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Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 2019)

July 21, 2019July 22, 2019 Nacho Leave a comment

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.Ernest…

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Books!/History

Z&H Book Club: A History of the United States in Five Crashes

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Nacho Leave a comment

The first book has been checked off my Z&H Book Club list. One down, fourteen to go. I finished A…

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Books!

Z&H Book Club: 15 in 2

June 17, 2019 Nacho 1 Comment

In May 2016, I made a list. The list contained thirty books I have yet to read. I gave myself…

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Adventures/Music

ACL Fest 2018 – Weekend 2 Day 1

October 12, 2018October 31, 2018 Nacho Leave a comment

Ah yes, ACL Fest is upon us once again. I've lived in Austin for over a decade and never been…

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Books!/History/Quote of the Day

July 14, 2018

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Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine. -Charles Dickens, A Tale of…

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History/Quote of the Day/Thoughts on Things

July 4, 2018

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Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty…

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Books!

30 in 3 Book Challenge Update: The Count of Monte Cristo

July 1, 2018January 17, 2019 Nacho Leave a comment

The 30 in 3 Book Challenge continues! Slowly but surely, it continues. I received a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo as a…

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Adventures/History

“Gatsby-Worthy” Mansions

May 4, 2018May 13, 2018 Nacho Leave a comment

Had a little bit of down time at work today. Rather than drool over the 2018 ACL lineup for the…

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Books!/History/TV/Cinema

Stephen Hawking

March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 Nacho Leave a comment

And another one bites the dust. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Dr. Hawking was a Cambridge…

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History

Hubert de Givenchy

March 12, 2018May 13, 2018 Nacho Leave a comment

Walking back from the break room to get my afternoon snack, my phone lit up with news notifications. Hubert de…

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History/Quote of the Day

December 27, 2017

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It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich Happy birthday Marlene! Props to Sasha…

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History/Quote of the Day

December 11, 2017

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The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure…

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Music/Quote of the Day

December 6, 2017

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All this has caused me much pain. Who could have foreseen it! -Chopin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuROwy_8mg

History/Quote of the Day/Thoughts on Things/TV/Cinema

December 1, 2017

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On this day in 1903, the first Western film, The Great Train Robbery, premiered. Tot think 114 years ago films…

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November 27, 2017

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix Jimi, today would…

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