A week of pride in science

Four important dates mark the calendar from the 15th to the 20th of November. They are days of science and pride, which merge into a joint cause, as they should. The 15th of November if the feast of Saint Albert the Great, patron saint of scientists. Paradoxal as it is, people who devote their life …

Vegan birthday to you!

The most faithful readers of this blog might have my birth date marked on your calendar. Or you might not. Anyway, this year my birthday party was vegan—almost. Indeed, I’ve been mainly vegetarian for a couple of years. The modifier means that in festive dates I might eat a typical dish with meat and that …

Birthdays danceathon

Did anyone say “birthday celebration”? Count me in! Although a search of the term birthday in this blog would surely show several posts against birthday celebrations [you’re very welcome to check it], mine was a full birthday weekend seven days ago. In any case, those posts are mainly against celebrating my own birthday; but still, …

I own the king of the world

Yesterday, 6th of January, the Three Wise Men delivered presents to the kids — and some adults — in Spain and, despite what I wrote two years ago, I went to Vilafranca to find out whether I was among the fortunate ones. For the second year in a row, I asked the Wise Men for …

2013, one of the best years of my life

I’m not the first to inform it’s 2013 already — I could be the last one, since it’s almost 2nd of January —, but that’s not my job anyway. Apparently, I’ve gone back to my tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve in a different way every year after the three years I celebrated it in …

And so this is Christmas (again)

My news feed on Facebook is full of Christmas pictures and everybody seems to be having some great holidays but me. So, let's go with the flow. In theory, a proper Christmas involves decorating the house. There were four lonely baubles from last year at home, but there was no tree. That's when you appreciate …