Miguel on December 29th, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, aliens and dogs, behold my best post ever. And you know what? It is not my best post because of my, er, questionable writing skills. Nor because I have had the best idea since the antibiotics. No, it will be because of you.
That’s right. I am going to propose [...]

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Miguel on October 13th, 2008

This is the promised translation of “Un cuento de dos lápices” Learners of Spanish may notice it is not literal and the different way to format dialog.

A bit more than on century ago, in an old Dutch home, there was a young boy who was learning how to write. So, his parents bought him [...]

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Miguel on September 23rd, 2008

There is a quote I read somewhere on the web that I have turned into a mantra: Projects without deadlines are nothing but dreams. Another I’m making up right now is “Deadlines are flexible until you commit to them in front of others”. So here are my two next projects that are worth sharing:
1.- Call [...]

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Miguel on September 19th, 2008

For the last few days I have been receiving a number of emails and comments dealing with people who are interested in foreign languages. And just so you know that I listen to you, I’m writing this post. My qualifications? My mother tongue is Spanish so I had to learn the language in which I [...]

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Miguel on September 10th, 2008

Long ago, before your grandparents were in this world, there was a young girl. Nara was her name. She lived near a very high mountain. Everyday, at sunrise, she greeted the mountain like this:
“Good morning, dear mountain, I wish you happiness. I will climb you tomorrow.”But she had barely finished these words when a crow [...]

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