Violent storms
(Readers from Florida, skip this entry as it’s probably insulting that I talk about big storms when that hurricane is approaching your houses :) On …
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They say it was about time...
On Friday at 13:00 I gave up and bought a mobile phone. For years, everyone was urging me to do this, because “they couldn’t contact me when they …
Fahrenheit 9/11
Last night I finally went to see Michael Moore’s new documentary. I really wanted to see this film, after enjoying Bowling for Columbine and Stupid White …
Teeth of Wisdom trouble
I went to the dentist on Tuesday and the doctor insisted on what I’ve been trying to ignore during the last two years: I need to have my four Teeth of …
No surprises in Le Tour
There were no surprises in the Alps or the time trial, and Armstrong managed to win his 6th consecutive Tour de France. That I initially wanted Ullrich to win …
Armstrong's 6th Tour
It’s not a secret that in Spain, most of the people following the Tour, and cycling in general, prefer that Armstrong doesn’t win his 6th Tour de …
Heart or potato?
This morning I got an ecocardiogram done at the hospital. The good news is that the potato in my chest isn’t exploding anytime soon. Why I got my heart …
Huge pile of mail
One of the expected surprises I found when I came back from Pont the Suert was a tremendous amount of unfiltered mail (ie, spam + non-list mail I probably have …
Lovely heatwaves
It’s not even July and TV news programs are only talking about the high temperatures in Spain. Some southern cities have already hit 50ºC, and I melt just …
On Valencian exams, and why I say Valencian
I got a pair of comments on my last entry which I guessed I could answer in a new post, specially the second one, as Amaya and I had an argument about Valencian …