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México Ante Dios

2009-04-17T12:43:00.000-05:00

Mexico Ante Dios/ Mexico Before God by Francisco Martin Moreno

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
A great exposé of the role of the Catholic church in the history of my country (México). This kind of history is not what we learn in the schools.

I really liked the historical part of the novel, with all the facts and references, but the fictional part is not very good.

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Expedition to Earth

2009-04-17T12:42:00.001-05:00

Expedition to Earth by Arthur C. Clarke

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sir Arthur proves once again that sci-fi is not just about wars on spaceships. Beautiful stories told in beautiful fictional times and places.

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Obama's elf

2009-02-20T10:58:00.004-06:00

Via ALT1040|La guía del geek

The Cigarette is Dead

2009-02-12T14:47:00.004-06:00

The Cigarette Is Dead

[ No todo lo que brilla es oro... ]

2008-10-06T19:19:00.000-05:00

~ Song of Aragorn ~
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Aquí les dejo también una traducción que hice yo:

~ Canción de Aragorn ~
No todo lo que es oro resplandece,
No todo el que vaga perdido está;
Lo viejo que es fuerte no desvanece,
Raíces profundas el hielo no alcanzará.
De las cenizas un fuego habrá de despertar,
Una luz de las sombras habrá de surgir;
La Espada rota será reforjada,
Aquel sin corona Rey de nuevo será.

[ Estranged ]

2005-03-11T01:51:00.002-06:00

Guns 'N Roses - Estranged
When you're talkin' to yourself
And nobody's home
You can't fool yourself
You came in this world alone
(Alone)

So nobody ever told you baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to you baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see

Old at heart but I'm only 28 [24]
And I'm much too young
To let love break my heart
Young at heart but it's getting much too late
To find ourselves so far apart

I don't know how you're s'posed
To find me lately
And what more could you ask from me?
How could you say that I never needed you?
When you took everything
I said, you took everything from me

Young at heart and it gets so hard to wait
When no one I know can seem to help me now
Old at heart but I musn't hesitate
If I'm to find my own way out

Still talkin' to myself
and nobody's home
(Alone)

So nobody ever told us baby
How it was gonna be
So what'll happen to us baby
Guess we'll have to wait and see

When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for

Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, and drifting all alone
If it doesn't show give it time
To read between the lines
'Cause I see the storm is getting closer
And the waves they get so high
Seems everything We've ever known's here
Why must it drift away and die

I'll never find anyone to replace you
Guess I'll have to make it thru, this time
Oh this time, without you

I knew the storm was getting closer
And all my friends said I was high
But everything we've ever known's here
I never wanted it to die

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May the Force be with Us all...