<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521</id><updated>2011-08-25T11:20:06.099-07:00</updated><category term='lavoro'/><category term='libri'/><category term='memories'/><category term='maternita&apos;'/><category term='Rants'/><category term='donne'/><category term='MBA'/><category term='successo'/><category term='financial crisis'/><title type='text'>Bridging Jones</title><subtitle type='html'>Life and thoughts of a pontefice... :)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>133</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-5761429006639521426</id><published>2011-08-25T11:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T11:20:06.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Cometti's</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.widdlytinks.com/myfamily/stick/stickfamily.swf" flashvars="t1=Ilio, Nessa, Dario e Fedra&amp;amp;t2=I Cometti's&amp;amp;sc=0x666666&amp;amp;pv1=1&amp;amp;pn1=26&amp;amp;px1=307.55&amp;amp;pf1=1&amp;amp;pv2=1&amp;amp;pn2=9&amp;amp;px2=232.8&amp;amp;pf2=0&amp;amp;pv3=1&amp;amp;pn3=25&amp;amp;px3=347.85&amp;amp;pf3=1&amp;amp;pv4=1&amp;amp;pn4=1&amp;amp;px4=168.8&amp;amp;pf4=0" quality="high" wmode="transparent" name="My Stick Family" allowscriptaccess="samedomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="230" width="500" align="middle"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-5761429006639521426?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/5761429006639521426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=5761429006639521426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5761429006639521426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5761429006639521426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-comettis.html' title='I Cometti&apos;s'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-5373234216270970205</id><published>2009-06-18T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T01:37:36.702-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donne'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><title type='text'>Romance</title><content type='html'>Non so xche' non ci sono storie, film, romanzi che mi lasciano il segno tanto quanto quelli che raccontano storie d'amore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non fraintendetemi- mi piacciono i bei libri, ci sono romanzi che non parlano d'amore che mi hanno profondamente appassionata, ma da quel famoso episodio di Candy Candy quando Terence le corre dietro e l'abbraccia da dietro sono sempre le storie romantiche, quelle che parlano di emozioni e sentimenti che mi rimangono appiccicate addosso. Credo che la diciassettenne che e' in me non sia mai davvero scomparsa, o forse generazioni di marketing professionals hanno davvero fatto il loro lavoro perbene e in realta' e' il mio doppio cromosoma x che e' programmato per certo materiale, ma non so davvero che farci.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forse il mio doppio x mi fa vivere le storie d'amore per procura? Mi fa cercare le similarita' tra le storie che vedo e quelle che ho vissuto, diciassettenne spiantata che non sono altro, ferma per sempre all'emozione del primo bacio, della prima volta che si fa sesso? Non lo so. So che rivedere quattordici anni dopo Prima Dell'Alba mi fa venire i brividi, e l'uscita di adesso Before Sunset sembra seguirmi da vicino: mi fa vedere la strada passata, ma  in realta' non e' cambiato niente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non dimentichero' mai la sera che ho visto quel film, quando tutto il mondo mi sembrava parlare di me. Non mi dimentichero' mai la notte passata a camminare per Bologna, a tirare a perdersi- e non con un uomo, ma con l'amica piu' cara, l'unica con cui l'avrei potuto fare in quell'inizio di estate del 1995. Era una sera di Maggio e tutto parlava di noi, e camminare accanto l'una all'altra in silenzio sembrava la cosa piu' naturale del mondo, con la voglia di piangere e di ridere e di vedere cosa succedeva dopo, quando avevamo ancora tutto davanti e niente dietro, niente laurea, niente lavoro, niente cuori infranti, niente affitti da pagare...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cos'e' rimasto di quella ventiduenne? Tutto. Assolutamente tutto, anche se nel frattempo la vita dovrebbe avermi cambiata io non mi sono mossa. Sono rimasta l'incorreggibile romantica incatenata al doppio x, con una voglia feroce di negare il tutto e per tutto ma sempre succube del salto nel battito, della lusinga ben piazzata, della voglia di essere tutto per tutti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E lo so che non sono la sola sorpresa dall'ineluttabilita' dell'anagrafe, dal film che ti fa ricordare (Talking about love is like dancing about architecture), e anche dalla novella trash che ti si insinua sotto la pelle...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Che dire. A questo punto, credo saro' sempre la stessa: meno bella, meno convinta che il mondo mi si debba piegare davanti, ma sempre pronta a emozionarmi con un biglietto, una canzone, una carta delle brooklyn!, e comunque sempre io fino al midollo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-5373234216270970205?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/5373234216270970205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=5373234216270970205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5373234216270970205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5373234216270970205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2009/06/romance.html' title='Romance'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-4131252647333964055</id><published>2009-05-01T11:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T11:50:36.499-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where I Live</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alphadesigner/3192055736/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3192055736_9d075ff039_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alphadesigner/3192055736/"&gt;Where I Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alphadesigner/"&gt;ArtWerk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is hilarious!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-4131252647333964055?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/4131252647333964055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=4131252647333964055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4131252647333964055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4131252647333964055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2009/05/where-i-live.html' title='Where I Live'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3192055736_9d075ff039_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-342187022346191410</id><published>2008-09-29T09:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T09:49:03.438-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MBA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rants'/><title type='text'>Capitalismo, Socialismo e la Crisi dei Mercati Finanziari</title><content type='html'>Come ormai avrete appurato, fare un MBA mi ha allontanato dai miei sani principi comunisti. Questo non vuol dire che mi sono messa a tifare per i ricchi, tutt'altro! Mi ha solo convinta che in questa societa', per come abbiamo scelto di regolare l'economia, e per come vanno le cose in generale, usare il sistema capitalistico per aiutare i piu' bisognosi invece che appellarsi allo stato e al "pubblico" porti a a risultati migliori. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detto questo, in molti ci stiamo chiedendo cosa succede nei mercati finanziari in questi giorni, e cosa stia creando questoi incredibili casini. Beh, in breve (e in maniera molto terra-terra, una specie di "mercati finanziari come li capisco io): &lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Negli ultimi 5 anni e' stato dato a molti dei piu' bisognosi, cioe' a gente che non ha collaterale o grandi anticipi di capitale a disposizione, accesso a mutui a tasso variabile abbastanza vantaggiosi, con la speranza che dopo due o tre anni, quando il tasso fosse diventato fisso (e il pagamento fosse aumentato drasticamente), il valore della casa di proprieta' fosse cresciuto abbastanza da permettere al debitore di rifinanziare il mutuo e ritrovarsi con un pagamento che si potesse permettere. Per intenderci, in Italia senza un anticipo del 20% sul valore totale dell'immobile e senza collaterali di vario tipo non si pou' accedere ai mutui, mentre qua e' stato possibile fino ad ora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Il mercato dei derivati finanziari dalle grandi banche non e' (era?) regolarizzato in nessuna maniera. Cosi' le banche hanno potuto riciclare come debiti non rischiosi quei mutui concessi a gente non troppo affidabile dal punto di vista finanziario (con questo intendo solo che non aveva grossi collaterali a garanzia del debito). Cioe', questi mutui a tasso ridotto concessi a soggetti "a rischio" invece che essere messi nella pila dei rischi alti sono stati rimescolati insieme a mutui "sicuri" e usati come collaterale per altre operazioni finanziarie.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Allo scadere dei primi tre anni di mutuo a tasso variabile, il valore delle case in generale e' calato invece che aumentare per via dell'andamento generale dell'economia. Quando le rate del mutuo si sono alzate a dismisura per stare dietro ai tassi di interesse, alcuni dei soggetti "a rischio" non sono riusciti piu' a fare i pagamenti del mutuo, e i mutui sono andati a pallino (they defaulted on their mortgage). Queste persone hanno cosi' perso la casa e hanno dovuto dare "fallimento" personale (qua e' possibile fallire personalmente e avere tutte le proprieta' al momento del fallimento confiscate. Pero' andando avanti nessuno dei propri guadagni e' piu' confiscabile, che e' come dire che si ricomincia da zero con il lavoro, uno stipendio, etc.). Ora, i loromutui pero' erano stati messi a garanzia di altre operazioni finanziarie da altre banche, che tutto ad un tratto si ritrovano con un mutuo che invece e' carta straccia. Ergo la crisi delle banche.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quando una banca si ritrova in una situazione di sottocapitalizzazione come quella delle banche americane (cioe', hanno piu debiti che capitale che le garantisce), la loro situazione non e' diversa dalla persona che ha chiesto un mutuo peruna casa che non si puo' permettere. Ergo i creditori hanno smesso di dargli soldi per le loro operazioni xche' non si fidavano piu' che potessero ripagarle e hanno iniziato a fallire.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Qui diventa complesso, e devo mandarvi a leggere i dettagli dagli economisto che sanno il fatto loro. Potete leggere i dettagli &lt;a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/diamond-and-kashyap-on-the-recent-financial-upheavals/"&gt;QUI&lt;/a&gt;. In sostanza, prima salta Bear Sterns, e il governo decide (in maniera anti-capitalista) di supportarlo per evitare il fallimento, dicendo "e' una cosa che succede una volta sola". Poi sono venuti Freddie Mack and Fannie Mae, che essendo societa' pseudo-governative si aspettavano di essere salvate. Poi e' stata la volta di Lehman Brothers, e la fed ha detto no, no, adesso basta. Pero' poi e' venuto fuori che anche AIG aveva fatto casino, e la fed ha salvato AIG. Quindi un casino: alcune ditte private salvate con i soldi pubblici in pieno spirito comunista, altre compagnie lasciate fallire in pieno spirito capitalista, e adesso un "bail-out" plan che dovrebbe salvare i mercati finanziari dai casini che loro stessi hanno creato con i soldi pubblici. In sostanza, privatizzare i debiti, socializzare le perdite- lo so che in Italia non e' un concetto nuovo, ma per l'economia americana e per i mercati finanziari in generale questo e' uno shock! In sostanza adesso la gente e' per strada a protestare, gli economisti sono quasi tutti a favore del lasciare fallire le istituzioni finanziare, ma il governo ha una fifa blu che questo significhi lanciare ale ortiche miliardi e miliardi di miliardi di dollari (privati) e vuole intervenire.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; Togliere ai poveri per dare ai ricchi sembra essere lo spirito di questo bailout, che mi trova incredibilmente incazzata. Una serie di letture per capire meglio quello che sta succedendo, scritto non per economisti e finanzieri ma per noi:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/diamond-and-kashyap-on-the-recent-financial-upheavals/"&gt;Freakonomics: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/diamond-and-kashyap-on-the-recent-financial-upheavals/"&gt;Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/luigi.zingales/Why_Paulson_is_wrong.pdf"&gt;Why Paulson is Wrong&lt;/a&gt;- il mio preferito, le ragioni per cui bisognerebbe lasciare fallire le banche&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/erik-hurst-on-the-risks-of-re-regulation/#more-3123"&gt;The Risk of re-Regulation&lt;/a&gt;- un bellissimo quadro di come i meno abbienti beneficiano del sistema capitalistico&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Eccoci qua. Il dilemma di come gli Americani applicano il comunismo solo ai ricchi. Interesting!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-342187022346191410?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/342187022346191410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=342187022346191410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/342187022346191410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/342187022346191410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/09/capitalismo-socialismo-e-la-crisi-dei.html' title='Capitalismo, Socialismo e la Crisi dei Mercati Finanziari'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-4389542031094516040</id><published>2008-09-27T14:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T14:45:41.050-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lavoro'/><title type='text'>Gli Americani Comunisti</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FBXGhy-QmVw/SNpkKkNgOpI/AAAAAAAACBA/EpshGEPy2Us/s320/card1814.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FBXGhy-QmVw/SNpkKkNgOpI/AAAAAAAACBA/EpshGEPy2Us/s320/card1814.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Image courtesy of &lt;a href="http://indexed.blogspot.com/"&gt;Indexed.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certo che gli Americani riescono sempre a sconclusionare ogni punto di riferimento che uno puo' avere. Per esempio, il piano di salvataggio dei mercati finanziari. Riescono a fare una cosa comunista (intervenire a livello governativo per ristabilire bilanciamento all'economia quando inr ealta' sono le ditte private che hanno scazzato alla grande), pur riuscendo a dare soldi solo alle banche, ai banchieri, e alle istituzioni che l'anno scorso hanno distribuito bonus plurimilionari anche alla gente con due anni di esperienza. Epporcaputtana! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-4389542031094516040?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/4389542031094516040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=4389542031094516040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4389542031094516040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4389542031094516040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/09/gli-americani-comunisti.html' title='Gli Americani Comunisti'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FBXGhy-QmVw/SNpkKkNgOpI/AAAAAAAACBA/EpshGEPy2Us/s72-c/card1814.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-1160098657193836003</id><published>2008-07-25T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T10:40:23.914-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rants'/><title type='text'>Castelli e Ryanair</title><content type='html'>Oggi mi sono imbestialita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leggo che &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2008/07/sezioni/cronaca/ryanair-protesta/ryanair-protesta/ryanair-protesta.html"&gt;Castelli pretende scuse dalla Ryanair&lt;/a&gt; per un messaggio pubblicitario offensivo in riguardo alle alte tariffe di Alitalia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma quand'e' che Bossi si scusera' per il gestaccio all'Inno di Mameli? E quand'e' che Castelli e il resto del governo attualmente in carica si scuseranno per avere speso i NOSTRI soldi in una compagnia in bancarotta come Alitalia? E quand'e' che un ministro/ sottoministro del Governo si scuseranno per avere minacciato in sede commerciale una compagnia per la sua legittima espressione di liberta' di parola? Oppure mi sono persa qualcosa, e questa ce la siamo persa senza nemmeno protestare, e solo ora ci rendiamo conto che puoi esprimere quello che ti pare (tipo, i gestacci all'Inno) solo se sei un ministro, e se sei un'azienda invece no?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se Castelli invece che inveire contro RyanAir si decidesse a fare qualcosa per la disastrosa situazione di Alitalia, magari sarebbe preso un po' piu' seriamente nel suo ruolo governativo. Nel frattempo, io ho prenotato il mio primo volo Ryanair e non vedo l'ora di supportare la liberta' di parola- e anche di tariffe aeree! Si va a Barcellona da Forli', alla faccia di Alitalia che voleva 600 euro a testa!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-1160098657193836003?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/1160098657193836003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=1160098657193836003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/1160098657193836003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/1160098657193836003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/07/castelli-e-ryanair.html' title='Castelli e Ryanair'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-6763359729650821843</id><published>2008-07-07T10:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T10:02:18.427-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Slow Food Nation Widget</title><content type='html'>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js?appId=8cafe18e-33b0-4b39-953c-959761c1fd67"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;Get the &lt;a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/slow-food-nation-small-widget"&gt;Slow Food Nation Widget&lt;/a&gt; widget and many other &lt;a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/"&gt;great free widgets&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.widgetbox.com"&gt;Widgetbox&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-6763359729650821843?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/6763359729650821843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=6763359729650821843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6763359729650821843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6763359729650821843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/07/slow-food-nation-widget.html' title='Slow Food Nation Widget'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-6905660719438012488</id><published>2008-06-16T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-16T09:47:26.195-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maternita&apos;'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donne'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='successo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lavoro'/><title type='text'>Il Successo delle Donne</title><content type='html'>Leggo su Italians sempre piu' interventi sulle recenti polemiche sul lavoro femminile. I ministri dicono che ci vogliono pari opportunita', che ci vuole il part time, che ci vuole questo e  quest'altro. Secondo me il problema e' piu' profondo: e' come viene misurato il successo delle donne. