Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Offline and Loving It!
For this Holiday Season, I am offline and absolutely loving it. I barely check my webmail or my work mail, and it’s great. Unfortunately, this won’t last too many more days. See ya’ll soon…
No Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Coltrane Olé
A friend of mine gave me John Coltrane’s Olé about six years ago, but it was not until last year in November that I really listened to it closely. Then a few weeks later while in Marrakech, I suddenly could not get the tune out of my head. From that moment on, I have become […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Jazz by eric
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Barak Clinton, Hillary Bush
Back in 1992, Bill Clinton gave a political lesson on how to win an election. When running against an incumbent, most candidates make the mistake of attacking or complaing about the incumbent. The problem is that most people are turned-off by complainers and whiners. That was where Bill succeeded. His argument was change and his […]
No Comments » - Posted in Essays, Obama 08 by eric
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
A Coincidence?
If political transition in Venezuela were only that simple …
35 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Names and the State
About a year ago, I posted about a women who was denied citizenship in Spain because the state refused to recognize the validity of her first name. Well, I just read a news story about how an Itlalian court would not allow a family to name their child Friday.
5 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Monday, December 17th, 2007
Recycled Post of the Week: My Favorite Things
This weekend, to avoid the cold and the shoppers, I assumed the fetal position and read from cover to cover Paul Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky. I had seen the movie a couple of times and had started and abandoned the novel once before, so I decided to give it a second go.
There is a well-known […]
No Comments » - Posted in Digressions, literature by eric
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Freedom and Religion
Today I was watching an interview with Republican hopeful, Mitt Romney, on the Meet the Press podcast. A significant portion of the first half of the interview was dedicated to Romney discussing his religious faith. This is understandable to the degree that he could potentially be the first Mormon president of the U.S., and nevertheless, […]
12 Comments » - Posted in Essays by eric
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Before and After
Sometimes it feels as if time stands still or passes by slowly without us knowing it. Then other times, we put time into perspective. That is what is nice (or cruel) about capturing time in images. Between the left and the right, there are twenty-three years.
The first shot was actually taken by my orthodontist. He […]
No Comments » - Posted in Digressions, Friends / Family by eric
Friday, December 14th, 2007
The Vatican Croquet
My friend, the infamous Manuocho, has just come out with this video entitled “The Vatican Croquet”. I really don’t know what the video is all about, but I like it. Manuocho and I are thinking about joining forces in a unified effort to bring to life another compelling story: “The Portero”. I won’t give any […]
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Ali and Nino
Contrary to what I might have said a few weeks ago, I finished Ali and Nino before the year’s end. Coincendentally, I started 2007 off with Samarkand that deals with 11th Century Persia but also briefly covers pre-World War I Iran, and ended the year with Ali and Nino that commences on the eve of […]
