmas caroles, but it IS autumn and I have been thinking about Christmas Caroles. The thing is, I love autumn. It is my favorite season, at least at home in DC/MD. At home, the trees change color to burnt reds, browns, and oranges. […]
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
Jamón Part IV: An Alternative Explanation
A few months ago in an attempt to solve the mystery behind why there are so many legs of ham everywhere in Spain and yet there are so few visible pigs, I revealed what may be a massive Jamón Conspiracy (see also, Parts II and III). And Last night while driving around in circles looking for parking with […]
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
The Lounge and the Old DC Days
I just ran across this Thievery Corporation video of “Lebanese Blond“. You can see flashes of some of the old regulars from those evenings at Eighteen Street Lounge, plus shots of Massachusetts Avenue in DC (and what I believe to be is Dumbarton’s Oaks). It’s not a very high budget video, but reminds me of […]
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
Frase de la Semana
Explicando porque recibió un balonazo en la cara hoy en el partidillo entre el Black Power y los Huevos Fritos (en las Jornadas de Fútbol), don JA Arribas dijo que se sacrificaba todo por la empresa. Cuando le explicamos que todos los jugadores de ambos equipos eran de la misma empresa, respondió con la frase de la semana: “Mi equipo […]
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Thursday, October 5th, 2006
La “p” de Filadelfia y la “i” de Hysidro
Hace tiempo que no escribo nada en español en este blog. Como intenté contar esta historia ayer a Hysidro (curioso ser gallego y tener un nombre griego) pero él no quiso hacerme ningún caso, he decido ponerla aquí por escrito. Puede ser que le molestó el hecho de que entre las palabras “estupendo” y “estúpido” solo […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Déjà vu and Catch-22
That ryhmes! In any event, in my previous post on Extra-sensory Perception, I allude to the psychological phenomenon of déjà vu. But from Catch-22, I also learned about its accompanying jamais vu and presque vu. Here are two relevant quotes from Catch-22 that illusrate these concepts:
The subtle, recurring confusion between illusion and reality that was characteristic […]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Lyle Lovett and Extra-sensory Perception
I am not much of a believer in the paranormal or in psychics, or at least I do not spend any time thinking about them. Nevertheless, I have noticed that whenever I think of somebody or wonder why I haven’t heard from them in a long time, I suddenly run into them, receive a call, […]
