Archive for February, 2007
Monday, February 19th, 2007
Memory, Perspective, and Something Bonito
One of my friends asked me this evening to write something “bonito” when I got home from work. Unfortunately, I am not particularly inspired just now. Nevertheless, I am quite interested in the relationship between memory and perspective — how each act of remembering is an independent experience unto itself, and how any given memory […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
More Than This
This is one of my favorite two scenes from the film Lost in Translation where Bill Murry sings “More Than This”. My guess is that Sofia Coppolla put in the karaoke scenes as space fillers because the movie was rather short. Nevertheless, I think that the scene defines the film. I love the subtle complicity […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Love and Affection
On this Saturday morning, I woke up at 8:30am, and while alternating between Amin Maalouf’s Rock of Tanois and writing in this wretched blog, I was reminded of a Saturday morning in November back in the 90s. It was a typical autumn morning in Washington, DC, and the air was crisp. I had all of […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Under the Milky Way
Back in 1990 during my first year in college when I was living in the dorms, there was this dorky, awkward kid from South Dakota who lived across the hall from me. I don’t remember much about him, except for the fact that he was always talking about Watertown and listening to the The Church. […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Mis Problemas con las Mujeres
La primera vez que vine a España fue en el verano de 1988. Mis tíos vivían en Madrid y vine a pasar tres semanas con ellos. Mi español era muy pero muy limitado y quizás lo único que sabía yo de esta ciudad era el Real Madrid. A partir de ese verano ya todo es […]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Temptation
I have been thinking about a friend of mine (let’s call him “Alfie”) who is going through a tough time because he is breaking up with his girlfriend after five years of dating (and for the past year maintaining a long distance relationship). And of course, it is his decision, so she is having an […]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
¿Pulp Fiction en FON Spain?
. . . Xabi y el Sueco Ibérico dedicándose a fonear a España. Son muy diferentes pero tienen la misma misión.
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
Zapatero, Judicial Independence and a Lack of a Clear Separation of Powers in Spanish Politics
As a U.S. trained lawyer living in Spain and following Spanish politics, I am often frustrated by Spain’s political debates and constitutional system. In the US, there is a very clear cut definition of the roles of each of the three branches of government and a richly defined and well conceived division of powers […]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Two Videos from FON’s First Anniversary Party
Here are two more videos from FON’s First Anniversary Party. The first one is Antonio Saez, General Manager of FON Spain. The second one is Martin Varsavsky, the CEO and Founder of FON. As I have mentioned, I was in charge of moderating. I first introduced Antonio, and after Antonio’s speech, I then spoke […]
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Spoof Video for FON’s First Anniversary Party
On Tuesday night, FON celebrated its First Year Anniversary at the Teatro Lara in Madrid. This is a spoof video that some of us employees made. This video was produced by Jorge, Elena and Iurgi and filmed and edited by Vpod.tv. Thanks to Martin’s great sense of humor, none of us lost our jobs, especially […]
