Day archive for June 2nd, 2005

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More Brussels

Posted: June 2nd 2005 17:19. Last modified: June 2nd 2005 12:20

Here’s another random example of why Europe doesn’t work: ICT policy consisting of a chunk of liberalisation initiatives (great, if it weren’t a sure bet that they’ll be stripped out or frustrated by the usual culprits) and large lumps of pork. (The documentation is, characteristically, available in two pain-in-the-posterior formats, .doc and .pdf, instead of [...]


Categories: Les bourgeois, Splog

Mao & Marx, friends at last

Posted: June 2nd 2005 16:10. Last modified: June 2nd 2005 17:07

Communist Ãœberkitsch @ a cool blog. Some of the links are good. Try Fat-Pie.


Categories: Splog

Mad Raffa

Posted: June 2nd 2005 14:49.

My old mate Rafael Ramos is making stuff up again, says Jordi Orwell.


Categories: Splog

Ah, Barcelona!

Posted: June 2nd 2005 13:53. Last modified: June 2nd 2005 14:10

Suit, aged 35-40, phoning his mum from the park to complain about the composition of his packed lunch.
The detention of a postman for distributing kiddie porn … via the net. If you’ve experienced Correos’ notion of customer service you’ll have to agree that he’s not completely unhinged.


Categories: Les bourgeois, Splog

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Spanish history

Modern Spanish fiction

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On this day

Barcelona

  • March 22 1460 El príncipe de Viana alcanza por primera vez el perdon de su padre, y se viene de Mallorca á Barcelona.
  • March 22 1848 

    En obsequio del beato José Oriol, cuyo fiesta se celebra mañana en la parroquia de Ntra. Sra. del Pino, se cantan en la misma iglesia solemnes maitines á las 4 y media de la tarde de hoy.

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 22 de març de 1919 Alta cultura. Les coses, és clar, haurien pogut ésser diferents… En acabar el batxillerat, la meva intenció no fou pas d’estudiar per advocat. M’hauria agradat més d’estudiar química, i per tal de servir el que jo creia que era la meva vocació, vaig matricular-me al preparatori de Ciències. Matricular-se! Prenguin nota de la parauleta! El [...]

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