El Festimad vuelve un año mas pero bajo otro nombre y otro formato. Llamado FestiMad 2M regresa después de 14 años a las salas madrileñas dentro de los festejos del 2 de Mayo. Esta edición se basara principalmente en su concurso FestiMad Taste, el cual tendrá lugar los días 1 y 2 de mayo en e...

  Rush Limbaugh is at it again: he's predicting Ted Kennedy is going to die soon. This cat amuses the bejesus out of our stupid asses. M.I.A. denied naming her baby Ickitt... but hasn't convinced us of this yet because she won't say what she did name the lil' thang.  Questi...

I finally had some time to spend with the Kindle 2 today, and so far I am loving it. Before I get to the positive stuff, I will note the few negatives: 1. I wouldn't mind a reading light built in shooting up from the bottom to avoid reflection or glare.2. The display is perfect for reading. It is no...

From Moby Dick [in reference to the sperm whale's supposed lack of a voice]: “ Seldom have I known any profound being that had anything to say to this world, unless forced to stammer out something by way of getting a living. Oh! happy that the world is such an excellent listener!� What do you th...

Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing. Herman Melville,  Moby Dick As the veteran of two childbirth experiences (not giving birth, of course, but pretty up close and personal nonetheless), I can attest to the truth of Melville’s observation. ...

Ellen Glasgow , 1873-1945, American novelist, b. Richmond, Va. In revolt against the romantic treatment of Southern life, Glasgow presented in fiction a social history of Virginia since 1850, stressing the changing social order and the emergence of a dominant middle class and rejecting the outworn c...

So, since I moved to the wonderful world of ebooks a year or so ago, I've spent a LOT of time converting files to make them look decent on whatever reader I'm using. For a while this was the Sony 505. And sleek device that it was, there was little good content for me, and I spent a LOT of time conve...

Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until...

When Moby pulls away his paws, I know he doesn't want his claws clipped. When he starts mewing/growling, I know he is insisting that he doesn't want his claws clipped. When he avoids me for an hour after, I know he REALLY didn't want me clipping his claws, and didn't like HOW I did it either. Genera...

Hay veces que me siento estupido por no haber escuchado a ciertas bandas antes, al menos eso senti al disfrutar del concierto de Emerge en la madrileña sala Moby Dick. Dos bandas de post-rock el mismo fin de semana, algo que parece que va a ser mas comun porque esta volviendo a revivir el genero. P...