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Cheek Smashing With the Best of Them - Shannon
When we first moved to Granada 2 ½ years ago, I worried pretty much constantly about doing the “right” things and behaving in the “right” way in all manner of social, business (and other) situations. This is not because I believe that there is in fact any right way to behave but because I wanted [...]
I Remember - Shannon
Earlier this year we visited the House of Terror in Budapest, Hungary. It is a museum “commemorating the victims of terror” of both the Nazi and Communist regimes and is housed in what was once the party headquarters for the Hungarian Nazis and later became the headquarters of the AVH Secret Police. Among other sobering [...]
Avoiding speeding tickets with open source - Brian
Normally I think of “open source” as being just a software thing; for example our website is run with all open source software. I was reminded last week it really can be anything. A few weeks ago I received 2 speeding tickets in the mail, one each on the way to and from Madrid. I [...]
After a long time, Proud - Brian
We’ve had the pleasure to be in the United States this week and be with friends to watch the election results. After a very long time I am ecstatic and proud to call myself an American again. I won’t bother rehashing all the reasons a US led by George Bush and his team of incompetents [...]