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se tu misuri una donna con i parametri di un uomo, allora se sta casa e' "solo" una mamma, se lavora ma non sta con i figli allora e' una mamma degenere, e se fa un po' entrambi e' una che non sa fare bene ne l'uno ne' l'altro. A me onestamente questa categorizzazione mi sta un po' sulle balle. Cerchiamo di misurare generi diversi con metri diversi e ci perdiamo le cose migliori. In particolare ci rimettiamo noi, con i nostri sensi di colpa e/o le nostre ambizioni personali frustrate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Io con questo concetto ci combatto da anni, e la cosa piu' difficile e' cercare un metro di misura che vada bene per me e che misuri il MIO successo. Poi per carita', il resto della gente continua a giudicarti in un modo o nell'altro, ma ci deve essere uno spazio in cui io almeno mi sento di successo, e in cui magari le altre donne se la piantano di giudicarmi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siamo un genere diviso che preferisce sltarsi alla gola invece che essere solidale. Non riusciamo a organizzarci per scrollarci di dosso i nostri sensi di colpa, e reagiamo solo puntando il dito contro chi, come noi, fa fatica a gestirsi la vita. Fingiamo di essere felici in una scelta o nell'altra stando strette in entrambe, e senza riuscire a trovare un modo per bilanciare chi siamo e dove dobbiamo andare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una collega ingegnere che si e' sposata solo a 40 anni mi ha raccontato che fino a che non ha avuto 30 anni, tutti le dicevano brava, una donna ingegnere, indipendente, di successo, che brava, wow. Appena passati i 30 anni, che fosse un'ing di successo non bastava piu': tutti adesso le dicevano, brava, eh, un'ingegnere, ma come mai non sei sposata, non hai figli? La sua storia mi e' rimasta impressa, come tutti si aspettassero da lei diverse cose a seconda della sua eta'. E' da allora che io, nel mio piccolo, mi ribello. Non xche' non mi interessi quello che dicono gli altri, perche' alla fine cerchi di persuaderti che non conta solo finche' sei una ragazzina, perche' conta eccome e ti influenza la vita. Ma cerco di parlare ad altre donne e a capire come mai siamo cosi' disposte, invece che ribellarci a una metrica che ci condanna al fallimento, a tagliarci la gola a vicenda pur di sopravvivere in un ambiente che di femminile non ha proprio nulla...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-6905660719438012488?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/6905660719438012488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=6905660719438012488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6905660719438012488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6905660719438012488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/06/il-successo-delle-donne.html' title='Il Successo delle Donne'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-6955481941149481774</id><published>2008-06-01T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T17:14:28.422-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libri'/><title type='text'>L'Eleganza del Riccio</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SEN25bmz21I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/bHTKzXcIHho/s1600-h/copj13.asp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SEN25bmz21I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/bHTKzXcIHho/s400/copj13.asp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207136323205585746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ho preso questo libro in Italia nella mia ultima scappata- lampo (anzi, mi e' stato regalato!), e quando mi sono messa a leggerlo lo ho inizialmente odiato. Presuntuoso, saccente, antipatico, ho fatto una fatica immane a passare le prime 50 pagine, dopo le quali ho deciso di concedere il beneficio del dubbio. Beh, sono proprio contenta di averlo fatto. Perche' gli ultimi due capitoli da soli mi hanno fatto ravvedere, e piangere, e adorare questo libro (che non so xche' viene definito, sulla quarta di copertina, "commedia"!).&lt;br /&gt;Un libro da non perdere...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-6955481941149481774?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/6955481941149481774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=6955481941149481774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6955481941149481774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6955481941149481774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/06/leleganza-del-riccio.html' title='L&apos;Eleganza del Riccio'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SEN25bmz21I/AAAAAAAAA9Q/bHTKzXcIHho/s72-c/copj13.asp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-5093403381199234703</id><published>2008-05-26T23:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T17:14:28.603-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Gessi Americani</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDuw87mz20I/AAAAAAAAA8w/VwbPYVdwkew/s1600-h/gesso.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDuw87mz20I/AAAAAAAAA8w/VwbPYVdwkew/s400/gesso.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204948355195853634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo so che non ci crederete, ma in America i gessi non solo li fanno colorati, ma ti fanno anche scegliere il colore!! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-5093403381199234703?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/5093403381199234703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=5093403381199234703' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5093403381199234703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/5093403381199234703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-gessi-americani.html' title='I Gessi Americani'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDuw87mz20I/AAAAAAAAA8w/VwbPYVdwkew/s72-c/gesso.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-6513394302467156670</id><published>2008-05-25T00:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T17:14:28.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tristissima Riflessione...</title><content type='html'>Grazie a Stefano Disegni, oggi su Italians...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Vanessa/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDkWArmz2zI/AAAAAAAAA8o/8tmpWipywlo/s1600-h/Caviglia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDkWArmz2zI/AAAAAAAAA8o/8tmpWipywlo/s400/Caviglia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204215045364636466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.corriere.it/solferino/severgnini/08-05-25/dodicesima.shtml"&gt;http://www.corriere.it/solferino/severgnini/08-05-25/dodicesima.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-6513394302467156670?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/6513394302467156670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=6513394302467156670' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6513394302467156670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6513394302467156670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/05/tristissima-riflessione.html' title='Tristissima Riflessione...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l2CxXfIZU-I/SDkWArmz2zI/AAAAAAAAA8o/8tmpWipywlo/s72-c/Caviglia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-1296675471901617431</id><published>2008-05-08T11:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T18:59:35.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>L'Acqua del Rubinetto</title><content type='html'>Questo &lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3127542-6ac7-11dc-9410-0000779fd2ac.html"&gt;articolo del Financial Times&lt;/a&gt; ha cambiato la mia prospettiva sull'acqua radicalmente. Adesso cerco di evitare quanto piu' possibile l'acqua imbottigliata che era l'unica cosa che bevevo fino a sei mesi fa...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-1296675471901617431?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/1296675471901617431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=1296675471901617431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/1296675471901617431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/1296675471901617431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/05/lacqua-del-rubinetto.html' title='L&apos;Acqua del Rubinetto'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-8731609777191993473</id><published>2008-02-20T17:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T19:03:51.709-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Il Porcospino Sgranocchiatore</title><content type='html'>Il video piu' bello di YouTube!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJcDmxhmTDQ&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJcDmxhmTDQ&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-8731609777191993473?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/8731609777191993473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=8731609777191993473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/8731609777191993473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/8731609777191993473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2008/02/avete-mai-visto-un-porcospino.html' title='Il Porcospino Sgranocchiatore'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-4488375160266095157</id><published>2007-07-22T10:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-22T12:14:25.275-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Financial Times e Italiani</title><content type='html'>Che mi sia lasciata andare e che abbia fatto diventare questo blog la voce delle mie frustrazioni, invece che il posto dove parlo, scrivo, mi diverto con le amiche?? Non lo so. So che mi sono impanterita come una iena a leggere &lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7d479772-2f56-11dc-b9b7-0000779fd2ac.html"&gt;l'articolo del Financial Times&lt;/a&gt;- e non perche' avessero torto, ma dolorosamente perche' hanno ragione!!&lt;br /&gt;Ho scritto una lettera a Severgnini, pubblicata, che e' risultatta in una valanga di emails al mio inidirzzo di rocketmails. Da quelli che si compliemntavano a quelli che dicevano "Ah, ma parlano gli Inglesi, guarda da che pulpito!". Devo dire che questi sono quelli che mi fanno incazzare di piu', xche' non si risponde alle critiche criticando l'autore, ma dando risposte convincenti che le cose che ha detto fossero inaccurate. Invece mi ritrovo con:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. L' "Imprenditrice" (che sara' anche il "capo" ma scrive dall'email di un uomo- tipo, sono tosta, sono figa, ma non so nemmeno coem fare ad avere, nella MIA azienda, un inidrizzo email che mi corrisponda!). Verbatim:&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;"ciao, secondo me esageri, forse proprio perchè non  sei in Italia, io ho quasi 30 anni, vivo al nord e faccio l'imprenditrice se  così si puo' dire. prima ho lavorato in altri 3 posti e sinceramente a nessuno è  mai venuto in mente di farmi avances o di chiedermi se intendevo sposarmi (bada  bene non sono una cozza e ho una 3 moolto abbondante) com'e' che certi italians  come te non si divertono se non possono sputare veleno sul mio Paese? se ci stai  tanto male non tornare proprio. saluti karen&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allora, non so da che parti farmi per spiegare quante cose sbagliate ci sono in questa mail. A parte il fatto che arrivi dalla mail box di qualcun'altro (un certo Giacomo), bisogna sempre, come donna Italiana, dire "Io non sono discriminata, eppure sono bella". Ma che cazzo c'entra se sei bella o no, se hai le tette e no, se hai la 42 o la 54??? Sempre da capo. Le donne devono giustificare quello che dicono sottolineando i loro attributi fisici. Perche', se sei "cozza" come dice lei, allora diresti certe cose solo per veleno. *sigh* Il punto del FT tristemente confermato. (...e in piu', il TUO paese?? Ma chi ti credi di essere????)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. L'Arrabbiato, ovvero Quello Con La Coda Di Paglia. Quello che non sa bene perche', ma sente che qualcuno gli sta dando la colpa di qualcosa e lui non ne vuole sapere. Quindi manda mails arrabbiatissime per non si sa quale ragione. Verbatim, il nostro scambio:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;E dalle... ! Non so se ha letto la PRIMA lettera di oggi:    parla una donna (NdA: non e' vero, la lettera era di un uomo) e condivido.&lt;br /&gt;Lei non ha capito o non vuol capire che NON    sono i padri machi a portare le figlie ai concorsi di bellezza, sono le     mammà ! E le figlie, spudoratamente, ammettono che vale    più un bel culo (fondoschiena) che non la laurea , letto sul giornale    e scritto da donne.&lt;br /&gt;Quelle che vede raffigurate sui cartelloni ed in bikini a fare da spalla pure nei programmi di Natale, non sono schiave costrette a farlo, ma sono maggiorenni che danno il consenso (e prendono    soldi). Le persone più pagate, notizia di un giorno fa,    sono le indossatrici (!) che, alla faccia del femminismo, i soldi li    prendono , eccome !&lt;br /&gt;Le adolescenti-bambine, ormai, si prostituiscono    per avere i rossetti e i pantaloni griffati e noi poveri maschi siamo    costretti a sorbirci nudità degne delle peggiori mignot..., poi ci accusano,    se mai , di essere machi stronzi che le stiamo a guardare. Se lei non ha occhi e giudizio per accettare    questo stato di cose e ambisce al Partito delle donne d'Italia per il riscatto    della femminilità, vuol dire che è appena sbarcata da Marte ( o Venere    ?).&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;non    capisco l'ostilita' della sua lettera. Ho dato per caso la colpa agli uomini    dello stato di cose? No, do' la colpa alle donne italiane per non sapere che    pesci prendere. E questo e' imperdonabile, perche' dietro a una societa' cosi'    maschilista come quella italiana ci sono delle donne che hanno perso la    strada, non degli uomini arroganti o prepotenti.&lt;br /&gt;Vanessa&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;"Do' la colpa alle donne italiane per non sapere che pesci  prendere"....."dietro a una societa' cosi' maschilista" ....Si decide una buona volta ? La colpa è delle donne o dei maschi  ? Ha ragione a non capirci niente, si incarta da sola !!!.Per me è chiaro. E ho cercato di farglielo intendere.Arisaluti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;La mia parte preferita, ovviamente, e': "La Colpa e' delle donne o dei maschi?". Capolavoro. Quello che appena dici che una cosa e' maschilista la prende come significare che gli uomini fanno schifo. Piu' ci penso, e piu' arrivo alla conclusione che maschilista e' una cosa in cui una donna ha fallito miseramente. Non colpa degli uomini che, come ben sappiamo, sono bravissimi ad approfittarsi delle situazioni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Il Democratico Sensibile (aka- non ho ancora deciso bene da che parte stare, ma mi sembra che un colpo al cerchio e uno alla botte sia il miglior posizionamento possibile finche non capisco da che parte tira il vento!).&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho delle proposte per migliorare la condizione della donna in Italia: &lt;br /&gt;1) quote rosa, per avere il 50% di donne in Parlamento &lt;br /&gt;2) penalità per i datori di lavoro che discriminano le donne incinte &lt;br /&gt;3) maggiori incentivi alle donne che decidono di fare le imprenditrici.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per quello che riguarda FT, io ho vissuto 8 anni in Gran Bretagna. MI sembra che il femminismo anglosassone abbia delle venature di puritanesimo, di bigottismo. Questo, detto da uno che ama molto Londra e la GB.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uhm. questo mi convince zero. Ma cacchio ce ne facciamo delle quote rosa (un terribile strumento di discriminazione!) se poi le donne che finiscono in parlamento non sono motivate e sono la' solo a fare i fantocci?? Io voglio delle donne che vadano in parlamento perche' motivate e perche' se lo meritano, non come un'ennesima forma di protezionismo che non fa bene a nessuno (come le leggi sulla maternita' che se il lavoro ce l'hai sono una favola, ma se lo cerchi sono un incubo!!). Bello anche il finale che si', magari, ma in Inghilterra sono messi peggio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. L'Agguerrito (ovvero, quello che piuttosto che accettare una critica si attacca anche ai muri!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Cara Vanessa,da quale pulpito viene la predica. Dagli inglesi??? Ma stiamo scherzando! Hai mai visto i loro tabloid? Hanno pagine e pagine di donne nude. Vogliamo parlare della &lt;em&gt;Page 3&lt;/em&gt; della loro rivista più diffusa, The Sun? Anzi, fai una cosa: digita  www.thesun.co.uk. Poi ne riparliamo.Inoltre, hai notato come vanno in giro le donne inglesi? Che poi neanche le donne: qui si parla di bambine. A 13 anni, minigonne trasprenti, con i tanga completamente di fuori e tacchi a spillo vertiginosi. Con tutto il rispetto, a Roma tale abbigliamento si vede solo nei vialoni poco illuminati, di notte. Noi, magari abbiamo le donnine nude in TV, loro le hanno sui giornali. Quale è la differenza? Me lo spiegate?&lt;br /&gt;Ora: che gli inglesi si permettano di infierire, bene. Lo hanno sempre fatto. Ma che voi italiani gli andate anche dietro, se mi permetti, è grave. Imparate a ragionare con la vostra testa, senza complessi di inferiorità con gli stranieri.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non penso di poter replicare. Con gente cosi' e' molto, ma molto meglio non discutere (per la solita legge che, a discutere con un cretino, la gente potrebbe non capire la differenza!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. L'Umorista. Benche' allineato con l'Agguerrito, spero davvero che non stia parlando sul serio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Buongiorno Vanessa,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ho letto con interesse la sua lettera inviata sul corriere.&lt;br /&gt;Andando oltre a quello scritto nella sua lettera sinceramente non capisco perchè i giornali inglesi molto spesso parlano, sia giustamente che ingiustamente, male dell'Italia.&lt;br /&gt;Sembra quasi dal leggere i giornali inglesi anche i più autorevoli come il "Finanscial Taim", che&lt;br /&gt;in Inghilterra ci sia una specie di invidia verso l’Italia.Sarà forse perchè da padroni del mondo quali erano con la rivoluzione industriale si sono trovati ad essere invasi e molto spesso anche essere sottomessi da indiani e pakistani?E’ che alla fine si sono visti bene o male  raggiungere da paesi più disgraziati come l’Italia?&lt;br /&gt;Noi saremo pazzi per natiche e seni, ma non sarebbe il caso che pensassero di più alla banda di pederasta che hanno in parlamento piuttosto che ai nostri problemi che sono già tanti?&lt;br /&gt;Io ultimamente piuttosto che leggere giornali inglesi leggo giornaletti come PlayBoy e Penthouse sono meglio e più affidabili.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senza Parole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Lo Schifista (ovvero, Hai ragione, le donne italiane fanno schifo).