Archive for November, 2007

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Smells Like Teenie Bopper Music

I was just walking down the street and saw three high school girls around the age of fifteen (Oh, Being and Distance). One of them was wearing a Nirvana t-shirt. Nirvana? Nirvana became popular in 1991 with that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” song before any of these girls were even born. Nirvana, like the Backstreet […]

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Thursday, November 29th, 2007

We’re Gonna Still Need Some Practice

I think Hysidro and I are going to still need some practice to get the salutation just right.

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Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Quick Book List

Found this cool application with Amazon and Facebook for compiling one’s reading list.

Here is a quick list that I put together of the books I have read in the past 2 or 3 years.

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Chasin’ the Trane

Rewrite just pointed me towards this review in The Economist of Ben Ratliff’s new biography of John Coltrane. Here is the review in full:

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Hysidro en el Top 8

Fuentes cercanas a FON acaban de confirmar que Hysidro ha sido elegido uno de los Top 8 del Departamento de Marketing para el 2007. ¡Enhorabuena!

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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Recycled Post of the Week: Rudolph

After such long expectation and a weekend romance with Christmas songs, I am back to listening to John Coltrane. I suppose that I got just the right dose of the X-mas oldies to cover me at least until mid December and then I can revisit the Christmas spirit. In the meantime, I thought I would […]

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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

In the News

Today opening Yahoo!, I learned a bunch of interesting news tid bits. For example, I learned that Iceland is the best place to live in in the world, and the U.S. is number 12. I also learned that Washington, DC has the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the U.S. and the numbers are incredibly disturbing. […]

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Monday, November 26th, 2007

My Favorite Books of 2007

I was doing pretty well, at least until I discovered Podcasts, and then I pretty much stopped reading. I did begin Kurban Said’s Ali and Nina which was incredibly promising, but I don’t think that my schedule until after the Holiday Season will give me the time to finish it. So, I believe it is […]

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Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Christmas Time is Here

I know it seems early, but officially Christmas time is here. That means I can start annoying the hell out of everyone! Yet for some reason, this morning I opted for John Coltrane over my Christmas favorites. I guess I still don’t quite have the full Christmas feeling.

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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Amnesty International Video

Nice video, but I doubt their conclusion.

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