America is a country… and a continent, or (possibly) two

A long time ago, about 20 years to be exact, I was living in a flat full of Peruvian girls. This was in my Madrid days. I’d found

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Barcelona’s disappearing bus – and how Google Maps changed travel

Barcelona has eliminated a local bus route from Google Maps. Bus 116 here in Barcelona was never meant to take people across town: it’s a neighborhood bus that

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Two Giraffes at Madrid Zoo

Two giraffes at Madrid Zoo Nice day today at Madrid Zoo in Casa de Campo. Recommendable. Their website is zoomadrid.com and if you have an Urban Check coupon booklet

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Lemur at Faunia Wildlife Park, Madrid

I went to Faunia a couple of weeks ago. It was kind of shocking to learn that there are so many different kinds of small primates out there.

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The Mérida Aqueduct

The Roman Aqueduct in Mérida, Spain. There are a lot of other cool ruins around Mérida–a theatre and amphitheatre, a lot of old Roman houses, and the Museo

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Edgar Rice Burroughs: the most influential writer

“I love to say it because it upsets everyone terribly—Burroughs is probably the most influential writer in the entire history of the world.” From this amazing interview that

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Austerity Donkeys

Donkeys are a very popular mode of transport in the new climate of austerity in Spain. Dumpster diving is also making a comeback, according to the New York

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The Depths of Stupidity

Apparently, I used to have a blog on Blogspot. I wrote two entries in spring of 2008 and then forgot about it. One of them is pretty good.

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From Eazy-E to Jay-Z: Rap as Poetry

The first rap song I ever heard was Eazy-E’s Nobody Move, a song about the disgust a man feels when he discovers he’s attempting to rape a transvestite

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God gives us our free agency. He gives us the power to choose Satan.

I just ran into some friendly mormon missionaries out there in the barrio. They seemed like nice enough fellows, but not particularly well-informed about Mormonism. My extensive wikipedia

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