Archive for the ‘Religion’

Spanish Curves

April 05, 2007 By: erik Category: Extremadura, Flickr, Photos, Religion, Spain

Nothing interesting to report lately, so I’m going with a Flickr post for today.
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Overton Window

February 27, 2007 By: erik Category: Media, Musings, Religion, Stuff I Found

Today, during my morning headline perusal (RSS killed the newspaper), after a few clicks, I came upon this blog entry:
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Belén's Birthday

February 26, 2007 By: erik Category: Family, Food, Mondragon, Religion

Marga’s sister, Belén, turned 28 on Friday. On Sunday, we had a family meal.
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Happy Groundhog Imbolc Candlemas Day!

February 02, 2007 By: erik Category: Musings, Religion, USA

Strawberry GroundhogWikipedia is just too cool. The encyclopedias and hyperlinks are a perfect marriage. So let’s investigate the various holidays that have been invented to celebrate this cross-quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
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The Immaculate Conception

December 08, 2006 By: erik Category: Religion, Spain

Blessed MotherToday is the Day of the Immaculate Conception in Spain. Unlike Wednesday, today’s holiday really is a holy day.
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Terror and the Media

December 02, 2006 By: erik Category: Media, Politics, Religion, Stuff I Found

While surfing aimlessly this morning, I found this article on Digg:

The act of terrorism that didn’t get reported on September 11, 2006
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Rivals of Jesus

November 30, 2006 By: erik Category: Complaining, Musings, Religion, Reviews, USA

I’ve just watched two of three National Geographic documentaries that I’ve recently “acquired”, collectively called “The Secret Bible”.
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All Saints Day

November 01, 2006 By: erik Category: Musings, Religion, Spain

Today is a national holiday in Spain. It’s All Saints Day.
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Teapot Atheists

August 21, 2006 By: erik Category: Religion, Stuff I Found, Videos

Are you an atheist?
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Feliz San Juanes!

June 21, 2006 By: erik Category: Partying, Photos, Religion, Spain

Well, we’ve survived to another solstice, today is the longest day of the year, and some of the warmest days of the year are in the near future. Sounds like a good enough reason to celebrate!
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