Archive for May, 2009

Unfortunate event # 8

Finding out that one of your posts appears as a “related video” linked to some media against abortion.

:-0  WTF?!?!

Google, seriously, the method used to suggest such “related” information needs to be reviewed… seriously. Seriously. I mean, it-s not even a video, for crying out loud!
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I was pretty surprised as, lately, my blog was getting an [...]

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Unfortunate event #5 – reloaded

(originally published on April 15th, 2009)
Being “pissed by an elephant”
that’s what we say in Argentina when many things go wrong at the same time… I’m sure you can think of one such situation from your own personal experience, so I leave this space blank for you to fill in… (use the comment section if you [...]

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Swine flu

Yeah, everyone was talking about it… some weeks ago. Just as I have a particular prejudice against best-sellers, it seems I also have a prejudice against “vogue” blogging topics. 
So I’m writing about it now, when a huge load of the fuzz is already gone, even though new cases continue to be identified and the risk [...]

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May 17th, International Day against homophobia and transphobia

The next video was a joint effort by http://gays.com and the Committee for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia.

Following inspiration by Australian blogger Steeviebeebishop, French site gayclic.com launched a similar video project for IDAHO.
The community got together to do their video footage and gayclic.com edited this [...]

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Happy Birthday, Chiari!

My dear friend had her birthday last monday, and in her honor I cooked a special dish last night. The recipe includes an Andean cereal, Quinoa, and a taste of ginger and lemon, which gives it an oriental touch. 
Quinoa happens to be a “recovered” species and has won a sustainability prize (or something like that… [...]

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One hundred posts (yay!)

This blog has reached the 100 posts! Which means, basically, that except for the few occasions in which a guest writer did me the favour, I managed to get around to writing regularly and keeping this blog alive. Yay!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read what I had to say, especially to the [...]

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Happy Birthday, Lau!

wishing you a wonderful day…. this post is for you, Lau!
 
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Here’s a Haiku I wrote (as a joke) for Lau’s birthday…
(sorry to the non-Hispanic community… the Haiku is in Spanish :P   — ahh, never mind! it’s an inside-joke anyway!)
treinta y un soles-
penetrantemente, tus
ojos los vieron.
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Happy birthday, dear friend!!

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