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Io sono sostanzialmente d’accordo con te Vanessa, l’atteggiamento nei confronto delle donne in Italia, cosi’ come il soffocamento dei giovani a favore dei sempiterni vecchi draghi e’ uno dei tanti sintomi evidenti del sottosviluppo italiano. Non sono pero’ d’accordo sul seguente punto:” Eppure siamo donne forti, educate ad essere i pilastri di supporto di tutta la famiglia, determinate, e storicamente rivoluzionarie.”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lasciamo perdere la storia e rivolgiamoci all’atualita’ e permettimi di fare l’unica cosa possibile in questi casi: generalizzare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho vissuto in America, a Vienna ed ora vivo a Santo Domingo, persino in Italia ho vissuto a Roma e Milano sono sposato felicemente, due figli, ho avuto relazioni durature e serie con donne straniere ma con le Italiane propio no ed e’ stato per scelta, una scdlta di cui non mi sono mai pentito e della quale sono contento, particularmente quando vedo in che statu versano le relazioni di amici e conoscenti. Chiaramente non ho pretese d’autorita’ ne’ mi reputo un esperto, sono solo un uomo di 42 anni che considera che una parte dei mali delle donne in Italia depende dalle donne stesse e che senza un poco di autocritica non ne usciremo mai. Uso il plurale perche’ in una societa’ di discrminazioni, TUTTI finiamo per soffrirne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi dispiace dirlo ma le donne Italiane io non le trovo ne’ forti, ne’ indipendenti, ne’ energiche come potrebbero essere quelle del Nord Europa, ne’ tantomeno femminili e dolci come possono esserlo le Latine. Ho osservato negli ultimi anni il diffondersi di  fenomeni e malcostumi, una volta, prettamente maschili come quello del mammismo tra le donne Italiane e allo stesso tempo, l’acquisizione di modelli di comportamenti maschili altamente criticabili (feticismo per le auto per esempio o bachelorette parties) anche da parte delle nostre signorine. Le donne sono altamente penalizzate in Italia ed e’ colpa degli uomini ma non ne vengono a capo per colpa delle donne. Nessuno cede una posizione di privilegio  volontariamente ed in questo gli uomini non si differenziano da altri esseri umani per meschinita’, bisogna conquistarla, ( realmente io penso che detti privilegi spettino per diritto alle donne ma la realta’ e’ quella che e’). Se lo donne in Italia fossero davvero ‘donne forti, educate ad essere i pilastri di supporto di tutta la famiglia, determinate, e storicamente rivoluzionarie.”, azzardo che la situazione sarebbe diversa. Mi sembra che mediamente la donna italiana sia contenta del piedistallo fittizio sul quale l’ha posta l’uomo e si accontenta di un’ammirazione fatua, salvo poi rivendicare diritti o agitare fantasmi di femminismo quando non e’ contenta ( e non ha motivo do esserlo) ole fa comodo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ripeto: uomini Italiani , cricabilissimi. Donne Italiane? Poca cosa… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ovvero, in effetti le donne Italiane sono forti e determinate, e questo in loro e' uno schifo xche' non sono femminili e docili e quindi mi prendo una (bella, anzi bellissima!) ragazza di una cultura diversa che mi mette su un piedistallo e bona le'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. I confusi. E qui ce ne sono parecchi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciao,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le tue osservazioni saranno anche giuste, pero si puo permettere che una bella proporzione di donne Italiane abbiano viaggiato per il mondo (le troviamo per tutto) e che non siano proprio tanto sceme se si adeguano o se non abbiano molto riguardo per il sistema usato in Italia.  Ne saranno sempre le sceme che vivono e pensano solo alla bellezza fisica.  Io ne conosco poche (donne italiane) perche vivo in Sud Africa ma quelle poche che conosco non sono come le descriva lei.....difatti pare che abbiano piu controllo che i loro uomini negli affari della vita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poi il modo di vita non e un estratto seletivo.  Il bravissimo scrittore inglese,  per rafforzare il suo argomento, per esempio, trova archaico (condivido, lo e) il sistema di aperture di negozi e banche ma si dimentica che fino a tempo fa (e ancora se senza permesso) a Londra i pub dovevano chiudere all 11..... senza parlare delle leggi Americane sul uso del alcohol, anche per esempio o a Jack Daniels dove non puo vendere il prodotto nel contea dove lo producono, o forse qui in Sud Africa dove e vietato comperare vino ai supermercati di domenica.  Ho usato esempi particolari per illustrare ma ne sono altri (le 14 giornate di ferie nel USA, per esempio,come modo da vivere, non e sfruttatrice).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma ritorniamo sul discorso....Abbiamo le tedesche che scendono nelle spiaggie in Italia, in molti posti con nulla sopra e poco sotto (tutto a causa del “chauvinism” maschile Italiano, o forse scelta di liberta per prendere il sole anche dove fa male?). O le spiaggie nel Brasile dove i bikini sono piccoli da quasi non esistere ma guai andare “topless”.  Insomma ogni posto ha le sue usanze e non e detto che perche siano diverse siano tutte un sfrutto delle donne.  Forse dobbiamo limitare il numero di tette e culi ma fino a quanto.... 100, 10 , nulla e poi fino ai giorni di regina Vittoria dove mostrare la caviglia era considerato erotico. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penso che se le donne Italiane si sentirebbero insultate o sfruttate avrebbero gia girato le carte....e probabile che non se ne fregano invece  Il problema del punto di vista, chiamiamolo “femminista” sopra la donna nelle pubbicazioni o advertising e come quello qui in Sud Africa dove i “bianchi” adesso sono genericamente considerati tutti colpevoli per “apartheid”, anche se molti di loro hanno lottato contro e che tutti i problemi che esistono oggi vanno attribuiti ai sistemi di prima: Invece tanti, si, ma tutti no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poche idee, ma confuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Infatti non capisco. A sentir parlare gli stranieri, le donne italiane dovrebbero mandare avanti il Paese, con i bambinoni uomini che si ritrovano accanto. Ogni volta che torno in Italia non riesco a capire come gli uomini possano ancora vivere con la mammina. Saluti da Miami&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ehhhh????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;be'&lt;br /&gt;ti posso solo dire una cosa, le italiane in italia(per circa il 90%), mirano solo a sposarsi uno che l'azienda ce l'ha gia', e quelle forti se ne vanno all'estero.&lt;br /&gt;Questa e' la situazione.&lt;br /&gt;nella mia citta' la prima cosa che ti chiede una donna prima di conoscerti e' : che macchina hai? e che lavoro fai?&lt;br /&gt;Non chiedere troppo a chi e' in italia:&lt;br /&gt;a) uomini raccomandati e donne che vogliono farsi mantenere.&lt;br /&gt;ciao&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forse voleva dire qualcosa, ma gli e' "scappato" il send???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;Io non dico che ci siano soluzioni semplici, ma se ogni volta che ci discriminano, che ci toccano il culo, che ci umiliano, invece che ribellarci ci fiondiamo in aplestra e dal parrucchiere, la colpa e' solo nostra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Gennaio, quando c'erano qua Claudio e la Susy, mio babbo se ne e' uscito fuori con uno dei suoi soliti commenti maschilisti sciovinisti. Io lo ho guardato e gli ho detto: "Guarda che dietro ogni uomo come te c'e' una donna che ha fallito.". La Susy se ne e' avuta un po' a male (non volevo metterla in croce!), ma alla fine io sono convinta al 100% che la responsabilita' sia sua. Quando una societa' si evolve come quella Italiana, e i pubblicitari del mondo devono attenresi a regole completamente diverse perche' il mercato richede tette e culi su ogni cartellone pubblicitario, la responsabilita' non e' certo degli uomini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;Non e' un segreto per nessuno che gli uomini fanno quello che possono fare, se le donne glielo consentono sono loro da biasimare. E io biasimo le donne italiane, il loro immobilismo, la loro dieta e le loro palestre, le commesse che mi squadrano da testa a piedi e mi dicono "la tua taglia non esiste", xche' umiliarmi e' il modo migliore di sentirsi alla pari con me. Io, xche' sono io,  invece che sentirmi umiliata mi vado a comprare i vestiti altrove e glieli sfoggio in faccia. Ma se  le donne si lasciano umiliare dalle commesse che le criticano, dalle estetiste che gli dicono che non si depilano bene, dalle amiche che gli controllano la cellulite- se per loro va bene che la loro vita sia imperniata attorno al girovita e al push-up, gli uomini non ne hanno responsabilita'. Ne traggono benefici, come faremmo noi- e' la natura umana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ci vorrebbero in Italia un po' meno donne che dicessero "Va cosi'" e un po' piu' donne che alzassero la testa, che si mettessero in politica e che non si lasciassino condizionare a passare il loro tempo dall'estetista invece che a far funzionare la loro vita, le loro relazioni, le loro carriere e i loro uomini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-4488375160266095157?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/4488375160266095157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=4488375160266095157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4488375160266095157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/4488375160266095157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2007/07/financial-times-e-italiani.html' title='Financial Times e Italiani'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-8132889132439270917</id><published>2007-04-16T23:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-16T23:17:32.992-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Una Bella Notizia Che Ti Riscalda il Cuore...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Che tristi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/politica/cofferati-padre/cofferati-padre/cofferati-padre.html"&gt;questi uomini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; che si nascondono dietro donne piu' giovani di 20 anni, che impersonano gli stessi stereotipi di duemila anni di storia...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Questa storia e' veramente angosciosa, sotto molti piu' aspetti di quanti ne riesco a contare or ora...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Mah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-8132889132439270917?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/8132889132439270917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=8132889132439270917' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/8132889132439270917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/8132889132439270917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2007/04/una-bella-notizia-che-ti-riscalda-il.html' title='Una Bella Notizia Che Ti Riscalda il Cuore...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-223604351309988008</id><published>2007-03-12T00:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T00:52:11.561-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Matrimonology</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Al volo, mi sono imbarcata in un nuovo progetto, che prima o poi verra' affiancato da un blog culinario, ma per ora siamo ancora in costruzione...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://matrimonology.blogspot.com/"&gt;Matrimonology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; e' una cosa che mi diverte! Vediamo cosa ne viene fuori! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-223604351309988008?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/223604351309988008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=223604351309988008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/223604351309988008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/223604351309988008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2007/03/matrimonology.html' title='Matrimonology'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-2628202336169250567</id><published>2007-01-30T23:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T23:43:39.164-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Grande Veronica!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;No, non tu, per una volta &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.repubblica.it/2007/01/sezioni/politica/lettera-veronica/lettera-veronica/lettera-veronica.html"&gt;grande quell'altra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; This is really freacking funny!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-2628202336169250567?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/2628202336169250567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=2628202336169250567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/2628202336169250567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/2628202336169250567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2007/01/grande-veronica.html' title='Grande Veronica!!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-6213920522295210268</id><published>2007-01-14T00:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-14T00:23:43.469-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fumetti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Ho scoperto di recente &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.eriadan.it/"&gt;Eriadan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;, e ho anche scoperto che mi piace un gran bel po'- sia il suo senso dell'umorismo, che la sua visione della vita coniugale, e ancora di piu' le sue congetture super-arzigogolate del sistema neuronale corrente... se ancora non lo conoscete, cominciate dalla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://eriadan.shockdom.com/chiechi/WIW.html"&gt;pagina dei personaggi &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;per poi passare agli archivi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.eriadan.it/?m=200612"&gt;Dicembre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; fino a questo momento detiene il record... Bravo Eriadan!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;V.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-6213920522295210268?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/6213920522295210268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=6213920522295210268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6213920522295210268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/6213920522295210268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2007/01/fumetti.html' title='Fumetti'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-116695275665468298</id><published>2006-12-24T01:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-24T01:32:36.673-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gli Auguri di Natale</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Quelle occasioni bellissime per rimettersi in contatto con la gente a cui vogliamo bene...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Uno di questi auguri mi ha sorpresa. Dopo anni di silenzio, negli ultimi mesi ci siamo scambiati qualche emails. Poche righe, una volta ogni qualche mese, le foto della sua bimba, due chiacchiere cosi', da gente che non si parla da dieci anni. Poi, gli auguri di Natale dicevano: "-proprio l'altro giorno ho passato una serata a Bologna e il caso mi ha portato  a fare una lunga camminata sotto i portici di via Saragozza, dal Meloncello fino  alla Pizzeria Il Tarì passando da via Senzanome. AUGURI"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Che dire?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" &gt;"Ci sono molti anni, e una convinzione profonda che non ci  saremmo mai piu' parlati. E un dolore sordo in proposito, di quelli che ti avevo  gia' descritto ogni volta che provavo a tenderti la mano per sentirmi dire no.  &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ma sono molti anni, e adesso e' bello ricordarseli. Al fatto che  tutte le volte che mi metto le lenti a contatto penso al cappello del prete, e a  te che mi insegnavi a metterle dritte. Ad ogni volta che cito "Che sto a pena'?"  in Marchigiano, citazione coltissima che veniva da te...  Ad ogni volta che  Bologna mi parla di lunghe camminate sotto i portici dal Meloncello fino in  centro, passando per via Senzanome. Forse e' per questo che non torno piu' a  Bologna? L'ultima volta- forse 6 anni fa?- di corsa, senza guardare. Ad ogni  volta che ti penso e ti auguro di essere felice, ho sempre saputo che avresti  avuto la vita che volevi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Quel dolore, compagno di anni, ora non c'e' piu'... ma sono  contenta che ci parliamo. Non molto, perche' non c'e' molto da dire, ma sono  contenta di saperti felice, padre, marito, ingegnere, appassionato di hockey- e  cos'altro?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buon Natale. Di cuore."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per voi che ci siete stati- in particolare Stefi, Ale- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Grazie. M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;i avete tenuto la mano e retto la fronte mentre mi vomitavo la vita addosso. Ero un'imbecille che scambiava amicizie per amore, e faceva male a tutto quello che toccava.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per voi che non c'eravate- voi siete la dimostrazione che cambiare e' bello. Cambiare amici, cambiare vita, cambiare tutto ti arricchisce. Voi siete la mia ricchezza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"&gt;Buon Natale. I love you endlessly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"&gt;nessa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-116695275665468298?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/116695275665468298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=116695275665468298' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116695275665468298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116695275665468298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/12/gli-auguri-di-natale.html' title='Gli Auguri di Natale'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-116657037324238203</id><published>2006-12-19T14:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T15:21:38.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Un Attacco di Nostalgia (Furente)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Ma il Pippo Chennedy Show...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Di Venerdi' sera si usciva, e come si fa, non si poteva assolutamente postporre il Pippo Chennedy... allora io e la Giulia ci trovavamo a casa mia, mangiavamo un piatto di pasta davanti alla TV prima di dirigerci verso il Rock Island...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Dieci, dico DIECI anni fa. Boh, non so cosa sia successo!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;A stroll down memory lane...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;la sigla, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=YbJjt-ayClg&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;Terra Terra",&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; cantata da "I Ragazzi Delle Ragazze"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Citazioni celebri:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"Sono il vuoto che c'e' dentro di te"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"La mia donna ideale sono io, ma ho una mezz'ora per te"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=K9l8wmilXmY&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;Il Quelo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Cerco altre perle... in particolare Alessandra Faiella che fa la cubista... