Archive for December, 2007
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
They Don’t Like Me
They don’t like me, I just know it . . . Actually, maybe they do or maybe they don’t. Does it really matter? They have to put up with me every day either way.
Today, I had my camera at work to take some photos for our upcoming Newsletter, so I decided to make a short […]
8 Comments » - Posted in FON by eric
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
El Retorno de Rose Superstar
Después de mucho silencio sobre mi querida Rose Superstar, vuelvo a abrir esta sección con el paradero actual de nuestra crack. Al dejar el Barça por los problemas económicos y estructuarles del club que le obligaron a cerrar sus puertas al baloncesto femenino, Rose ha decidido pasar el año en el Don Piso de Girona. […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Rose Superstar by eric
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Christmas in Madrid
Yesterday afternoon, we took a long walk through Madrid to look at the Christmas decorations. The Plaza Mayor’s Christmas market was full of the traditional Nativity Scene (called a Belén meaning Bethlehem) figurines, but there were also many other non-Christmas articles that could be purchased like Elvis wigs and other more Halloween-esque costumes. Don’t ask […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Digressions, Living la vida española by eric
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Recycled Post of the Week: The Faith of the Heretic
Christmas time is here and that has its ups and downs. There is the mad race to finish off the year with the work-related and present-shopping stress. There is also all of the corporate and commercial pressure to make sure that we meet those aforementioned obligations. And for those of us who live abroad or […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
David Allen on FC Barça and Strategic Management
My former Strategy professor and co-worker, David Allen, has a very insightful post on his blog entitled “Frank Rijkaard, ‘Self-management’, organizational ecology“. Professor Allen’s post is not only interesting because it discusses the present state of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, Frank Rijkaard, and Ronaldinho, but also because I think it is a nice catalyst for […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Essays, Zizou by eric
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
(Kind of) A Winner
I have written before about my trials and tribulations with the Lottery. Well, guess what? I just won €89 (that’s $130 for those who still use antiquated greenbacks). Out of five numbers and two stars in the Euromillions, I correctly guessed three numbers and both stars. Because I didn’t get all of the seven digits […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Digressions by eric
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Christmas Lights in Paris
I suppose it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I made this silly little video of the Christmas lights on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday night. I guess I did it as an excuse to play this Frank Sinatra rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas“.
Hopefully next weekend I will have a chance to […]
