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Too Many Tabs Tuesday

What Man Understands That He Is Dying Daily? – great carpe diem article about life, love and fatherhood (via RM Facebook post) The Economy of Cuba and Cuban Convertible Peso – insight into how the Cuban economy works 2011 : The Year of the Librarian – The Atlantic makes the connection at SXSW 2011 Behind […]

Posted 22 March 2011 § Library § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

2011 Havana Book Fair Tour for Librarians, Writers and Bibliophiles

I missed it this year but I think it’s an annual event so maybe I’ll get to the Havana International Book Fair someday?

Posted 20 March 2011 § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Varadero Beach, Early in the Morning

Our first morning in Varadero, Shea, Pace and I woke up early (well, we woke Mr. Sleepy Head up!) and made our way down to the beach which we ended up having pretty much to ourselves.  One of many special moments from our trip…  

Posted 19 March 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

And Now A Message From Shane MacGowan…

…Happy St. Patty’s Day! But as someone points out in the comments, “Shane will be drunk temporarily but the interviewer will be a twat forever.”  (Though that’s admittedly a pretty broad definition of “temporarily”!) Ah well, he’s always been a gooder, addictions or no.

Posted 17 March 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

In More Cuban News, Alberto Granado Dies and Tourists Don’t Notice

We started to watch “The Motorcycle Diaries” the other night and a Google search during the movie ended up leading to the sad news that Alberto Granado, Che’s companion on the voyage that gave the book and movie its name, passed away in Havana during the time we were in Cuba. He died on March […]

Posted 15 March 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Our Man in Havana

I was going to do a list of some of the highlights of our trip (and still might) but I just came across a business card for a taxi while sorting the various papers I accumulated during the trip and so I thought I’d focus instead, on one of the singular highlights of our trip. […]

Posted 13 March 2011 § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Cuba Montage

Here’s a few more photos from our trip, set to one of Cuba’s most popular songs…

Posted 12 March 2011 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Our Cuba Vacation (Before & After)

Posted 11 March 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – Cuba Bound!

Pace has been counting down the “sleeps” until we go to Cuba on Thursday. Meanwhile his daddy has been counting down “how many days left of standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off?” 😉 We leave Thursday for a week’s vacation and since Cuba is one of the least connected countries in the […]

Posted 01 March 2011 § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § Randomness § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – The Best Part of Shaving The Winter Beard…

The Best Part of Shaving The Winter Beard, originally uploaded by headtale. …is getting to carve out all manner of redneck, yokel and classic facial hair styles as you whittle it down to “clean-shaven.” (For the record, Regina is still fricken freezing – made worse by a thaw the other week that’s turned Regina into […]

Posted 19 February 2011 § SaturdaySnap § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,