Hasta la vista, Pinocho
Last night, when we got home after the long weekend up around the awesome Terres de l’Ebre, first thing I learned from the news is that Augusto Pinochet …
life
Visited the opthalmologist
Today I went to the hospital to visit the opthalmologist. The good news: as expected, what happened the other day was just a case of optical migraine, which …
Temporarily blind
The other day I had an “incident” involving my vision. It has nothing to do with the vision problems many people had the other day, when someone posted some …
Qana, Lebanon
I’ve been watching the Lebanese bloodshed since it started. It really makes me sick. I have discussed this with many friends. There was little discussion …
Seventy years of the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish Revolution
A few months ago I wrote about the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic which was celebrated throughout the state. That weekend I …
Jo no t'espere
Not at all! The Pope is visiting València next weekend. According to Rita Barberá Noya, the mayor of the city during the last 16 years (I mildly remember her …
Metro crash in València
As most of you know already, there was a horrible accident in the Línia 1 of the Metrovalencia underway system of València, where I live. The death toll is, as …
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It’s this time of the year again. It’s a bit disappointing that I’m not going to celebrate my birthday having lots of fun somewhere in Mexico, …
75 years of the Spanish dream
Recently Spain remembered the 65th anniversary of our tragic Civil War, an episode which broke the state in two halves which still today haven’t been …
Buying a computer mouse
I’ve had the same mouse for probably 5 years, and I’m very happy with the result. Unfortunately, the batteries don’t make good contact with …