The podcast I was listening to before I watched that film I mentioned last week, gave me a good prologue to what I was about to watch: "Holland, in the 17th century had a state strong enough to provide a great degree of civil liberty", the speaker said ( Read more... )

Oil, War and Geopolitics: The Global Struggle Over Disappearing Petroleum ( Read more... )

8 weeks have gone since I last smoked a cigarette and I've just spent 7 days without any nicotine intake ( Read more... )

the feeling of summer comes out rather subjectively for some people and that includes me.
it's summer.

http://www.ar8.com.fr/quer_paz/queremos.html
Broadband && Quicktime needed

On this side of the world today's news is a very nasty one.

On the bright side... yes on the bright side... wouldn't it be great to see the US with a woman president in 2008?

I cannot imagine what this world would have become had all the diplomatic and backchannel negotiations failed to prevent a full-scale war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sometimes I believe we take so much things for granted nowadays... during those times there were Hawks of war, on both ends of power, so eager to just let the barrel of the gun do ( Read more... )

I have already spent 2 days in this city and I have to say that I've been rather overwhelmed by its beauty. Sometimes I just take a street with no longing for any directions; I would just let my eyes lead me to whatever takes its attention ( Read more... )

What's this all about ( Read more... )

the person who invented dispersion paint should get the nobel price!!!
it's really an idiot proof product. never would have thought painting my walls would be so easy!
it's almost like a relaxing activity... you can't go wrong and you see nice work!