Monthly Archives: March 2006
Not exactly porn…
…but has the same effect…and struck me as funny (I ought to be more sympathetic, I know). The article is in Spanish, but basically what it says is that an ex-prisoner at Czarne prison in Poland is seeking damages for … Continue reading
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When something beautiful…
…craps on you — what do you do? Take offense, or feel blessed? This happens to me all the time, it seems. Though usually it’s not something beautiful doing the crapping — usually it’s something dirty and mean like a … Continue reading
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A week in the life of…
…dying snow… I had hoped to catch the spring thaw — and I did, mostly, but instead of continuing to melt, it decided to snow again on Tuesday. Sigh. What on earth am I talking about? Well, a week-long timelapse sequence … Continue reading
Beware the Ideas of March
There are many ridiculous inventions for which patents were issued in March. (I am fully aware that the patent issue date has no relation to the date the idea itself was hatched, but…go with it, for the sake of the … Continue reading
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Anyone for an ice-cold Perito?
This’ll help cool things down. The mighty glacier Perito Moreno‘s ice bridge is about to collapse. Every few years (typically 3 though it’s been as many as 16) this happens — the glacier advances enough to separate the lake into … Continue reading
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Hot Memories
Cool down, this is actually two posts in one — and neither topic is as exciting as whatever the combined notion “hot memories” may evoke for you… First of all, Canada is hot, hot, HOT! We are on the tail … Continue reading
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La última
I went to see the last film of Festivalissimo tonight. In fact, I intended to go see Elsa y Fred at 5pm, but even though I was there plenty early, it was sold out. Aargh! So I got a ticket … Continue reading
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No skating metaphors today
Just a quick note to say that tonight (though annoyingly coming down with a sniffly cold — aargh!) I trekked in the dark across the rapidly-vanishing glacier that is Parc Jeanne-Mance to yet another pelí at Festivalissimo. The fest wraps … Continue reading
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Ooh, looks like he caught a edge…and he’s down!
You know how, when you’re watching figure skating on TV, you really want to see the skaters succeed? They’re beautiful, the music is well-suited, the costumes look perfect, drama is in the air and the skating begins…and they fall. You … Continue reading
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Call me crazy…or Captain Paranoid
…or just “El Jardinero Zurdo” which, of course, I prefer, since that’s my name. I’ll also answer to “EJZ” (pronounced “Edges”). Call me anything, as long as you call me, because I’m getting lonely out here in the garden of … Continue reading
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