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;PS: Cercando Alessandra su Google ho trovato questo, di Andrea Lodovichetti... non riesco a guardarlo or ora, ma forse.... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;videoID=1439513265"&gt;http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoID=1439513265&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-116657037324238203?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/116657037324238203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=116657037324238203' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116657037324238203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116657037324238203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/12/un-attacco-di-nostalgia-furente.html' title='Un Attacco di Nostalgia (Furente)'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-116546352198132515</id><published>2006-12-06T19:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T19:52:01.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Luce Alla Fine Del Tunnel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Anche se mi sembra di avere gia' un altro post con lo stesso titolo... vabbeh, abbiate pazienza, ma domani faccio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/hennessy.html"&gt;l'ultimo esame&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; del semestre- Corporate Finance, che a sorpresa si e' rivelato uno dei miei corsi preferiti qui ad Haas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Comunque, dicevo, vedo la luce alla fine del tunnel quando comincio a cazzeggiare, a lamentarmi che &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://lemiecose.splinder.com/"&gt;Rowena &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;non mette niente sul blog da piu' di un mese, quando comincio a fare il browsing dei &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/"&gt;miei&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.cuteoverload.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/"&gt;preferiti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; due volte al giorno, quando annoiata cerco su internet qualsiasi cosa che mi possa distrarre da quello che sto facendo... e da domani avro' questa indicibile quantita' di tempo libero da gestirmi da fare paura!! Non ho piani di nessun genere, il che e' ovviamente negativo e si trasformera' in una prolungata bitching session sia qui che altrove. Ad eccezione di una "breve" scappata a Puerto Rico (unico posto ove posso effettivamente andare!), il nostro Natale sara' "local and lonely", visto che tutti, ma dico TUTTI!, hanno deciso di rientrare a Natale- gli Zanelli, Gug, Fabio... insomma, siamo qua abbandonati al nostro destino, e gli amici dall'Italia COL CACCHIO che ci vengono a trovare- *umpf*.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Penso che mi dedichero' alla palestra (boring!), alla cucina, allo shopping. E penso che tra una settimana saro' gia' smaronatissima qua a scrivere, elemosinando una subscription a Netflix oppure qualche film piratato. Mi droghero' di Grey's Anatomy (McSteamy e' il mio nuovo prferito!) e House, intermezzando con Law and Order quando si mette proprio male. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Vogliatemi bene, sono una business school student in cerca di autore...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-116546352198132515?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/116546352198132515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=116546352198132515' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116546352198132515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116546352198132515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/12/la-luce-alla-fine-del-tunnel.html' title='La Luce Alla Fine Del Tunnel'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-116174371393956995</id><published>2006-10-24T19:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T19:35:13.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Film Secondo Ivan</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;...beh, qualcuno mi prende MOLTO sul serio quando chiedo aiuto!!&lt;br /&gt;Il nostro cinefilo di fiducia si e' prodotto in una lista estensiva e onnicomprensiva dei film dell'anno.&lt;br /&gt;Come al solito, la classifica si commenta da sola- e fa ghignare anche chi, come me, i film in questione non li ha visti. La vena politica e polemica e' sempre viva, e anche il partigianismo! Vorrei solo avere una copia della mail originale sul cinema iraniano per illustrare il genio del mio amico!&lt;br /&gt;(and, yes, Ivan e' un aficionados del San Biagio!)&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciao Vanessa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ho appena letto la tua "richiesta di aiuto" circa i  film da recuperare in Italia da parte di Maurilio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Mi sono accorto di non averti inviato la mia  annuale e molto parziale classifica dei film che ho apprezzato di più la scorsa stagione  stagione cinematografica.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Eccola:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1- Una lunga domenica di passione - Jean Pierre  Jeunet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2- Memorie di una geisha               - Rob  Marshall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;3- Volver                                       -  Pedro Almodovar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;4- Il caimano                                 -  Nanni Moretti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;5- Broken flowers                           - Jim  Jarmush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;6- Viva Zapatero!                            -  Sabina Guzzanti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;7- Good night, good luck                - George  Clooney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;8- Oliver twist                                -  Roman Polanski&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;9- La seconda notte di nozze          - Pupi  Avati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;10- Manderlay                               - Lars  Von Trier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Una lunga domenica di passione - Jean Pierre  Jeunet&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Film piuttosto truculento, soprattutto le scene di  guerra, ma molto ben fatto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jeunet è sempre una garanzia (Il favoloso mondo di  Amelie, Delicatessen)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Francia, 1919. Mathilde, una ragazza di 19 anni che non può camminare,  ha perso in guerra il suo fidanzato Manech, partito due anni prima per il fronte  e destinato ad andare a combattere sulla Somma. La ragazza è convinta che lui  sia ancora vivo nonostante le informazioni avute da un sergente che ha  conosciuto Manech che le confida di aver assistito alla fucilazione del soldato  e di altri quattro commilitoni presso Bingo Crépuscule. I cinque infatti avevano  subito la condanna da parte della corte marziale dopo aver tentato un espediente  per lasciare il fronte. Tra incertezze e false speranze Mathilde inizia una  disperata ricerca per scoprire le sorti di Manech e dei suoi sfortunati  compagni...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Memorie di una geisha               - Rob  Marshall&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Film patinato, elegante, con bei costumi e ottima  fotografia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Uno spaccato della vita giapponese prima della  seconda guerra mondiale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Chiyo, a soli nove anni viene venduta ad una scuola per geishe e qui  istruita su tutti i riti e costumi. Ma la vita per lei é piena di umiliazioni in  modo particolare da parte della geisha più importante, Hatsumomo, che per  invidia la declassa a serva. Per fortuna di Chiyo, Mameha, una geisha esperta la  prende sotto la sua protezione...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Volver                                       - Pedro  Almodovar&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Questa volta Pedro lo metto al terzo posto del podio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Solito ottimo film, ma un pò di maniera, alla maniera di Pedro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Brava la Cruz, belle trovate, ma manca un pò della follia dei &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;film precedenti a Tutto su mia madre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Almodovar ha trovato il modo di fare il perfetto film almodovariano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;e rischia di ripetere la formula stancamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Tre donne, nonna, figlia e nipote, viaggiano dal sud della Spagna  verso Madrid alla ricerca di una vita migliore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Il caimano                                 - Nanni Moretti&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Questa volta Nanni ha sbagliato le previsioni.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Berlusco ha perso ma non ha bruciato il paese.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Se ne sta in disparte aspettando il momento buono per tornare a  rompere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Manda avanti i killer, ma questa volta la mortadella non si farà affettare,  almeno lo spero.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Primo dei film italiani che sono stati un pò scarsini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Forse il quarto posto è troppo, ma nella valutazione ha giocato il clima da  campagna elettorale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Il migliore film di Nanni resta Bianca; quasi quasi me lo rivedo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Una giovane regista vuole fare un film su Berlusconi, ma ha un  problema: non trova nessun attore disposto a calarsi nei panni del  protagonista...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Broken flowers                           - Jim Jarmush&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Jim Jarmush è uno dei registi più sgangherati che conosca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Non capisco se lo è o ci fa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Alterna film inguardabili come Cigarettes &amp; coffee a film interessanti  come questo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Certo che definire Broken flowers come uno dei film più divertenti della  stagione, come&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;recitava il trailer, è un pò troppo e infatti molti spettatori convinti di  vedere American Pie 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;ne sono usciti schifati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bill Murray è ormai votato al ruolo di fallito, del resto ha una  faccia...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Don Johnston, single incallito, è stato appena lasciato dalla sua  ultima conquista, Sherry. Mentre si affligge per la sua solitudine, gli arriva  una lettera anonima che lo informa che ha un figlio e che probabilmente è alla  sua ricerca. Don, pur non amando i viaggi, si mette alla ricerca di  indizi...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Viva Zapatero!                            - Sabina Guzzanti&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Vale lo stesso discorso del film di Moretti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;La campagna elettorale ha giocato un ruolo importante nella  valutazione.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;La Guzzanti dopo tanti filmetti scarsi gira un bel documentario sulla  libertà di satira in Italia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Un bello spaccato sulla miseria politica del bel paese.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Le vicende di 'Raiot', l'ultimo spettacolo di Sabina Guzzanti sospeso  dalla Rai dopo una sola puntata, sono lo spunto per parlare di satira con alcuni  dei principali esponenti europei fra cui il premio Nobel Dario Fo e in generale  fare il punto sulla libertà di informazione in Italia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Good night, good luck                - George Clooney&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;SORPRESA!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;George Clooney è un bravo regista.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Film essenziale che non concede nulla al pubblico e allo spettacolo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Edward R. Murrow, è un famoso anchor man della CBS. Venuto a  conoscenza di una lista di proscrizione redatta dal senatore Joseph McCarthy in  cui vengono inseriti i nominativi di tutti coloro che sono sospettati di avere  simpatie filo-comuniste, decide di divulgare la notizia e di dedicare parecchie  puntate del suo show, "See it now", alla controversa figura del politico...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Oliver twist                                - Roman Polanski&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Su Polansky non ho nulla da dire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Si conferma uno dei massimi registi al mondo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Adattamento del classico di Dickens: l'orfanello Oliver fa amicizia,  nelle strade di Londra, con un ladruncolo e da questo viene instradato a far  parte della famiglia di ladri addestrati dal perfido Fagin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;La seconda notte di nozze          - Pupi Avati&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A Pupi Avati riescono bene i film alla Pupi Avati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Solita ambientazione anni '40, solita Bologna dopo guerra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Potevo metterlo come migliore film italiano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bravi Neri Marcorè e Katia Ricciarelli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Italia, fine della seconda guerra mondiale. La vedova Liliana è  costretta a lasciare l'amata città d Bologna insieme a suo figlio Nino, a causa  di gravi problemi economici. I due si trasferiscono in Puglia nella masseria del  cognato Giordano, fratello del defunto marito di Liliana, che in gioventù era  stato perdutamente innamorato di lei. Il loro arrivo porta scompiglio nella vita  del fragile Giordano e nella routine della masseria, e risveglia anche antichi  dissapori nell'animo delle due vecchie zie del cognato, Suntina e Eugenia, che  provano ancora un forte rancore nei confronti della famiglia di Liliana...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Manderlay                               - Lars Von Trier&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Solito, grande Von Trier, riesce sempre a spiazzare lo spettatore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Seguito di Dogville, a tratti migliore del precedente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- Una triste storia di schiavitù, repressione e ingiustizia nell'America  degli anni trenta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ed ora il film peggiore della stagione:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Il silenzio tra due pensieri - Babak Payani&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Il solito film iraniano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Pochi dialoghi e ritmi soporiferi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Le prime volte questo tipo di cinema poteva risultare interessante,  "nuovo", ma ora&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;non se ne può più.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sembra che lo facciano apposta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;...e sono premi a go go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;trama- In virtù di un principio che stabilisce che l'autore di un crimine non  andrà all'inferno se vergine, la vita di una giovane donna condannata alla pena  di morte viene momentaneamente risparmiata. La guida del villaggio decide di  dare la donna in sposa al suo futuro carnefice, che ora deve confrontarsi con  una moglie, prigioniera e futura vittima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-116174371393956995?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/116174371393956995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=116174371393956995' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116174371393956995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116174371393956995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-film-secondo-ivan.html' title='I Film Secondo Ivan'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-116085008135084505</id><published>2006-10-14T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T11:21:21.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>...e Urgenti Film Italiani??</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Mauri e' in Italia fino a Martedi' (riparte Mercoledi'), e gli devo dare una lista di cose da comprare. Ho gia' sistemato la lista dei libri, anche se 4 libri mi sembrano pochini (Camilleri, Licalzi, Morozzi e Ammanniti) per questa volta mi accontento... ma adesso, i film che non si possono perdere???&lt;br /&gt;Notte prima degli esami: cos'altro???&lt;br /&gt;Aiutooooooooo!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: Rifacimento dell'Ultimo Bacio in versione US nei cinema now. Un po' perplessa...&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nessa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-116085008135084505?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/116085008135084505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=116085008135084505' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116085008135084505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/116085008135084505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/10/e-urgenti-film-italiani.html' title='...e Urgenti Film Italiani??'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115751656907843717</id><published>2006-09-05T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T21:23:21.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Original Performance....</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- START: OK GO Live at VMAs --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border=0 bgcolor=D1D1FE cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor=black&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border=0 bgcolor=black&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;td valign=middle&gt;&lt;a target=_new href=http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=19402&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://www.i-am-bored.com/art/icon_2a.gif" width=25 height=25&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=middle&gt;&lt;font size=2 face=verdana color=white&gt;&lt;a target=_new href=http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=19402&gt;&lt;font color=D1D1FE&gt;&lt;b&gt;OK GO Live at VMAs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; They perform their famous treadmill dance live at the MTV awards.