The uncanny sensation of smelling Bojangle’s a/k/a Christmas ’09 January 7, 2010

So, it’s a cold, grey winter’s day (well, as cold and gray as it gets in these parts) and I’m reflecting on my recent train ride to Figueres.  “Figueres, you say?” Yes, I know, this destination may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you–being that, in light of the last few posts at [...]

Notes from El Valle part 2, Electric Boogaloo October 20, 2009

Hey! Wahoo! Yippie! I just got internet back at the house!  Never would I have thought that such a mundane occasion (my reinstatement as a drone in the info-tech beehive) would be such a source of joy.  Though I shouldn’t be surprised.  Such is life in this, our 21st century… First things first, I should [...]

“One year of ‘some shit’”, or OT 2009 July 20, 2009

Funny how time flies. Not much more than a year or so ago, my dad got the idea in my head to start writing a blog. Which is, as you can see, just what I did. I suppose that in theory the idea was, first and foremost, for me to record my life and my [...]

Christmas, Barcelona is wack, more controversy January 14, 2009

Hello.  Happy New Year and all that.  Three things, totally unrelated.

Now ain’t that literally some shit a/k/a “Bon nadal!” December 22, 2008

I knew at some point I was going to have to do something here about the local X-mas traditions, so here goes.  Thanks to Troy (A small white flaking house in Lost Spain) for sending the link to this article from Der Spiegel, which sums it up better than other articles I’ve read.  Basically, the [...]

WARNING: Controversial content! Ooooohhh! a/k/a “Hay que ser gilipollas” December 17, 2008

Disclaimer: Generally, I like to try and stay out of this sort of debate because as an outsider I really have no part in it.  But I saw something yesterday that really called my attention and made me shake my head and go, “Now ain’t that some shit.”  Ah, yes, the debate I’m referring to [...]

The end of an era… December 3, 2008

This past Saturday marked a momentous occasion in my life. I had decided to go public with a decision that had been quietly germinating and taking shape in my mind for quite some time. The Thanksgiving dinner that Belén and I prepared Saturday night for a group of about 14 or 15 friends provided the [...]

“¡Toma, toma, toma!” or “Take your shirt off, twist it around your hand, spin it like a helicopter” November 5, 2008

I’m still a bit groggy from staying up real, real late last night to watch the election. I figure if this past March I was able to stay up all night to watch UNC get its ass whooped in the Final Four, I can stay up to watch this: it’s obviously much more important and [...]

They are believed that my nuts are eggs of a sturgeon October 23, 2008

It’s been a stressful couple of weeks here. Last Monday they began the Herculean project of reinforcing the beams in the ceiling of our apartment, as well as in that of two of our neighbors. They started on the 7th floor (where we live) and will work their way down, 6th, 5th, 4th, etc. Awesome, [...]

Yes I Did October 14, 2008

I voted. I done hauled off and did it.