Life
Elections this weekend in Spain
By Donderwolkje at 8 March, 2008, 6:40 am
I was watching the second debate between Zapatero and Rajoy last weekend, and couldn’t help but think: where are all the other political parties. Spain hasn’t slid off into a 2 party system yet. has it. I can imagine that all the other parties will have a hard time getting their message out. aaah democracy: [...]
Read More >>The devil double-parks
By Barceloner at 11 February, 2007, 7:14 pm
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day in Barcelona that heralded the coming of spring and the end of cold weather. So of couse I spent the whole afternoon cooped up indoors with a cold waching a film.
The thing about staying indoors at the weekend is that you notice something that isn’t quite so bad [...]
Top signs you are a bit of a glutton
By Barceloner at 27 October, 2006, 10:47 am
Your lifestyle drug of choice is Rennie antacid.
Your fridge is constantly packed to the gunnels with food.
You think there’s nothing wrong with a three-course breakfast.
It takes 2 coffees and a coke to get going in the morning.
It’s not only rude to leave food on a plate, it’s … it’s … immoral!
In most restaurants, you’re on [...]
No, you can’t search my bag!
By Barceloner at 22 February, 2006, 4:39 pm
Today, for the millionth time, I was accosted by a security guard while leaving a shop.
Me puedes enseñar que tienes el la bolsa, por favor? — Can you show me the contents of your bag, please?
I used to give in. Mira, here you go. See? No stolen goods, just a book, a sandwich and Discman. [...]
Christmas Party time … oh no ….
By Barceloner at 16 December, 2005, 1:08 pm
To go or not to go: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous drunkeness,
Or to take arms against a sea of alcohol,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The belly-ache and the thousand slurred words
My ears [...]
Official: 20 Minutes most popular paper
By Barceloner at 15 December, 2005, 12:58 pm
According to The Editors weblog, 20 Minutos is now the Spanish paper with the largest readership. The latest “Estudio General de Medios” shows that 20 Minutes with a readership of 2,298,000 has surpassed El Pais as the most widely read newspaper, a fact bound to please 20-Minutos editor Arsenio Escolar, himself a former El Pais [...]
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