Thứ Hai, 27 tháng 4, 2009

eye-opening website: betterworldshopper.org

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I stumbled across this website yesterday and it's very eye-opening! www.betterworldshopper.orgIt is devoted to making public the records of major corporations in 5 areas: human rights, the environment, animal protection, community involvement, and social...

Things Done Changed - The Notorious BIG

¡Qué barbaridad! Pocas cosas más potentes y con más rabia se pueden oír.Nacido en 1972 en Brooklyn, NY, y asesinado a los 24 años en 1997 cuando estaba de viaje en L.A. promocionando su segundo disco "Life After Death" que nunca llegó a ver publicado...

Thứ Ba, 21 tháng 4, 2009

Inspiring Action

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Escucho muchas opiniones sobre organizaciones como Greenpeace, Intermon Oxfam, Médicos sin Fronteras y demás.Que si se quedan el dinero, que si son controladas por fascistas, que si no sirven para nada... Está claro que no tienen porqué ser perfectas....

Thứ Hai, 20 tháng 4, 2009

Hong Kong, un lugar acojonante...

Venir a Hong Kong por primera vez es una experiencia brutal, vale, no es mi caso ya que he venido 3 veces, pero comento lo que sentí la primera vez y lo que veo en la gente que acaba de llegar. Éste es un paisaje urbano y no natural, pero de una dimensión...

word for the day - perendinate

I get a daily subscription of A Word A Day - and especially liked today's entry. I never knew the literal meaning of "procrastinate," and now I have another option when procrastinating is just not enough. :-)perendinate PRONUNCIATION:(puh-REN-di-nayt)...

Thứ Bảy, 18 tháng 4, 2009

Sam's birthday

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My baby boy is three. He is sleeping extra long today, which gives me a chance to post pictures. I included a couple other photos just for fun: bathtime bubbles, and Alex and Sam in their Easter du...

spiderman poem

Last night we had people over for Sam's birthday party. I will need to post pictures when I get a chance. Lately everything seems like it takes more time than I have. We had fun - it was so nice to hang out with everyone. Sam was very happy with all...

Thứ Năm, 16 tháng 4, 2009

a springtime poem

I heard a radio show the other night about people who memorize and recite poetry by heart. It was kind of cool. It inspired me to look up this poem by Robert Browning, of which I remembered only the last 2 lines.It's a good poem for spring, even though...

Thứ Ba, 14 tháng 4, 2009

Katmandú, Nepal, nochevieja y Hong Kong

Pues sí, estoy en Kathmandú, capital de Nepal.Precisamente ayer era el día en que se celebra la nochevieja en Nepal. Y la celebramos como debe ser. Eso sí, sin uvas...Y hemos pasado al año 2066, como lo oís. Estoy en el futuro.Aquí se usa el calendario...

Thứ Hai, 13 tháng 4, 2009

4-year-old's shopping list, dumb kid jokes

Alex made up her first grocery list the other day. She asked how to spell things, I told her, and she attempted to write them down. The result, with backward/upside down letters and all, was:hot dogscrispy cerealcookiescandy4T pajamasAlex cupsausageoranges...

Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 4, 2009

The Wackness cine en Nepal

Como much@s sabéis me encanta el cine, por estos lugares, Nepal, la única manera de ver cine es comprarte DVDs piratillas por un tercio de Euro y verlos en el ordenador. O eso o irte al cine a ver una “película” local con mucha sangre, drama, y cosas...

Cremaciones en Varanasi y el Ganges

Ahí van algunas de las fotitos que prometí de las cremaciones de cadáveres en Varanasi.Como dije,dependiendo de la pasta o la casta te dan un tipo de madera u otro, dependiendodel tipo de madera y la cantidad el cuerpo se quema mejor o peor, por supuesto,para...

Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 4, 2009

kid sayings

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Alex is saying a lot of funny things these days, but alas, I seem to be forgetting to write them down. Anyway, I do remember two things from this week and wanted to document them before I forgot:"Your mouth has a special finger in it called - a tongue!"(see...

 
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