In honor of my driving exam success yesterday in Santoña, I’ve decided to post some pictures of Santoña.

Today was my in-car driving test. I got to the driving school at 11:00am, as planned. The instructor and three students were there waiting for me. I got into the back with the two young ones that I met during my last class, and an older (mid-forties) woman took the wheel to [...]

Today, December 15, is the five-year anniversary of my move to England in 2001. I left a confused and emotional nation, still unsure of what action should be taken against its September 11 attackers. Who knew that the world would be so much worse off five years later?

After an abnormally prolific blogging week last week, as Hubbers so cleverly pointed out, I have nothing to say this week. So I decided to play with old content. I knew that my Moderation Proof post back in August still had some capacity to interest the masses, despite the lackluster response it got [...]

Marga’s folks, Juan and Marce came over for the weekend. Lots of wine and food were consumed.

Today is the Day of the Immaculate Conception in Spain. Unlike Wednesday, today’s holiday really is a holy day.

The town where I live, Colindres, has recently started a campaign against canine defecation in public areas. There were even some posters of close-up sidewalk fecal deposits. Those were taken down before I could get a picture.

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Today is Constitution Day in Spain. It’s one of the few holidays that is not a holy day.

I had no idea that this form of spam existed.
I ran “whois amazon.com”, and got this: