Archive for February, 2007
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Please don’t bring me flowers anymore
As I mentioned last year, the increase in diesel consumption in Europe (and in particular in Madrid) is having an increasingly severe effect on those who suffer from pollen related allergies. In general, Europeans love diesel because it is more cost efficient and emits less of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Nevertheless, diesel […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Digressions, Living la vida española by eric
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Jamón part V: Finally some revindication
Finally, in the long saga towards shedding light on what I perceive to be a vast Jamón Conspiracy, the Spanish government intends to crack down on “jamón imposters”, revindicating my original suspicions. Read on:
1 Comment » - Posted in Jamón Conspiracy by eric
Sunday, February 25th, 2007
No one said it would be easy
But it doesn’t always need to be so difficult either.
1 Comment » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
If I weren’t so Conceited, I’d be Perfect
The last few days I have found myself to be incredibly lucid. I simply cannot stop thinking. My mind is constantly in overdrive. There is no way for me to turn it off. And when I am this lucid, I just can’t stop working the cognitive process that creates these endless internal digressions. […]
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Walk On By
Believe it or not, I am a big Dionne Warwick fan. When I was a kid, I associated Dionne with the TV show Solid Gold and then later with her Psychic Friends, but when a friend bought me Dionne Warwick Sings the Bacharack and David Songbook, I realized what great music she sang in […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
¿Puede un beso hacer caer el mundo?
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Coltrane Olé
A while back, I wrote about John Coltrane’s Ole. Now, I am testing to see if I can embed songs into my blog from Radio.Blog.Club. That way, I can also use music (not just videos, artwork, and pictures) to enhance the message I am trying to send through my posts.
By the way, this is […]
No Comments » - Posted in Jazz by eric
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Happy Birthday, Rose Superstar
Un añito más para nuestra Rose Superstar.
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Japan’s BlogTV comes to Spain and to FON
Japan’s BlogTV came to Madrid to spend some time with FON and to celebrate our FON One Year Anniversary Party. They came with members of our FON Japan team including Nina and Joi Ito (a FON advisor in Japan). In these videos, you get to see Joi Ito in different meetings in Madrid with Martin, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in FON by eric
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
The FON Party
In a previous post, I mentioned how on February 6, 2007, FON celebrated its first anniversary with a big party at the Teatro Lara in Madrid, and I included two videos of speeches from the event. I also lamented about how my particular role in the party had still not been uploaded. Well, here is […]
