For the first time in my life I took 4 straight weeks of holiday during the summer, and for most of that we stayed in Finland. We visited Porvoo, Nummi-Pusula, Parikkala and Nauvo, so one can say it was a grand tour of south, east and west of the country. The weather was mostly rainy, but it was still a great holiday. The pictures, as usual, in Flickr.
Out of 4 tragically bad options Mexicans chose the return of the PRI probably under the slogan of “he’s a son of a b**** but he’s our son of a b****” or “más vale malo por conocido que bueno por conocer”. There are plenty of allegations of fraud, cheating, misuse of funds and “electoral engineering”, but unfortunately for those asking to have a complete rematch the election law only allows for annulation of the election in conditions that would pretty much require a civil war or another sort of massive social unrest nobody in their right mind wants.
The good news is that it seems that for the first time in Mexican history we have active citizen movements outside of the government and party system. If working democratic and economic institutions are needed for a healthy country, and the only watchmen of the common good are the citizens, it is nice to see that finally we are seeing people getting involved outside of the electoral cycle.
Let’s hope it doesn’t get completely co-opted by the party system, or worse.
Yes, it was not as perfect as The Dark Knight but 3rd acts aren’t always better than 2nd ones. Still a worthwile ending to a wonderful cinematic experience. I won’t spoil it for you, but if you haven’t seen it you should!
Robert Enke was a German professional football goalkeeper who commited suicide at the top of his career, on the eve to represent his country at the 2010 World Cup. This book details his life, his career and his struggle with the pressures of professionalism and depression which led to his tragic end.
It is often unrecognized that a person’s mental health is as important as his physical one. Sadly it was only after this event that the German Football Federation started offering counselling to players.
Some summer light reading set in the Star Wars universe combining it with the horror genre and featuring some very popular characters is a wonderful way to chill out. 😀
No me importa por quién votes, pero emite un voto razonado e informado este 1ero de Julio. Los mexicanos que vivimos en el extranjero ya lo tuvimos que hacer para asegurarnos que llegaran a tiempo.
Russia won unbeaten and playing beautiful hockey, Finland was 4th and Sweden fell off in the quarters. The first worlds co-hosted between Finland and Sweden were a lot of fun, some images and videos below.
Either you can watch the video above, read this analysis on The Economist or their slides.
Our options really suck.
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Caught the Danish 2012 Oscars submission on TV last night. As somebody living in that twilight zone between Nordic and Latin American culture I laughed out hard even at jokes the makers probably put there unintentionally. Hilarious movie with a big heart.
I hope I never have to argue in Danish, it sounds really funny. 😉
Go watch this now if you haven’t yet. I won’t spoil the movie (online reviews already do that) bu it’s the first time my wife has said she would like to see a superhero movie again.
No wonder it’s been such a blockbuster.