Author Archives: El jardinero zurdo

Sailing in the real world

Posted on August 13, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Warning: Excessively long blog post ahead. Scan ahead for the pictures, if you prefer… We just returned from a sailing trip to Menorca: Dulcinea and myself, as well as our friend and skipper Bravo, her cousin Alpha and another friend, … Continue reading →

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The bird that roared

Posted on June 8, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

We had an amazing experience this weekend. We were in Huesca (a province of Aragón), not far from Aínsa, and on Sunday we hiked up from a 6th-century monastery (el monasterio de San Victorián), the oldest in Spain, to the … Continue reading →

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Pray for the zapatero

Posted on May 23, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

No, this blog post is not about the disastrous results for the PSOE (Partido Socialista de España) in Sunday’s municipal and regional elections, where they lost in a big way to the conservative Partido Popular. You might be mistaken for … Continue reading →

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Stop, drop and…help?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Last week, my sister and 10-month-old nephew were visiting, and I was acting as proud tour guide. On the last day of their visit, the weather looked iffy, so we decided to skip our stroll along the beach and instead … Continue reading →

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Done, and done…

Posted on April 23, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

I finally finished the Barcelona World Race Game on April 11, in a very respectable eighth place overall. Not bad, considering I was in worse than 4,000th place (out of more than 40,000 competitors) one month in, in late January. … Continue reading →

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Ever so slightly re-enfranchised

Posted on April 10, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Today, not long after moaning about how I can’t vote anywhere (Canada or Spain), I actually…voted! The city of Barcelona held a sort of non-binding, “testing the waters” referendum for (or against) Catalan independence. Amazingly, as a non-resident, I was … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Whirlwind Race

Posted on April 3, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

The past three months have gone by faster than I first thought they would. On December 31, 2010, at 13h local time, the Barcelona World Race began. It is a prestigious regatta, with 14 teams of two people racing 60 … Continue reading →

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Disenfranchised

Posted on March 30, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Well, Canada’s off to the polls for a federal election on Monday, May 2. As a good (albeit non-resident) citizen, I thought I’d check out the party positions (on the off chance they’d changed, ha ha, since last time I … Continue reading →

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Primal diversions

Posted on February 21, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Did you know that our current year, 2011, is a prime number, and is also the sum of 11 consecutive primes? (For those who might be interested, they are: 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211.) … Continue reading →

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Mathematical diversion

Posted on February 9, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

Update: If you are one of the rare few who enjoys this post, be sure to read the comments, where we go further…(than we should). I was just playing about in Python today, and stumbled across this (surely known) mathematical … Continue reading →

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