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I Hate Stupid People 22 Aug 2012 | 11:18 pm
Okay, so I am stupid myself at times, and I’m sure we all are, or have been at one point in time, but people without common sense really piss me off, especially during vacation time in Portugal. In 20...
The pain and pleasure of Giotto’s Campanile 22 Jun 2012 | 02:29 am
According to Wikipedia, this is the face of the master painter and architect, Giotto. According to anyone who has ever climbed the 414 steps of Giotto’s Campanile in Florence, he is simply called Mast...
My memory palace: recalling things thought forgotten 31 May 2012 | 03:26 am
Memory Palace is a phrase I acquired from the British TV series ‘Sherlock‘, starring none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, who, hardcore Trekkies will know, is slated to star in the upcoming and still...
On Mad Men’s Betty Draper [season 5, episode 9: Dark Shadows] 16 May 2012 | 05:43 am
“Betty reaffirms that she’s a selfish child.” I like this line from Tom Goodman as he wrote in ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, and I don’t disagree. As for Maureen Ryan’s recap of S5E9 in the Huffington Po...
Michelangelo’s David: Stone vs. Space 12 May 2012 | 07:13 am
We’re back to Italy in June, and this time to explore two cities in Tuscany. Our time is limited, our itinerary tight, but thankfully Nuno and I have similar interests, and deciding what we want and c...
Remember the days… when there was no Internet? 6 Apr 2012 | 06:32 am
I do. I was out partying, playing tennis, golfing (yes, golfing), studying for an exam, having sex in the park – or in a car -, hanging with friends on the roof of any weird place we could and gigglin...
Once upon a time 4 Apr 2012 | 06:35 am
“Once upon a time, there was a girl named…” Thunder cracked and Tammy shuddered under the white linen sheet. It smelled like it was fresh out of the drier, but there was something else about the scen...
Zero Hour, 6 AM 11 Mar 2012 | 07:58 am
I woke up at six this morning, and after my first coffee, I saw this. It’s a snapshot with my eyes half open, but when I woke up completely, I began seeing the potential for something else – and so I...
The Cult and Garbage all day long! 3 Mar 2012 | 09:30 am
Rumour has it that Garbage and The Cult will be playing on the same day at the Festival Mares Vivas in Porto, Portugal on July 19, 2012. Well hell, how can a sane person living here pass that up, espe...
Academy, Shamademy! 26 Feb 2012 | 10:27 am
The first time I was disappointed with someone winning an Academy Award was Sally Field for her performance in the yawner, Places in the Heart (1984). She deserved the award for her performance in Abs...
