Habemus Papam
Saturday, March 30th, 2013
This is not, as the title suggest something about the new pope, as interesting is that news is with highly unusual retirement/resignation of Ratzinger. It is, however, equally interesting that I became aware of this movie at about the same time that people were crowding into Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican anxiously looking at […]
Habemus Papam
Posted in Culture | 2 Comments »
The thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone …
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Now that’s a strange title for a post you might say. It’s a line from an old folksong. What does that have to do with anything. Well, recently I had an opportunity to learn a bunch of new italian words through direct experience. You see I was walking along, ironically enough going to the gym, […]
The thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone …
Posted in Language | 2 Comments »
Funghi Project #1
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
One one of my posts long ago I professed love for a supermarket (really super) not far from where I live: Berkeley Bowl. Part of it’s spectacular array of produce is a mushroom section with more varieties than I have ever seen. So I finally decided that I really must sample some of the mushrooms. […]
Funghi Project #1
Posted in Food | 2 Comments »