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- END: OK GO Live at VMAs --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I found this original, and quite entertaining... speaking of "thinking outside the box"!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115751656907843717?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115751656907843717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115751656907843717' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115751656907843717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115751656907843717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/09/original-performance.html' title='Original Performance....'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115636575696824829</id><published>2006-08-23T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T13:42:37.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'>De Libris (continued)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Trovo bellissimi tutti i vostri suggerimenti, e ognuno a modo suo mi porta una parte di voi che magari non ricordavo benissimo. Per esempio, i libri che mi consiglia l'Ale- e a dire il vero anche Juni!- sono quelli che so che dovrei leggere, ma non ne ho (a TORTO!) voglia: si', "Il cacciatore di aquiloni" e' uno, ma anche "Alta Fedelta'", di cui ho posticipato la lettura all'infinito, e quando l'ho letto mi e' piaciuto un mondo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kansei consiglia libri stranissimi che non sai mai dove li pesca, di scrittori duri che si allineano con Palahniuk e con Houellebecq, che se non passi le prime 50 pagine non finisci mai piu' (a me e' successo cosi' con Invisible Monster, oh, non riesco ad andare avanti!!, mentre con Platform ho tenuto duro e alla fine mi e' piaciuto un sacco!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Mou ha la collezione piu' strana e complicata di libri mai messa al mondo: le piace Alice Munro (che io non amo) e i libri sull'Europa del Nord, o dell'Est (Nuova Grammatica Finlandese, Trilogia della Citta' di K.), e in generale le storie tragiche e strazianti scritte in maniera molto evoluta, ma rigorosamente senza lieto fine. I libri della Mou hanno bisogno di un particolare stato di grazia, di pace mentale, e di risorse nascoste!! E' per questo che Terrore dal Mare ancora non e' finito nella pila dei "letti"... Pero' Un'Isola di Stranieri e' nel mio prossimo ordine di Amazon (sempre cercando di convincerlo che non sono gay). Ah, e i libri di fumetti di Marjane Satrapi sono favolosi...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Vero invece ha uno spettro vastissimo: sebbene i suoi consigli sui film  siano terrificanti (terrific? terrible? lascio questa sospensione, ben sapendo che non posso nascondermi tra le parole per farmi sgamare!), con i libri e' sempre un terno all'otto, un "hit and miss" continuo, che include Palahniuk e Safran Foer (entrambi rinomatissimi, e entrambi misses, anche se mi chiedo se non abbia per caso perso qualcosa...) da una parte, Coe e Houllebecq e Leavitt...&lt;br /&gt;Approposito, com'era quel Moviegoer di Percy??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quanto a me, Julia Glass e' la mia nuova scrittrice preferita, The Whole World Over e' molto bello ed e' un po' un aggancio a Three Junes (con un correttore di bozze migliore!); poi mi sono lanciata su questa tizia, Jodie Picoult, xche' mi intrigava l'argomento di "My Sister's Keeper", si fa leggere ma l'argomento e' davvero tragico, anche se dubito che ci sia un lieto fine e che quindi non vada bene per la Mou...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Gianluca volevo dire che purtroppo la collocazione geografica mi impedisce di provare Licalzi, ma magari a una delle belledonne puo' piacere, e anche se non ci conosciamo mi ha intrigato l'unico libro della terna che non ho adorato (Eureka Street), e che provvedero' a esplorare...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie dei consigli, anche se prevedo che non avro' piu' molto tempo (torno a lezione Lunedi' prossimo) la mia wishlist su Amazon si allunga sempre di piu'...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un beso gattatonico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nessa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115636575696824829?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115636575696824829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115636575696824829' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115636575696824829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115636575696824829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/08/de-libris-continued.html' title='De Libris (continued)'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115441423594304885</id><published>2006-07-31T23:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-31T23:37:15.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>...non stavo scherzando...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;...ho davvero bisogno di libri!! In quest'estate relativamente pigra me ne sto facendo fuori due a settimana, e la mia scorta si e' esaurita: Il Maestro Magro di Stella, Vita e Un Giorno Perfetto della Mazzucco, Trilogia della Citta' di K di quella che sembra Agatha Christie ma non lo e',  adesso Follia di McGrath (che, ironicamente, era nominato in Un Giorno Perfetto, ovvero il libro precedente!) (e che se non avete letto promette molto bene!), The Closed Circle di Coe, Eleanor Rigby di Coupland- questi i libri di Luglio da solo. Purtroppo ho gia' letto Frentzen (che mi fa pensare- ma se Juni si firma Juni, chi e' L'Ale?? Sei tu, L'Ale???????), Il Cacciatore di Aquiloni mi fa una certa resistenza dopo che ho scoperto che lo ha scritto un compagno di classe del mio capo, e che abita a Fremont (argh!), e Catherine Dunne mi suona qualche campanello ma non sono poi cosi' certa. Comunque, visti i ritmi a cui sto consumando libri, ho di certo bisogno di piu' titoli, piu' raccomandazioni, piu' autori da scoprire, piu' idee per il mio prossimo mega-ordine da Amazon...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;help...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115441423594304885?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115441423594304885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115441423594304885' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115441423594304885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115441423594304885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/07/non-stavo-scherzando.html' title='...non stavo scherzando...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115345021851940346</id><published>2006-07-20T19:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-20T23:00:13.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Distanze</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Oggi stavo puendo un po' di files dal mio archivio al lavoro, e mi e' capitata tra le mani una mail intitolata "Zao Belle Donne" che tutte voi dovreste avere ricevuto circa 5 anni fa. Auch!  Nella mail vi raccontavo che non e' che fossi troppo contenta della mia avventura americana con 6 mesi sotto alla cintura, di come le cose con Rene' non andassero poi benissimo (surprise!), e del dubbio amletico ricorrente (e magari pure ricorsivo!) formulato piu' o meno in termini di "Should I Stay or Should I Go". Mi chiedo se fossi seria quando dicevo di avere voglia di tornare "a casa", mi chiedo se non avessi poi in fondo sempre saputo che poi sarei rimasta, se non altro per non dare a nulla la soddisfazione di "vincermi", se non fosse solo uno specchietto per le allodole per fare conversazione, riconoscendo su molti piu' livelli la differenza tra le vite che ognuna di noi si e' scelta.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Adesso magari mi considero fortunata (il culo di essere incoscienti!), ma 5 anni fa quando scrivevo quella mail mi stramaledivo per non avere avuto forse il coraggio di avere una vita diversa, o forse per avere avuto l'incoscienza di cercarne una a tutti i costi diversa anche se iloprezzo da pagare si rivelava astronomico... In fin dei conti, a 33 anni credo di avere davvero smarrito gli anni piu' belli di stare in Italia, con voi attorno, con il famigerato disposable income e le chiacchiere al bar bevendosi l'aperitivo, avendo pure i soldi per ordinare il prosecco invece che il bianco della casa!!! Se non ho perso la mia mano a diventare parte del gruppo, di avere amicizie che durano un millennio, se non mi sono alienata in cambio... boh, non so cosa ho avuto in cambio: un lavoro che da' soddisfazione no, una vita sociale alla Sex and the City no, una manciata di avvenimenti culturali e di arricchimento personale no... insomma, non so che cosa ho preso quando ho lasciato voi dall'altra parte dell'oceano. Cioe', mi correggo: adesso ho accanto un compagno meraviglioso e una vita piena di entusiasmi e slanci (in gran parte generati dall'MBA!), ma queste sono state botte di culo, non scelte ragionate quando a quel bivio c'erano i Clash che suonavano la colonna sonora...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Il risultato e' semplice: sono stata un'incoscente, ma ho avuto un culo della madonna. E ho paura di avere perso moltissimo nel processo. Spero continuiate a esserci sempre, anche se sono lontana lontana e sempre meno comunista e sempre piu' manager in carriera e sempre piu' distante (e non solo corporalmente).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Vi voglio bene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;nessa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: ah, dimenticavo: ho finito i libri... qualcuno ha qualche bel titolo per me??? Io vi riciclo qualche titolo di Rowena: Il Maestro Magro di Stella, Vita della Mazzucco, e qualche titolo mio: Eleanor Rigby di Coupland, The Closed Circle di Coe (oh, a me e' piaciuto!), Maybe the Moon e The Night Listener di Armistead Maupin, The Omnivore's Dilemma di Pollan (che non arrivera' mai!), e qualche altro che non mi e' piaciuto troppo, come il Coetzee di Elizabeth Costello (che non si capisce mai quali sono le sue opinioni e quali gli esercizi di stile!) e  Non Lasciarmi di Kazuo Ishiguro (che non e' proprio tutto 'sto gran libro, anzi!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS2: una di quelle cose che ti da' da pensare: visti i miei gusti letterari, il generatore di consigli automatico di amazon ha deciso che sono gay...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115345021851940346?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115345021851940346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115345021851940346' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115345021851940346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115345021851940346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/07/distanze.html' title='Distanze'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115154716039266295</id><published>2006-06-28T18:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T19:13:05.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mondialite</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Riprendo l'argomento di Rowena perche' soffro della stessa sindrome da Mondiali. Non c'e' possibilita' di riuscire a farmi vedere una partita di calcio durante la stagione regolamentare, ma una volta ogni quattro anni la sveglia suona alle 4  di mattina per vedere le partite in diretta, incluse Tunisia- Ghana e Sierra Leone- Tanzania. Non mi riuscivo a spiegare il perche', ma fortunatamente l'Economist e' venuto in mio aiuto (come dire, sono piu' MBA di quello che mi credo!). In prospettiva devo dire che questa storia dell'economia legata al mondiale era gia' venuta fuori: la World Bank e altre economicissime istituzioni spiegano in dettaglio come &lt;a href="http://rru.worldbank.org/features/WorldCup2006.aspx"&gt;vincere un Mondiale riesca a risollevare le sorti economice anche del Burkina-Faso...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In un &lt;a href="http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7038930"&gt;articolo veramente eccezionale&lt;/a&gt; l'Economist e' riuscito a spiegarmi le mie preferenze: Mi piace il Mondiale non per il fascino del fuori gioco, e nemmeno per sentirmi una volta ogni quattro anni un'esperta di cose maschili... tutto si rifa' all'educazione comunista, e al tifare Inter, e a tenere sempre per chi perde: mi piace il mondiale perche' e' l'unica competizione davvero democratica!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Per una volta almeno i perdenti possono davvero vincere, e quindi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;che dire, se non FORZA BURKINA FASO??? (ma anche Brasile va bene!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115154716039266295?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115154716039266295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115154716039266295' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115154716039266295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115154716039266295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/06/mondialite.html' title='Mondialite'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115085828714778686</id><published>2006-06-20T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-20T19:51:27.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pero' si trova della roba interessante...</title><content type='html'>...o quanto meno di intrattenimento!! Per esempio:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8RnOKTS3vw&amp;amp;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ei%2Dam%2Dbored%2Ecom%2Fbored%5Flink%2Ecfm%3Flink%5Fid%3D18055"&gt; The man who takes off clothes within ten seconds&lt;/a&gt; - Pretty impressive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oppure, &lt;a href="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18072"&gt; l'incontro tra Dart Vader e il Fantasma dell'Opera&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almeno mi intrattengo... :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115085828714778686?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115085828714778686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115085828714778686' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115085828714778686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115085828714778686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/06/pero-si-trova-della-roba-interessante.html' title='Pero&apos; si trova della roba interessante...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-115085557140768135</id><published>2006-06-20T19:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-20T19:09:06.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Am Bored</title><content type='html'>Quando devi fare ricorso a siti come &lt;a href="http://www.i-am-bored.com/"&gt;questo&lt;/a&gt; per riuscire a farti passare la giornata, penso che si possa dire che stai raschiando il fondo. Dopo tre settimane di Moorea, e una settimana e mezzo di vita senza:&lt;br /&gt;1. L'MBA&lt;br /&gt;2. La commute a Berkeley&lt;br /&gt;3. Il lavoro part time&lt;br /&gt;direi che mi sono gia' sfracellata e avrei voglia di sfide un po' piu' impegnative!! Oggi ho passato la giornata al lavoro a cercare documenti in un vecchio cassettone di files. I miei colleghi decidono le strategie per Apple e Google, e io cerco documenti dispersi. E faccio la spesa. E lavo i piatti. E cucino.&lt;br /&gt;Credo di avere capito un altro pezzo del mio eterno puzzle: non e' che non voglio lavorare, xche' in quel caso la casa diventa tutto il tuo lavoro, e a dire il vero io non ci sono proprio tagliata! Voglio un lavoro che mi permetta di fare quello che mi pare, il che include:&lt;br /&gt;1. Mangiare&lt;br /&gt;2. Viaggiare&lt;br /&gt;3. Avere tempo libero&lt;br /&gt;In fin dei conti, voglio fare la pensionata. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-115085557140768135?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/115085557140768135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=115085557140768135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115085557140768135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/115085557140768135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-am-bored.html' title='I Am Bored'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-114987076798930621</id><published>2006-06-09T09:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T10:40:26.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Follie Della Cassazione</title><content type='html'>Insomma, se uno ti bacia sul collo e tu non vuoi, e' &lt;a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2006/b/sezioni/cronaca/cassazione1/bacio-collo/bacio-collo.html"&gt;violenza sessuale&lt;/a&gt;. Pero' se ti stupra e tu avevi i jeans, ci sono attenuanti, e lui si becca due anni in condizionale. Certo che se poi sul collo ti eri data il profumo, allora non e' una mega attenuante anche quella??? Cioe', voglio dire, se una profuma bene, allora viene naturale andarle vicino per sentire il profumino,  e magari ci scappa anche un bacio furtivo... quel cretino che non ha usato questo elemento nella sua difesa si merita ampiamente la condanna che ne segue. In fin dei conti, uno deve ben capire come ragionano i giudici per difendersi adeguatamente....&lt;br /&gt;*sigh*&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-114987076798930621?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/114987076798930621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=114987076798930621' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114987076798930621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114987076798930621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/06/le-follie-della-cassazione.html' title='Le Follie Della Cassazione'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-114845208564968662</id><published>2006-05-23T21:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T02:48:21.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Moorea Reloaded</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/1600/Belvedere%20Sunset%20panorama%201%20%28Large%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/320/Belvedere%20Sunset%20panorama%201%20%28Large%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;In&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt; fin dei conti sono qua, c'e' caldo, piove, lavoro, ma potrei anche trovare due minuti per raccontarvi....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/1600/2006-05-%20Moorea%20IBD%20005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/320/2006-05-%20Moorea%20IBD%20005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;In breve, sono a Moorea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Polinesia &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Francese, per un progetto per un corso. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;In&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt; brevissimo direi! Lavoro con un team di due compagni di corso che mi tirano scema!- una e' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;pigra, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;e l'altro e' solo deficiente!, il progetto fa abbastanza schifo (stiamo saltando di palo in frasca per una consulenza) ma il&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt; panorama dal nostro bungalow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt; e' abbastanza spettacolare! In fin dei conti, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;siamo pur sempre su un'isola tropicale...