Archive for January, 2007
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
International Organizations and their utter lack of accountability
International Organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank lack political and legal accountability. These supranational organizations are immune from any US federal, state or other national jurisdicitons, regardless of where they are headquartered. Furthermore, they generally lack political accountability. Although the country representatives in say the UN or the WTO are appointed by […]
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Friday, January 5th, 2007
I Hope You Had the Time of Your Life
I was hoping to write a couple of digressions this evening and tomorrow on a variety of subjects including Ballet and the confines of creativty and freedom; and ZP (Zapatero Presidente), George W and Reyes (the Spanish celebration of the Epiphany). Unfortunately, I just got news that my paternal grandfather is fairing very poorly. He […]
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Rose Superstar en el video de la Copa de la Reina
En este video promocionando la Copa de la Reina, sale (aunque brevemente en el minuto 2:01) nuestra jugadora preferida de baloncesto, justo en la sección sobre el Barça. También salen algunas amigas suyas de otros equipos como Elsa del Rivas Futura.
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
The Final Countdown
George Oscar Bluth (aka Gob) is the illusionist from the now cancelled TV series Arrested Development. “It is not a trick, it is an illusion.” “But where did the lighter fluid come from . . .” “Come on!”
Anyways, here are a few clips of Gob in action:
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Grave Error in the House
There was a time back in the early 80s when I practiced the subtle arts of break dancing and beat boxing (what my father affectionately described as “my son spitting in his hand”). Other than those early days of Kurtis Blow, Whodini, and Run DMC, I have never been much of a Hip-Hop fanatic. Nevertheless, […]
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
A Belated Season’s Greeting
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the holiday season, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their […]
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
New Year, New Books
One of the first things I buy when I go to the States are books. I prefer to read in English rather than in Spanish (with the sole exception of Spanish literature). Furthermore, there is a greater wealth of novels translated into English than into Spanish, and I generally read literature from around the world. […]
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
I’ve been home for Christmas
At the risk of getting my family’s hopes up for nothing, I must admit that there really is no place like home. Life is always easier at home. I enjoy living in Spain and in Europe and all that it has to offer. As a matter of fact, when I have the time to sort through my […]
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
A Bronx Tale
I just got back from a quick trip to The Bronx to visit my grandparents and a short stop in New Jersey where I got to see my cousin Charlie and meet my new cousins Will and Elyse. As mentioned in a previous post, my father is from The Bronx and his parents still live […]
