okay, perdón, fue sin, querer.

Calamaro

La crónica es un género que precisa cierto aire de frescura y procura la disciplina de la inmediatez. Esto último tiene poco que ver con mis maneras de asediar la literatura. Escribo por arranques de euforia que carecen de método. Hay rachas en las que no escribo obligado por el cuerpo que exhausto se deja agarrar por cualquier gripe, que se empeora con el consumo de sustancias comprobadas/controladas.

Hay que escoger cómo vivir así que no se lea esto (alguien me lee; quiero asegurarme/creerlo) como un purgar, ya que los vicios, como el talento, se tienen o no. Sirva este texto además como una excusa simbólica y una gracia hacia la gente de la Acera; tanto lectores como integrantes siéntanse por favor aludidos: estas palabras llegan con semanas de atraso. Enfermo estuve.

Grave.

Ya sé, no pudo ir a las fiestas de Santiago Apóstol en Loíza. Tenía trabajo/compromisos/viaje/pereza. Eso pasa, no se apure, hasta a mí, que soy fiebrúa de las fiestas me ha pasado.

El problema es que se quedó con las ganas de ver vejigantes y par de pasitos de bomba. Que no es por nada, pero por eso es que voy a las fiestas, a ver vejigantes y gente bailando bomba. Y bomba de la genuina, no la cosa ésa que se inventó el ICP hace huelemil años (“la bomba, hay que rica es…”) que no es bomba, sino una plena mal hecha y que no tiene que ver con la tradición de las canciones de bomba de Puerto Rico.

Less than a week ago, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down its decision in MGE UPS Systems v. GE Consumer, et al. (Case 08-10521). At the heart of the case is whether or not GE was liable under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for circumventing (i.e. hacking) MGE’s security wall used by their hardware key. In plain English, MGE placed their software behind a firewall of sorts that could only be accessed if the user had the “right key”. GE admitted that they “hacked the key” in order to access the software. Thus, MGE claimed that GE’s “hack” constituted a DMCA violation.

Wait, DMCA -what?

Recientemente, el editorial del periódico El Nuevo Día  publicó un artículo titulado "Sin empatía con el paciente mental¨, relacionado al estudio de ¨Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report¨del CDC, el cual indica que en Puerto Rico hay una crasa falta de empatía hacia el paciente de salud mental. Esto es  lamentable en una isla donde aproximadamente más de 600,000 personas sufren de algún trastorno mental.

Sometimes it is necessary for someone to take a hit for the team.  This time it was my turn, since even my movie companion, Al Carbon, fell soundly asleep.  Watching Salt was a thoroughly painful experience that included a ridiculous plot, terrible Russian accents, dull action sequences, stilted dialogue, and characters with the depth of cardboard cutouts.

The movie is so bad that any attempt at “saving” it for the readers by giving warnings about spoilers should be construed as an explicit disregard for said readers’ wellbeing.  Don’t watch this movie.  Don’t let my sacrifice go to waste.  These warnings should be enough to stop you.  However, in case I have not dissuaded you from harming yourself, I will continue.

It’s an everyday thing: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, starlet’s, politicians, athletes, etc, throw the word around. When behavior is erratic, when we’re shocked, when we’re in mourning the word finds its way in: addiction. The term seems to have become a “get out of jail free card” if you will, and quite frankly I fear the term’s over usage causes a bit of desensitization of the masses (It might even save Mel from his latest tirade). Addiction is something very real.

The Zombie apocalypse is coming. You think I’m joking? I kid you not, it is. With the way science is attempting and succeeding at genetic manipulation and the creation of biochemical weapons, it’s only a matter of time until zombies stop being an imaginary foe and come to hunt us down. They have been spotted in places as remote and unimportant as Pittsburgh.

As a single man, in his late twenties, who uses his cooking ability as part of his repertoire; I’ve cooked a lot of eggs. Although most of the times I get asked for over-easy  or scrambled, some of my more epicurious exes have asked for slightly more exotic preparations that I’ve had to learn to master over the years. Below you’ll find my top 5 favorite preparations of eggs.

Keeping with my “it’s summer!” mentality, here’s some comfort food for the brain.

Ya de estas vacaciones lo que me queda es sólo el cabo.

Y ahora que ha vuelto el sol del secuestro de la lluvia, mis hijos y yo podremos volver a las playas y jugar con el mismo desespero de aquellos que saben poco tiempo les queda de libertad. O de sol, porque mire que esto no para.

Este verano me leí El silencio de Galileo, si no lo ha hecho usted  no sé qué espera.  En otro artículo discutí con otro escritor sobre López Nieves y Dan Brown.  Yo le dije que eso era comparar chinas con botellas.  Y lo mantengo, ojo, que Brown es un somnífero, mientras que el puertorriqueño me tiene pasando páginas con celeridad.

In the US and Puerto Rico, as well as many western countries, people lie in order to have sex. They say they are famous or rich, younger or older (than they really are), they say they are from Italy (when really they are from Ohio), or they say “I’m single” when really, they are engaged. The other party, knowing this, consents to having sex with the “Lying Lover.” In some cases, the “victim” has sex solely because of the lie told (ie. it made having sex with the Lying Lover so attractive it was worthwhile.) However... Is this rape? Israel seems to think so.

Henri Langlois’ quote at first seems so outrageously absolute, so outright, so unquestionable, that one might think it trivial if it weren’t stated by such an authority in film. But who is Henri Langlois? 

In the next few days, one of Major League Baseball’s most prestigious clubs will be adding another member to its incredibly short list. Yet, even as the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown prepares to open its doors to the great Andre Dawson, his career highlights should be taking a backseat to one another bullet point on the Hall of Fame résumé of Alex Rodríguez.

Hoy es 24 de julio y ayer empezaron las fiestas de Santiago Apóstol en Loíza. Aunque el patrono de este pueblo, el santo de su iglesia, es San Patricio, a Loíza se le conoce por las fiestas de Santiago Apóstol.