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;Ci hanno dato in consegna  una &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;Land Rover che e' come i veicoli  militari che si vedono nei film sul terzo mondo: verde, quadrata come un cubo di  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/1600/2006-05-%20Moorea%20IBD%20014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/320/2006-05-%20Moorea%20IBD%20014.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;Rubrick, rigida e al tempo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;stesso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;difficile, una vera avventura! dovevamo avere  una Ford Focus, ma qualcosa e' andato a puttane nel processo di assegnamento  macchine e cosi' ci siamo affezionati alla Range Rover coi buchi sul pavimento e  il riscaldamento permanente (il&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt; motore manda un'arietta caldulina caldulina  sulle gambe!). Io, onestamente, come unica persona del gruppo in grado di  guidare il cambio manuale (!) preferirei una cosa che non mi dia l'impressione  di ribaltarsi ad ogni curva, e in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"&gt;cui sapessi dove sono i tergicristalli, ma  che dire, mi sa che mi abbiano fatta fighetta dentro!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/1600/foggy%20mountain%20panorama%202%20%28Large%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/320/foggy%20mountain%20panorama%202%20%28Large%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Il nostro cliente non e' certo scemo: e' un uomo con una missione nella vita!! Si e' preso un PhD in Tropical Butterflies (er tutti quelli che ancora non hanno deciso cosa faranno da grandi, questo e' un ramo di ricerca con grandi possibilita'!) e ha incentrato la sua vita sul trasferirsi su di un'isola tropicale dove... ehm, fare tutto quello che gli pare! E noi siamo qua a lavorare, e a volte cazzeggiare... io ho gia' fatto due immersioni che sono state favolose, e mi hanno ripagato dall'istinto di tagliarmi le vene. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="903272416-23052006"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;O meglio, di tagliarle a qualcuno del mio gruppo!! ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/1600/Sheraton%20beach%20bungalos%20panorama%20%28Medium%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7762/786/320/Sheraton%20beach%20bungalos%20panorama%20%28Medium%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-114845208564968662?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/114845208564968662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=114845208564968662' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114845208564968662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114845208564968662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/05/moorea-reloaded.html' title='Moorea Reloaded'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-114729809166097418</id><published>2006-05-10T14:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T20:56:33.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sotto la 500</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.under500.it/"&gt;Under500&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Questo e' un grande link... peccato non poterlo utilizzare da qua, ma sono fiduciosa che le mie belledonne sapranno metterlo a buon uso....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-114729809166097418?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/114729809166097418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=114729809166097418' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114729809166097418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114729809166097418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/05/sotto-la-500.html' title='Sotto la 500'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-114642831296970386</id><published>2006-04-30T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T14:09:10.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vinicio Forever</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"Ovunque Proteggi" e' quasi tutto bellissimo.  Va beh, le prime 4 canzoni le ha tirate via, insieme a Colosseo, senza nemmeno impegnarsi a cantarle. Ma Pena dell'Anima, Santissima dei Naufragati, e Ovunque Proteggi sono incredibili, bellissime, favolose. Vinicio e' una cosa che ti entra sottopelle, un genio nel suo genere, peccato che sia cosi' incredibilmente bresco sempre e comunque...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-114642831296970386?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/114642831296970386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=114642831296970386' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114642831296970386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114642831296970386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/04/vinicio-forever.html' title='Vinicio Forever'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-114470448739788055</id><published>2006-04-10T14:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T21:09:52.016-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La Nazione Piu' Stupida del Mondo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Eccoci qua, elezioni di nuovo. Dopo avere aspettato per 5 lunghissimi anni, guardare i risultati elettorali mi fa male al cuore.  Sul filo del rasoio, un risultato che mi fa rabbrividire. Dovrebbe essere una vittoria netta, e invece sembra una sconfitta di misura.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da oggi mi propongo di aiutare il maggior numero possibile a emigrare, perche' nessuno puo' volere stare in un paese abitato da gente cosi' stupida....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-114470448739788055?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/114470448739788055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=114470448739788055' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114470448739788055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/114470448739788055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/04/la-nazione-piu-stupida-del-mondo.html' title='La Nazione Piu&apos; Stupida del Mondo'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-113834971810754782</id><published>2006-01-27T00:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-29T10:59:17.640-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do Something For Me...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.cuteoverload.com/"&gt;Cute Overload! ;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on his link. Check out some of the pictures, they're obviously cute (the blog has a very optimized name...). When you think you've seen your share, on the left hand size you will see archive. Click on December 2005. Scroll down. You will see a snail. Look more: there's a whole series. I am not quite sure why, but things like these just make my day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nessa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-113834971810754782?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/113834971810754782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=113834971810754782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/113834971810754782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/113834971810754782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2006/01/do-something-for-me.html' title='Do Something For Me...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-113157119648624387</id><published>2005-11-09T13:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-25T04:57:16.566-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Never Again!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Prometto solennemente che non mi lamentero' mai piu' nella mia vita quando mi sembra che gli amici non abbiano tempo per me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Che dire, ieri notte ho dormito 3 ore, per preparare un saggio da consegnare oggi. In realta', non mi dispiace nemmeno troppo, mi sono goduta il weekend e non ho fatto molto, e alla fine mi ritrovo con una barella di lavoro. Macchissenefrega! la pura verita' e' che cerco di passare tutto il mio tempo libero- cioe', tutto il tempo che non ho un computer o un libro in mano, con Cielo. Gia' dice che non lo amo piu' da quando ho cominciato a fare l'MBA, ma non e' vero!! Mi paga tutti i conti, lo amo di piu'!! Scherzi a parte, mi sembra di non avere abbastanza tempo per tutto. E mi mancate. Ho bisono del vomito emotivo...&lt;br /&gt;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nessa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-113157119648624387?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/113157119648624387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=113157119648624387' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/113157119648624387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/113157119648624387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/11/never-again.html' title='Never Again!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112906808677171279</id><published>2005-10-11T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T18:46:50.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cardinali</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;...non nel senso di porporati, ma come i punti cardinali... quando credo che tanto sono dispersa oltreoceano sepolta da una caterva di scartoffie varie, voi mi rimettete in riga!! Siete i miei cardini... e i miei cardinali!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;In breve, ho raggiunto la conclusione che i primi due mesi di tasse universitarie non le spendi per imparare ne' economia, ne' statistica, ne' comportamento aziendale: e' tutto investito nell'imparare a come gestirsi il tempo. Impari finalmente che in una settimana non ci sono 40 ore, ma piuttosto 168, e ce ne sono circa 126 utilizzabili per fare una sbarella di roba. Il prossimo che mi dice che e' venuto a fare un MBA perche' gli piace il ritmo pacato della scuola lo strangolo!! Comunque sono impegnatissima, ma sto facendo cose bellissime che mi piacciono e mi entusiasmano, quindi niente di nuovo. Non ho piu' tempo di leggere, di scrivere, di guardare la posta, ne' di avere una pseudo-vita normale, ma vale assolutamente la pena. Per adesso mi faccio eleggere all'Associazione degli MBA per fare la VP of International (c'ho le elezioni presto!), poi faccio una competizione per l'Oreal (una figata!), una per McKinsey, e sono in un comitato che organizza una Business Competiton sulle aziende con una funzione sociale (more info at &lt;a href="http://www.socialvc.net/"&gt;Global Social Venture Competition&lt;/a&gt;). Ho una marea di compiti, un esame Venerdi' e altri due esami tra lunedi' e Mercoledi', e poi un sacco di sonno e poco altro.&lt;br /&gt;E voiiiiii??????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112906808677171279?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112906808677171279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112906808677171279' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112906808677171279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112906808677171279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/10/cardinali.html' title='Cardinali'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112742582628608846</id><published>2005-09-22T14:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-22T15:20:14.720-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Craigsilist</title><content type='html'>Insomma, non c'e' niente da fare: la gente che scrive su craigslist e' MITICA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/96327845.html"&gt;A letter from the Porn Stars of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/94344920.html"&gt;An open letter to my unborn children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/91566131.html"&gt;I deserve a booty CALL.&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112742582628608846?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112742582628608846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112742582628608846' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112742582628608846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112742582628608846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/09/craigsilist.html' title='Craigsilist'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112735029661390870</id><published>2005-09-21T17:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-21T17:51:36.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Buttarsi da un ponte</title><content type='html'>Oggi sono in una lezione che e' una palla clamorosa, che non ha nessun senso, che dovrebbe essere "Social Entrepreneurship" e invece e' uno che fa il figo e basta... non ne posso davvero piu', e tantovale che mi metta a scrivere sul blog. Oggi ho imparato che puoi essere un imprenditore che fa delle ottime cose per le popolazioni dove compri i prodotti, e comunque essere una testa di cazzo arrogante che non capisce niente! Oggi fortunatamente ho anche Gug sul messenger che mi aiuta a sopravvivere alla lezione durissima del deficiente e del suo avvocato... Il fatto che si possa essere intrinsecamente antipatici mentre si fanno cose buone non mi era mai sopraggiunto. Mah. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono a scuola, a utilizzare la fantastica rete wireless che la UC Berkeley gentilmente mette a disposizione... sono viva, anche se il Mercoledi' e' davvero la giornata piu' dura- lezione fino alle 9 di sera, ininterrotte, con la tazza di caffe' a tenermi compagnia sperando di non addormentarmi durante nessuna delle lezioni...  sono fisicamente provata, ma sono contenta. Oggi durante la lezione di Organizational Behaviour stavo contando le settimane, quante classi rimangono da fare di OB fino alla fine. Poi c'e' Fall B, e contabilita' e finanza per altre 7 settimane. E anche dopo che sono arrivata a Natale, c'e' ancora un anno e mezzo davanti. Mi e' venuto un filo di malore. DUE ANNI!! Che idea insana. Posso dire che non avevo capito bene???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112735029661390870?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112735029661390870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112735029661390870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112735029661390870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112735029661390870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/09/buttarsi-da-un-ponte.html' title='Buttarsi da un ponte'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112633579433743945</id><published>2005-09-09T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T00:03:14.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a scuola...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Vi devo notizie, e non sono diventata pigra- e' che nelle ultime tre settimane sono stata in assenza psicofisica. Penso che mi siano rimasti tre neuroni funzionanti in tutto, e nessuno di questi e' collegato al centro del linguaggio! sono assurda, ieri mentre leggevo la nametag di una tipa mi sono presentata dicendole, piacere, io sono Alka- inutile dire che era il SUO nome. Ho dovuto rappezzare, le ho detto, no, sono Vanessa e come vedi so PERSINO leggere!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Ieri sera ero demoralizzata, oggi sono stanca, domani, boh, Cielo e cugina vanno all'acquario di Monterey e io invece mi trovo con il mio study group- sigh! :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Non mi sento particolarmente intelligente, e nemmeno particolarmente simpatica, non ho voglia di sbattermi (piu' d quanto non stia gia' facendo!) e vedo che sto conoscendo un sacco di gente ma non sto facendo amicizia con nessuno- non mi viene da dire a nessuno, mi dai un sorso d'acqua, loro non me la darebbero la loro bottiglia e io nemmeno mi sogno di prenderla! *sigh*! Non e' questa la misura della vera amicizia???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;D'altro canto, ho conosciuto Colin, il fratello di Jamie, wow, che altro dire?? un mito....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Basta, vado a dormire, un bacio a tuttissime...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112633579433743945?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112633579433743945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112633579433743945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112633579433743945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112633579433743945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuola.html' title='a scuola...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112590512227271182</id><published>2005-09-05T00:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T00:25:22.273-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World of Good</title><content type='html'>Un'altra cosa: non meravigliatevi se a Natale riceverete tutte cose da &lt;a href="http://www.worldofgood.com/catalog/"&gt;World of Good&lt;/a&gt;... la tipa che lo ha fondato e' una graduate di Haas del 2003, e' un mito, e il suo progetto funziona. E io voglio fare lo stesso!&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112590512227271182?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112590512227271182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112590512227271182' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112590512227271182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112590512227271182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/09/world-of-good.html' title='World of Good'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112590501689218491</id><published>2005-09-05T00:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T00:23:36.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Labour Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Non so bene se e' la festa del lavoro, oppure e' il giorno del lavoro. Ma tant'e' che, anche sopravvissuta alla prima settimana di tour de force, ho i compiti come una scolaretta delle elementari- aiuto!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;In fin dei conti e' molto meno peggio di come me lo aspettavo- lo stress preventivo ha come al solito i suoi effetti decisamente positivi!! Certo, impegnativo, a volte leggere alla sera quando ti si chiudono gli occchi non e' proprio top!, ma comunque non e' piu' di quanto lavora Cielo ogni giorno! Scadenze, compiti, saggi da scrivere e trattati da consegnare, i compiti di statistica e gli alberi delle decisioni di economia, le pagine e pagine di Organizational Behavior, il corso extra (lo so, me lo sono scelto e me lo tengo, ma Social Entrepreneurship e' troppo interessante!!), e i Mercoledi' che finiscono alle 9 di sera a Berkeley, e comunque mi manca ancora tutta la strada fino a casa... ma alla fine e' fattibile, e' entusiasmante, e' davvero incredibile. Tutti dovrebbero fare un MBA! :) Ho ga' dato mandato all Mu' e consorte di trovare logo e nome per la mia prima impresa, speriamo che si possa fare! Attingo dalle esperienze dei compagni di merende, causo un gran turbamento con idee troppo radicali (ehi, non e' colpa mia se ho capito che bisognava annullarli, i bonus!, e mi sembrava un'ottima idea!), e comunque mi diverto. Impegnata, soprattutto con il lavoro che risente alla grande del mio entusiasmo direzionato da tutt'altra parte- finiranno per licenziarmi!, ma alla fine sono proprio contenta...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112590501689218491?