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You are now part of the tribe

Wednesday, 23 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
art, diary, people | 1 Comment »

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Los pajaritos de la Plaza de la Trinidad

Wednesday, 16 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary | 1 Comment »

When I first arrived in Granada, I took the Plaza de la Trinidad as one of my landmarks for navigating the center of the city. It's a lovely square situated in the heart of Granada's El Centro district, ringed by ...

We are one planet

Monday, 14 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary, people, war | 6 Comments »

Carl Sagan. Bawling my eyes out, now. You try. Yeah, sure. We all awoke from the horror in 1989. The Soviet menace quelled, peace and flying ponies reign. Right.

Bunches of gratitude

Friday, 11 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary | 2 Comments »

First, thanks very much to JT, who sent me $100. You rock! Second, I'd like to thank all of the people who provided thoughtful input to my request for advice. With that largely confirming my own thinking, I've made some decisions: 1: I'm ...

Advice wanted

Thursday, 3 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary, police | 13 Comments »

Well thought-out, and preferably knowledgeable advice, that is. My original plan (after setting aside the absurd proposition of trying to turn the Slovak state against one of its own agents) for how to respond to my beatings at the hands of ...

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Tuesday, 1 December 2009 by Mike Gogulski
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[caption id="attachment_3482" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Super action kitty Henry prepares to strike the pesky toy"][/caption] Another week, some more gratitude! RP sent $25, plus a surprise revelation. Thank you! And then another RP - bless her - sent $20, along with some warm feelings. ...

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Monday, 23 November 2009 by Mike Gogulski
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AK sent $10, KP sent $5, DW sent $20 and MP sent $25, all via ChipIn/PayPal. Thanks very much! This puts me about 5% of the way toward meeting the "flee Slovakia for Spain" expenses. Every bit helps, and any amount is ...

Bleggers in Spain

Friday, 13 November 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary | 3 Comments »

UPDATE: Forgot to mention the most important thing. BIG THANKS to Arto Bendiken and the other residents of the Marbella Geek Villa for putting me and Henry up for a couple of weeks -- and for putting up with us! As ...

How not to make love

Friday, 6 November 2009 by Mike Gogulski
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The spam bag today brought me a lovely title: Make love like you were 16 again! And the message then proceeded to offer me Viagra, Cialis, and all that stuff. 16 again? Gah, let's hope not. Some things truly do get better with ...
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Granada impressions

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 by Mike Gogulski
diary | 11 Comments »

I'll be holing up temporarily in Granada, Spain. It's a nice place, based on my own five days of initial exposure. I stayed at two different hostels. The first, Posada de Colón, was rudimentary. Everything in order, but a very crowded ...