Monthly Archives: August 2006
We’ve noticed that Amazon is weird
Of course I’m referring to book shopping, not breast chopping. Today I got this mail from their data-miners: We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson also purchased … Continue reading
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To the moon over the ocean
Today I was very sorry to hear about the death of Kirk MacGeachy, local Celtic music marvel. He was a kind man with a sparkle in his eye, a poetic softness and a magical voice. He passed away of a … Continue reading
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The rain in Spain falls, mainly
Well, it seems that mid-August brings very rainy weather to Barcelona. It’s actually been quite nice and sunny most of the week I’ve been here. But we had a few major storms with torrential downpours and really impressive lightning shows. … Continue reading
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Depressing facts for the day
No, I’m not talking about Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truths (come on, global warming is such old news ;-), but rather about how we’re all on the slippery side of that downward curve to death…and that treacherous double black diamond just … Continue reading
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This really blows…
Well, last night we had a doozy of a storm. I’m not sure when I’ve seen lightning flashing so brightly and so continuously; literally every second there was a flash somewhere in the sky, and this lasted well over an … Continue reading
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