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112590501689218491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112590501689218491' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112590501689218491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112590501689218491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/09/labour-day.html' title='Labour Day'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112521151154782953</id><published>2005-08-27T23:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T23:45:11.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sono Motta!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;La prima settimana si e' conclusa, e alla fino ho capito perche' prendono in genere gente sotto ai 30 nei programmi di MBA: PERCHE' CI VUOLE IL FISICO!! (che io peraltro non ho...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Alle 5 del pomeriggio di Giovedi' ero pronta a gettare la spugna: mi sono ritirata sulla mia BART per tornare a casa rinunciando cosi' alla caccia al tesoro tra i bar di San Francisco, stanca come se avesi lavorato in miniera una settimana, e sconvolta al pensiero che queste possano essere le prossime quattordici settimane della mia vita... sono assolutamente, completamente stravolta! Penso che piu' che le cose fatte davvero, mi abbia stancato essere per la prima volta in mesi in un ambiente cosi' incredibilmente pieno di stimoli. Come se tutti i neuroni si fossero svegliati contempoaneamente e si fossero messi a girare a mille, mi sbilancio al solo pensiero! Ma sono contenta, entusiasta, e anche tutto il resto. Questa e' un'occasione che non si ripetera', e la fortuna di essere riuscita a coglierla non mi sfugge. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;In questi pochi giorni ho deciso di fondare la mia prima azienda. Ho dato mandato alla Sissimu' e Ale di trovarne nome e logo (approposito, qualcuno ha notizie del loro arrivo sani e salvi in quel di Milano?), vi terro' informati. L'entusiasmo che ti mette dentro avere cosi' tanti stimoli e cosi' tante opportunita' e' indicibile...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Uau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112521151154782953?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112521151154782953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112521151154782953' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112521151154782953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112521151154782953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/sono-motta.html' title='Sono Motta!!!!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112477161407026500</id><published>2005-08-22T21:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T23:37:50.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Diario di Bordo!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;C'ho una sola cosa da dire: UAU.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Non posso nemmeno cominciare a descrivere l'emozione di questo giorno di scuola, incontrare tutti i miei nuovi compagni di corso, imparare migliaia di cose su tutti, scoprire di essere a lezione con un campione di canottaggio e un impreditore cileno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; che ha vissuto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; il colpo di Stato di Pinochet... continuare a chiedermi come ci sono finita in questo ambiente, come ho fatto ad essere stata considerata brava abbastanza da poter partecipare, come e' possibile che volessero proprio me! Sono stupita, e lusingata. Uau. C'e' un ragazzo di Taiwan che ha mollato il lavoro a Marzo e si e' unito ad un gruppo di ballerini di salsa e merengue. C'e' un ragazzo egiziano che quando ha saputo di essere stato accettato ha mollato il lavoro a Il Cairo e si e' trasferito a Sharm el Sheik a fare la guida turistica per sei mesi- era in strada quando c'e' stato l'attentato... C'e' una ragazza colombiana di Cali, in Colombia, che non ha potuto festeggiare il quindicesimo compleanno perche' la citta' era devastata dalla guerra del narcotraffico... C'e' una ragazza che si paga l'MBA comprando e vendendo cavalli, che comunque sono la sua passione e tantovale che capitalizzi, c'e' non solo uno ma ben due altri ingegneri strutturali!, ma io comunque rimango l'unica pontefice, c'e' un ragazzo che colleziona titoli e lauree: a 25 anni e' un CPA (Certified Public Accountant) e un MD (Medical Doctor), e adesso aggiunge MBA alla sua lista...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Sono entusiasta di essere qui dove sono, alle condizione a cui ci sono, con alle spalle la storia che mi ha portata qui. Sono incredibilmente fortunata (and a day doesn't go by without me counting the blessings!), e sono anche contenta di non avere accettato l'offerta di INSEAD, e di non avere fatto domanda a Stanford. La mia classe, i miei compagni di corso, questa scuola sono incredibilemnte sopra alle mie aspettative- e per investire quello che ci vuole in un MBA, le tue aspettative devono essere davvero alte!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Un ragazzo oggi diceva "Ieri sera staccavo l'assegno per pagare la tuition, e mi chiedevo, ma chi me lo fa fare! Oggi, dopo avere sentito le storie di tutti voi, mi rendo conto che quell'assegno valeva la pena a oltranza..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I count my blessings and I thank for being granted this opportunity...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112477161407026500?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112477161407026500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112477161407026500' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112477161407026500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112477161407026500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/diario-di-bordo.html' title='Diario di Bordo!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112468212416857710</id><published>2005-08-21T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T20:42:04.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Domani...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Allora, domani comincio. Vado a Berkeley per la prima volta in qualita' di studente, con la tesserina in tasca e le farfalle nello stomaco. Mi metto in classe con 239 altre persone, che mi sembrano tutte piu' in gamba e piu' intelligenti di me, e mi preparo ad un anno- o anche due!- pieni di impegni assurdi, nottate in bianco, stress alle stelle, e grandi bresche student-style...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Insomma, domani comincio il mio MBA. Non so cosa aspettarmi, ma sono nervosa come una scolaretta: la Susy mi chiama con la commozione del primo giorno di scuola, io continuo a sognare di perdere il treno, la borsa, gli appunti, i libri, e arrivare tardi alla prima lezione, al primo esame, non riuscire a finire i compiti, e via discorrendo. Mi sento davvero tesa, nervosa, ma anche entusiasta, eccitata, emozionata! (Tutti gli aggettivi che definiscono stati emotivi di agitazione positiva in Italiano cominciano con la "e"!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Domani BART, e nuove persone, potenziali amici, possibili compagni di avventure, incredibili novita', inconcepibili cambi di stato. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope I live to tell...&lt;br /&gt;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112468212416857710?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112468212416857710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112468212416857710' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112468212416857710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112468212416857710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/domani.html' title='Domani...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112435163725668653</id><published>2005-08-18T00:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T00:57:23.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ancora Casa!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/Stampe1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/Stampe1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Il progetto e' finito, la testiera e' a posto, e abbiamo persino incorniciato e attaccato le stampe!! Insomma, dovremmo essere alla fine della fase di arredo... non ci e' venuta troppo male questa casa, che dite??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112435163725668653?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112435163725668653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112435163725668653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112435163725668653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112435163725668653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/ancora-casa.html' title='Ancora Casa!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112379115819618888</id><published>2005-08-11T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T13:12:38.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Donne, Parte Due</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Stavo leggendo il  blog di Rowena stamattina, per di piu' dall'ufficio, che e' una delle cose piu'  proibite del mondo (il fascino della trasgressione assume tutte altre sfumature  quando si vive in California!), e mi e' venuto da ridere.&amp;nbsp;E poi da pensare.  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Cacchio, che  fortuna avere amiche cosi': cosi' ironiche, cosi' intelligenti, cosi'  splendide.&amp;nbsp;Con i loro libri, le loro sclerosi, le loro paure, le loro  gioie. Il senso dell'umorismo, la voglia di prendersi in giro, le fisime, i  complessi, e le infinite risorse di queste donne qui. Le incredibili distanze  che potrebbero dividerle, e che non le dividono. Quelle che fanno gli ingegneri  e quelle per cui un integrale e' una fibra che fa bene... quelle che  vivono&amp;nbsp;in Europa e quelle che sono oltreoeano, quelle che cucinano e quelle  che mangiano, quelle che leggono e quelle che scrivono....&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;La Sissimu' in  giro per casa che mi regala libri su libri perche' non la lascio aiutare a  cucinare, Jdarkescu (poesia!) e le sue paturnie ottuagenarie, l'Ale che non si  accorge delle feste&amp;nbsp;di compleanno a sorpresa, xche' si puo' sempre contare  su di lei per avere una visione candida della vita (giuro che e' un  complimento!), la Fedebi che parla poco ma si fa sentire molto, la Juanita che  e' sempre in giro come una trottola e non ha mica tempo di mettersi davanti al  computer a scrivere cacchiate, che c'e' gente che ha bisogno di anestesie,  poffarbacco!, la Chiarina che si e' buttata una volta e adesso le tocca di fare  da designer/ personal chef&amp;nbsp;a tutte le case degli amici, la Silvietta che  aspetta un altro bimbo e che non riesce a stare ferma un secondo,&amp;nbsp;la  Babbarina che sta ancora aspettando che la sua vita cominci davvero, ma che pare  finalmente sulla buona strada, la Stefi, che perdona le amiche desaparecide e  nel frattempo cambia un sacco di cose ed esplora nuove prospettive, Kelly che  scrive la sua tesi ed e' un secolo che non si sente, Tasha che&amp;nbsp;trama per  trasferirsi in Italia che l'America l'ha stancata, la Raffa che la sento una  volta ogni mille mai ma quando la sento sembra di essere tornate al liceo, lo  stesso legame, e anche la Raffina che lavora e convive a Milano e la citta' l'ha  un po' stancata, la Sara che e' felice e si sente, la Giulia con le crisi  mistiche e la sua energia di sempre, Marina che si gode davvero la sua vita come  se fosse la prima volta... e poi la Vero, che e' la Vero e basta, cosa si puo'  dire di piu'?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;che fortuna avere  delle donne cosi'...&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Vi voglio  bene&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;nessa&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=659204719-11082005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; 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&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Sissimu', con un'altra delle definizioni piu' azzeccate per la "mia" California... insomma, senza le amiche in visita non trovo le parole! ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112368551340243306?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112368551340243306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112368551340243306' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112368551340243306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112368551340243306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/san-francisco.html' title='San Francisco'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112353541809709091</id><published>2005-08-08T14:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T14:10:18.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Donne</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Ci sono donne che nella vita hanno capito tutto... per esempio, queste:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.-Caryn Leschen-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old age ain't no place for sissies.-Bette Davis-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside every older lady is a younger lady -- wondering what the hell happened. -Cora Harvey Armstrong-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112353541809709091?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112353541809709091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112353541809709091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112353541809709091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112353541809709091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/donne.html' title='Donne'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112348299191959890</id><published>2005-08-07T23:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-07T23:36:31.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Viale Ceccarini</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Oggi la Sissimu' in visita Californiana mi ah chiesto la cosa piu' bella del mondo: in passeggio (alle 9 di sera peraltro, agli sgoccioli della vita in Silicon Valley) su University Avenue a Palo Alto, mi chiede: "Allora, ness, questo e' il Viale Ceccarini locale?" Beh, mai domanda mi ha mai messa di cosi' buon umore!!! Si', penso, o almeno: this is as close to Viale Ceccarini as you're going to get in California... pretty sad.&lt;br /&gt;E nel frattempo Rowena si lamenta della perdizione (o presunta tale) del Divertimentificio... *sigh*, piu' limoni dal bagnino e meno paranoie, cara la mia amica trentenne dentro!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;baci baci&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112348299191959890?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112348299191959890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112348299191959890' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112348299191959890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112348299191959890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/viale-ceccarini.html' title='Viale Ceccarini'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112338334202106559</id><published>2005-08-06T19:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-06T19:55:51.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>mi ha punto un'ape...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;S figata come poche, al battesimo della piscina del complesso- la prima volta che ci si va atuffare in compagnia- mi ha punto un'ape. Non c'e' niente di sarcastico o vagamente intelligente da dire a proposito, a parte ovviamente le famose espressioni di Lugaresi di Cesenatico...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112338334202106559?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112338334202106559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112338334202106559' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112338334202106559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112338334202106559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/mi-ha-punto-unape.html' title='mi ha punto un&apos;ape...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-112296628714394881</id><published>2005-08-02T00:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T00:04:47.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sono tornata...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Alla vita normale, o pseudotale....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;sono rincoglionita come poche, ma cacchio, finalmente siamo nella nuova casa!! uau!! no ho nessun pensiero profondo, nessuna enialata, nessuno scrittore/ serie TV sta parlando per me, sono solo sommersa dai cataloghi dell'Ikea e dall'idea di fare la testata del letto da sola. I guess Trading Spaces generated another victim...&lt;br /&gt;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-112296628714394881?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/112296628714394881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=112296628714394881' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112296628714394881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/112296628714394881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/08/sono-tornata.html' title='Sono tornata...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111694954784637037</id><published>2005-05-24T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T08:46:43.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Food for thought</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://bellaciao.org/it/article.php3?id_article=7919"&gt; Il delirio dell’olio di colza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Un bell'articolo di Jacopo Fo. Non che sia d'accordo in toto su quello che scrive, e come ho gia' detto, questa storia dell'olio di colza come pezza temporanea in attesa delle vere machine ecologiche a celle di idrogeno- si', mi piace, ma fino ad un certo punto. Se leggi su &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colza"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt; le varie funzioni che puo' avere l'olio di colza, mi viene un po' male a metterlo nel motore e poi pensare che sto facendo un favore all'umanita'...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Ad ogni modo, ci sono modi per fare funzionare il cervello senza per forza essere dei militanti. Fare quello che ci sentiamo, senza necessariamente lasciarci trasportare dall'inedia...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;just some food for thought! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111694954784637037?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111694954784637037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111694954784637037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111694954784637037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111694954784637037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/food-for-thought.html' title='Food for thought'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111660264736843969</id><published>2005-05-20T08:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T08:30:17.