After a very emotional night, Yes We Did! I woke up today with a smile on my face and with hope of a bright future for the world.
2 down, 11 more to go
Speed Racer: Visually stimulating, has an odd cast. Go with low expectations and you’ll have a blast. Didn’t grow up with Iron Man but I’m a huge fan now. Still to come this summer: Batman, Hulk, Narnia, Clone Wars, Indiana Jones, Kung Fu Panda, Get Smart, Love Guru, You Don’t Mess With the Zohan and Wall-E. That’s a lot of tickets.
Bloomberg Spotting On Subway
On my subway ride home I noticed one bodyguard. Then two. Then three. I mind my own business continuing to read my AS3 book and eventually get ready my phone to take a picture just in case. I look up and there he was– mayor Bloomberg taking the subway just like the rest of us. [...]
My new shirt
I got this new shirt on Broadway just a couple of blocks north of Canal St. at a new store that is shared by several artisans. Dante was crushed he didn’t get one. But daddy needed this shirt. :-)
Battle of the avatars
Tomorrow will be a big day in politics as most US states get to vote for a candidate in the primaries. Today I was chatting with my friend online only to realize we were having an avatar battle. He’s a huge Hillary supporter and I’m backing Obama. Rock The Vote!
My Book Stack
My current book stack is growing thanks to some new additions added on christmas day(thanks Lilia and Ari). Here’s the list with some Amazon link love. The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; ParadisoDante Alighieri Memoria de mis putas tristes (Memories of My Melancholy Whores)Gabriel Garcia Marquez El Amor en Los Tiempos de Colera (Love in the [...]
Anika & Dante take on the Rubik’s Cube
These are my kids looking very impressive solving the Rubik’s Cube. Now, if you are a cuber, you wouldn’t be as impressed since you know the “Cube” move is the most basic of all moves and can be learned in just a few minutes. And yes, I did set it up so that all they [...]
Marcel Marceau 1923/2007
I am truly sadden whenever we loose a great artist and Marcel Marceau is no exception. I know that in general, the art of mime is not as honored in the US as it is in other parts of the world. It is evident in so many movies were mimes are mocked. But that’s probably [...]
Not that Hillary
Yesterday Anika, our 7 year old, overhead us talking about how disappointed we were about Hillary’s new health plan. She interrupted us asking if we were mad about it, to which we replied “well yes, we are”. So I thought this was a great opportunity to school my daughter about our nation’s current “for profit” [...]
Hawaii
To celebrate me and my wife’s birthdays in July, we went to Maui, Hawaii for a a week and took the kids with us. It’s funny because we lived in Los Angeles for 13 years but never vacationed in Hawaii and within a year of living in New York, we decided to go to there. [...]
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