November 2008
5 posts
Election 2008 →
After eight years of breaking things, who will be elected? There is only one answer to it: it has to be him.
October 2008
2 posts
Reality
The basis of reality is memory (short-term and long-term memory).
Grown-up
Yesterday my daughter was telling me about her school; my son came, sat between us, and told her: “he is a grown-up,” and he pointed me, “he never went to school.” I: “What? Did I just drop from the sky as grown-up?” He: “umm, yes,” and they laughed.
September 2008
0 posts
August 2008
2 posts
WatchKilling Us Softly 3 Advertising’s Image of Women
July 2008
2 posts
June 2008
12 posts
Pictures from Iraq by Geert Van Kesteren... →
The US media has not shown any of this and more.
Pasta con Tomates frescos
-Three tomatoes, peeled, diced
-Capers
-Basil, from garden, a lot
-Garlic
-Olive Oil
Cook pasta
Combine all ingredients, when pasta is ready, add to the mixed ingredients. Enjoy.
Ice on Mars →
Crumbs of a bright materila (ice?) vanished from a trench open four days ago: they think it is ice that melted in the course of these four days. Agua en Marte!?
WatchAfghanistan: Lost in Translation (from the Guardian) [or Translating for your ears only. This translator is translating what he thinks the U.S. soldiers want to hear from the elder, and so another opportunity is missing here.]
In June 2008, Hillary Clinton lost to Obama. Here... →
I put it here with the hope that I would be able to read it again in four years or so.
Gazpacho
1Kg (2.5 lb) tomates
4 cebollas rojas (yo uso una: a mi esposa no le gusta mucho la cebolla*)
1 pepino (yo uso dos o tres: a mis hijos les gusta el pepino*)
2 pimientos verdes
3 tajadas de pan (o pan viejo mojado)
1/3 taza aceite (yo no uso tanto*)
2 cucharadas vinagre
agua fria (al gusto)
batirlo todo con sal y un poco del agua (usar algunos hielos).
*Esta receta me la escribió un...
May 2008
3 posts
United Nations of South America (UNASUR) →
May 23th, 2008: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Perú, Surinam, Uruguay y Venezuela signed the agreement that established UNASUR.
“Dios mueve al jugador, y éste, la pieza.
¿Qué Dios detrás de Dios la trama...”
– J. L. Borges (Read Poem Here)
“Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions...”
– T. S. Eliot (Read Poem Here)