Category: General

It has been a long time since my previous post. One of the reasons for my lack of posting was something that never happened to me before: I was hospitalized. On...

I just finished upgrading my WordPress sites to WordPress 2.0.6. It includes a number of fixes, and an important security issue among them, so upgrading is high...

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, &#...

You know that “challenge” in marketing doublespeak is synonym for trouble or difficulty; but here I retain the original, unpolluted meaning. My wife...

I would like to wish all my American readers (and everyone) a happy Thanksgiving. There are few activities on this world that are more overdue than giving thank...

My home is graced with two big and beautiful mango trees. Right now they are loaded with mango fruits… and believe me, I never knew a tree could produce t...

Of course the rumor I mentioned on this blog was just a bunch of hot air. Nothing. Serves me right for airing it. I was extremely busy during these days, overse...

Sorry to make two politically-oriented posts in a row, but I just had to report this. Close sources say that certain bearded Latin American dictator of a certai...

I usually refrain from talking about politics, but there are exceptions, and I think this is one of them. Some days ago, our Congress voted to revoke the immuni...

… here at the Southern Hemisphere, that is. We have barely begun October and we already are ‘enjoying’ a scorcher! But the most important thin...

I remember reading a writing of C.S. Lewis where he engaged in great insights on the nature of Heaven. His prose was at his best as he presented his view of pro...

Phone lines… finally!Well, it looks like we will have land phone lines installed in my new home! This means that I might be able to be online again, if on...

By the grace of God, today I am turning 36. I am grateful for the Lord’s blessings and mercies in my life. This weekend was uneventful. I could finally ma...

I am not posting anything on these days because I must finish typesetting a book on Friday, and practically every minute counts. Meanwhile, I’m still work...

Yesterday we had a nice evening dinner at my family home on occasion of Dad’s 70th birthday. We had the visit of Aunts Lucy and Betty, from Argentina, and...

I am glad to announce that we finished our moving, and that we are finally installed in our house. We still have tons and tons of unopened boxes, and we have lo...

You can blame Tim for tagging me into this meme 😉 But I find it funny, so here it goes: 1. Grab the nearest book. It’s El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges. It&#...

Looks like we found a new house! Yesterday I signed the lease contract for a house that is located not too far from our actual home. The keys will be handed on ...

My post on Hispanic names was very well received, and I got some nice comments for that. I really appreciate the kind thoughts expressed. I would like now to ro...

After some prayerful consideration, my wife and I decided to walk out of the rental application we mentioned earlier. We were not entirely convinced of the real...