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Par Condicio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Allora, in una botta di equita' oggi sono andata a vedere cosa mi dicevano i siti per il no/ astensione al referendum. La prima cosa che mi ha colpito e' che non mi danno informazioni dirette, se proprio voglio me le devo scaricare. Ma non illustrano i referendum uno per uno, non mi danno le informazioni che mi ci vogliono p[er decidere di votare no. In compenso parlano moltissimo di "difesa della vita", "diritti del nascituro", "Far West legislativo" e una dichiarazione non meglio supportata che cercano di evitare "un disordine che la scienza e' la prima a non volere" (?). Va beh, parto con un po' di preconcetti, capisco, ma sono davvero curiosa di capire anche l'altra sponda. Poi mi rendo conto che, in apertura di pagina, usano una citazione celebre. DI GIULIANO FERRARA. Allora capisco che:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;1) questo sito deve essere uno scherzo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;e/o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;2) il comitato scienza e vita ' proprio alla frutta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;vedere per credere:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.comitatoscienzaevita.it/index.php"&gt;http://www.comitatoscienzaevita.it/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111660264736843969?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111660264736843969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111660264736843969' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111660264736843969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111660264736843969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/par-condicio.html' title='Par Condicio'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111653577811358629</id><published>2005-05-19T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-19T13:49:38.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lenny and Berkeley</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=577564520-19052005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Ieri sera,  concerto di Lenny Kravitz a San Francisco, electric Church. A volte mi chiedo se  sono invecchiata definitivamente, comunque lui e' sexy e si muove bene e la  musica era proprio bella!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=577564520-19052005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=577564520-19052005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Ma in realta' la  vera notizia e' che mi hanno dato risposta da Berkeley: la Haas School of  Businees mi ha offerto l'ammissione per Settembre!! Yeihh!!! Quindi si va, si  va!!, si torna a fare gli studenti e si va a vivere a Fremont (*bleah*!)...  cacchio che roba!! sono qua a saltellare di qua e di la' dalla gioia infinita,  esattamente quello che volevo... lo sapevo che c'era un karma che mi voleva  bene!! &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111653577811358629?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111653577811358629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111653577811358629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111653577811358629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111653577811358629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/lenny-and-berkeley.html' title='Lenny and Berkeley'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111639572552296143</id><published>2005-05-17T22:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-17T22:55:25.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colza 2- la vendetta!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Allora, l'articolo di cui sotto non e' stato scritto da Beppe Grillo, come &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;da smentita sul suo sito:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beppegrillo.it/archives/2005/05/olio_di_colza_q.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;http://www.beppegrillo.it/archives/2005/05/olio_di_colza_q.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;io ricordo Dario Fo fare una gran pubblicita' a questa storia dell'olio di &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;colza, ma ad ogni modo volevo mandarvi un aggiornamento: anche se non lo ha &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;scritto Grillo, la storia dell'olio di colza e' vera ed autenticata;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poi c'ho pensato un altro po', e alla fine sono arrivata alla seguente conclusione: okay risparmiare qualche soldo e cercare di inquinare meno, ma alla fine se tutti usassimo questo sistema vorrebbe dire devolvere parte della produzione agricola a fini diversi dall'alimentazione, che non mi sembra una soluzione geniale su larga scala. Qua piu' si va avanti e piu' diventa necessaria l'implementazione dei motori a cella a idrogeno. Sotto questo aspetto, c'e' una bella novita', che la Honda e' uscita col primo prototipo. Ancora non e' in vendita, ma e' su tutte le pubblicita'- io l'ho vista sull'economist. La macchina si chiama Honda FCX, e potete trovare piu' info al &lt;a href="http://world.honda.com/FuelCell/FCX/index.html"&gt;sito della Honda&lt;/a&gt;, ma insomma...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'e' speranza! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111639572552296143?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111639572552296143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111639572552296143' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111639572552296143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111639572552296143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/colza-2-la-vendetta.html' title='Colza 2- la vendetta!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111627660311091285</id><published>2005-05-16T13:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T13:50:03.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colza Uno- Prima testimonianza diretta</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Da G.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;-----------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Abbiamo provato su tre macchine disel una golf e due audi e funziona alla grande. I supermercati LIDL qui hanno già fiutato l'affare tanto che adesso trovi le latte di olio di colza da 5 litri in confezioni da 5 (25 litri di olio per frittura....). Un mio amico adesso lo usa regolarmente e ha il garage pieno di latte di olio. C'è il problema che se la polizia ti ferma si accorge subito che stai andando a olio perchè diffode una puzza di frittura inconfondibile. Tuttavia usando una miscela di 90 % olio di colza e 10 % gasolio l'odore di quest'ultimo copre abbondantemente quello dell'olio e la polizia non si accorge di nulla.&lt;br /&gt;Per passare poi il test del controllo degli scarichi (quello biennale) sono suffcienti tre pieni completi di gasolio e il residuo di olio sparisce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111627660311091285?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111627660311091285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111627660311091285' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111627660311091285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111627660311091285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/colza-uno-prima-testimonianza-diretta.html' title='Colza Uno- Prima testimonianza diretta'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111627479976011191</id><published>2005-05-16T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-16T13:47:21.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Olio di Colza</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cacchio se e' interessante! secondo me il sentito dire e' sempre un po' ambiguo, ma se c'e' qualcuno che lo ha fatto (e non l'amico del cugino del cognato di mia sorella!) mi piacerebbe sentire un'esperienza di prima mano!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La colza danneggia gravemente Siniscalco&lt;br /&gt;[Beppe Grillo]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Prima di fare questo discorso occorre una piccola premessa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Quanto sto per dire danneggia gravemente il ministero delle finanze,inoltre e' considerato "truffa" dallo stato. Se deciderete di mettere in atto quanto NON vi consiglio affatto di fare, quindi, sarete perseguibili e io ovviamente NON vi consiglio di farlo. VI spiego semplicemente e nel dettaglio cosa NON fare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;La premessa criminosa e' la seguente: quando i motori diesel vennero ideati, non esisteva ancora il carburante che oggi noi definiamo "diesel". Non esisteva perche' non esistendo i motori diesel, nessuno (escluso il buonDiesel) si era mai chiesto con cosa farli camminare. Quindi, i primi motori diesel furono concepiti avendo come combustibile degli olii vegetali, come l'olio di semi, l'olio di soia, l'olio di girasole, l'olio di semi vari, e cosi' via. Si', proprio cosi', quelli che usate in casa per friggere. La domanda e': e i motori di oggi? La risposta e': idem. La stragrande maggioranza dei motori diesel (credo potreste avere dei problemi con quelli turbocompressi) e' capace di bruciare uno qualsiasi degli olii che si usano in cucina, con l'eccezione dell'olio di oliva (dovreste prima surriscaldarlo, aspettare che decanti il residuo, e poi ossidare alcune sostanze facendoci gorgogliare dell'aria mentre bolle. Far passare dell'ossigeno dentro un combustibile liquido che bolle non e' mai saggio, quindi non lo fate se non vi chiamate Enichem di cognome. Perdipiu' il numero di esano e' alto, quindi il botto lo sentirebbero molto lontano). Comunque, la notizia che il Resto del Carlino dava oggi e' la seguente. La gente, a quanto sembra, sta iniziando a scoprire l'olio di colza. L'olio di colza e' un oliaccio di merda che le industrie usano per friggere su larga scala, e ha due vantaggi: il primo e' che rovina il fegato molto lentamente, il secondo e' che costa poco. Costa poco nel senso che all'ingrosso e nei discount il suo prezzo oscilla tra il 0.45 e i 0.65 euri/litro. E quindi il Carlino dice che molta gente, complice il tam tam su internet, inizia a prendere d'assalto i discount per comprare questo olio. Dopodiche' lo si ficca nel motore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Problemi tecnici? L'unico problema tecnico e' che l'olio vegetale e' leggermente piu' denso degli altri, e quindi potrebbe dare dei problemi all'accensione. L'ideale sarebbe partire con il diesel petrolifero, e poi iniziare con l'olio di semi vari,o l'olio di colza. Questo significa che la cosa migliore da fare e' testare sul vostro motore quale sia la percentuale massima di olio vegetale che potrete usare. Prima ne aggiungete il 10% vedete come va, poi il 20% e vedete come va, poi il 40% e vedete come va, eccetera. La cosa che dovrete verificare e' come si comporta in accensione. I vecchi motori diesel, quelli non common-rail, quelli con le candelette di preriscaldamento per intenderci, NON hanno alcun problema e ci potrete cacciare dentro quanto olio vegetale volete. Quelli common rail invece vanno verificati come dicevo prima, aggiungendo lentamente percentuali sempre piu' alte di olio vegetale. Non sarebbe stranissimo se riusciste anche voi, come la maggior parte, ad aggirarvi sul 75% - 80%. L'olio di semi, l'olio di colza, possono costare anche 0.45-0.50 al litro. Il diesel...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Tutto qui, direte voi? No, non e' tutto qui. Perche' lo stato considera questa cosa una truffa, cioe' un reato. Se voi, cioe', comprate legalissimamente un litro di olio di colza e anziche' friggerci i calamari lo infilate nel serbatoio del vostro diesel per lo stato state compiendo un reato che e' truffa, perche' state evadendo la tassa che c'e' sui carburanti. Non importa il fatto che l'automobile sia VOSTRA e anche l' olio sia VOSTRO e quindi ci fate quel che volete. Lo stato dice che nel momento in cui diventa carburante , qualsiasi cosa debba pagare delle accise. Quindi nel momento in cui io sbatto, che so, il resto del carlino nella stufa,sto compiendo una truffa perche' il resto del carlino NON paga l'accisa sui carburanti ad uso domestico.Allora, qual e' il problema? Il problema e' che il carlino vorrebbe dare la notizia, come la voglio dare io, mentre lo stato (che teme che la gente sappia come truffarlo) non vorrebbe. E cosi', i giornalisti sono minacciati di denuncia, per istigazione a delinquere, qualora dicessero che tale operazione sia possibile, e che tale operazione sia vantaggiosa. Quindi, mi adeguo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Allora, con questa operazione il diesel lo pagate dai 0.45 ai 0.65 euri al litro. Siccome il diesel petrolifero , come e' noto, costa MENO di cosi', allora l'operazione e' svantaggiosa. Allo stesso modo, bruciare olio di colza inquina zero. Inquina zero perche' siccome il bilancio chimico di una pianta e' nullo, il CO2 che buttate nell'atmosfera e' lo stesso che la pianta ha assorbito per crescere, e il bilancio per il pianeta e' nullo. Le misurazioni poi mostrano come il tasso di zolfo sia pressoche' nullo, e le polveri sottili siano la meta' del diesel petrolifero. Siccome inquinare e' BELLO, allora ovviamente (in ottemperanza alle leggi vigenti) devo dirvi che usare l'olio di colza e' SBAGLIATO perche' rispetta l'ambiente, cosa che, come sappiamo tutti, non e' giusto fare. Come se non bastasse, l'olio di colza ha un numero di esano leggermente (il 3%) migliore rispetto al diesel petrolifero, ovvero il vostro motore non solo durera' di piu', ma avra' una resa migliore e brucera' meno combustibile. E questo, come ci insegnano le vigenti leggi, e' MALE, perche' dire il contrario sarebbe istigare alla truffa. La stessa cosa vale per l'olio di canapa, che e' ancora migliore rispetto ai precedenti due. Errata corrige: trattandosi di truffa contro lo stato, e' ancora PEGGIORE. Sporca di meno, mentre noi tutti sappiamo che inquinare e' BELLO, rende di piu', e non c'e' bisogno che vi elenchi le insidie del risparmo (pratica immonda e scellerata) e, come se non bastasse, e' una sonora mazzata nei coglioni a Siniscalco, la persona in italia le cui gonadi stanno piu' a cuore a tutti noi. Guardatelo: i suoi occhioni profondi, quello sguardo languido e sensuale, l'espressione viva e intelligente: come pensate di dare un dispiacere ad un "piezz'e'core" del genere?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Quindi, vi esorto a NON piegarvi a queste diaboliche pratiche consistenti nel risparmiare (vade retro, satana!) soldi mettendo (coprite gli occhi alle vostre figlie) olio di colza nel serbatoio della vostra automobile diesel (che Siniscalco mi perdoni, l'ho detto!), risparmiando per di piu' di inquinare il pianeta (che come sappiamo invece necessita di dosi crescenti di inquinamento. La colza danneggia gravemente Siniscalco. Aut min conc. Fate finta che ci sia anche un bell rettangolo color nero "annuncio funerario" attorno, come nelle sigarette. Come mai dico questo? Dico questo non perche' sia una novita', ma perche' e' una di quelle notizie che non si dovrebbero far circolare, e che sui giornali non trovano spazio. Motivo evidente: contate il numero di pubblicita' di aziende che fanno carburanti, e il numero di pubblicita' di aziende che fanno olio vegetale, e scoprirete ilperche'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Siccome in USA c'e' un dibattito sul potere dei blog, mi piacerebbe fare un test: vedere quanto si diffonde una notizia (sebbene gia' nota a molti) in barba alla censura industriale che vige sui giornali, e che usa il ricatto "non faccio piu' pubblicita' sul tuo giornale se non dici cosa voglio io". Quindi, se vi va, e avete un blog, replicate o linkate questo articolo, o dite le stesse cose con parole vostre. Non so perche', ma a me Siniscalco non fa tanto sesso. In generale, comunque, oltre all'olio di colza e a quello di canapa che sono gli ideali, vanno bene anche l'olio di semi di girasole, quello di semi vari, quello di mais. L'unica discriminante e' il costo al litro, il che esclude l'olio di oliva, oltre ai problemi legati alla densita'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Beppe Grillo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111627479976011191?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111627479976011191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111627479976011191' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111627479976011191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111627479976011191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/olio-di-colza_16.html' title='Olio di Colza'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111591622762960439</id><published>2005-05-12T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T10:14:06.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lettera a un'amica sfocata</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Che dire. Ho letto la tua mail un paio di ore fa, e devo dire che non riesco a dirti niente. Non riesco a trovare una giustificazione, non riesco a spiegarti cos'e' successo con una bella serie di circostanze logiche che mi hanno impedito di fare altrimenti. Non sarebbe vero, non e' cosi', non ho una scusa da proporti, mi sento solo in colpa per essere un'amica sfocata. Cioe', ad essere precisi, non e' "sentirmi in colpa" che sento, e' la consapevolezza di non sapere cosa e' successo, e come ho fatto ad allontanarmi e ad allontanare una persona a cui voglio cosi' bene. Il che rende le cose peggiori sotto molti aspetti- se fossi arrabbiata, o impegnatissima, o qualcos'altro, avrei quantomeno per me stessa una spiegazione, una logica, che mi faccia da cuscino. In realta' non c'e', e non so perche' non c'e'.&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;e in piu' c'e' da dire che avrei voglia di scriverti una mail come si deve, per ricolorarmi e ricolorarti, ma ci sono modi e maniere in cui questo andrebbe fatto, e non penso che l'email sia il modo giusto. E infatti le righe di cui sopra giacciono li' dal 4 maggio, e non e' proprio giusto che sia cosi'. Alla fine &lt;span class="608573816-12052005"&gt; mi hanno detto &lt;/span&gt;che vai a vivere con &lt;span class="608573816-12052005"&gt; l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="608573816-12052005"&gt;ui &lt;/span&gt;- che bella notizia! anzi, una notiziona!! Insomma, ci sono cose belle che e' bello dividere, cose grandi. Vorrei passare piu' tempo con te, e raccontarti, e soprattutto starti a sentire. avrei anch'io un paio di cose di cui parlarti, ma onestamente un anno dopo non mi sembra che abbiano piu' molto senso, ne' che ci siano questi enormi ostacoli da sovrastare. In breve ti dico: se al mio matrimonio ci fosse la &lt;span class="608573816-12052005"&gt;tizia &lt;/span&gt;e non ci fossi tu, saprei per certo che qualcosa di orrendamente sbagliato sta succedendo nella mia vita. Cioe', che io sto facendo qualcosa di dannatamente sbagliato. E non e' per farmi stare meglio che dovresti venire, bada, se non venissi capirei, ma a quel punto saprei anche che non saremo mai piu' negli stessi termini. Non so piu' se valga la pena cercare di non capire le persone a cui vogliamo bene. Io ti capisco, e capisco anche qualsiasi cosa tu voglia fare in proposito. Ma se gia' non mi hai detto di una cosa cosi' bella come il fatto di andare a vivere con &lt;span class="608573816-12052005"&gt; lui&lt;/span&gt;, capisco anche che nella tua vita non sono piu' cosi' parte. Ho paura che tu abbia gia' scelto, e la cosa mi terrorizza. Avrei voglia di abbracciarti e di sentire tutte le cose che hai da raccontarmi. Ma non sta a me scegliere, perche' io ho gia' scelto di capire che il mio matrimonio a Novembre non ti e' interessato, e che mi hai ripagata con la stessa moneta. E onestamente non mi interessa. Sapevo che eri arrabbiata, sapevo che non c'eri, sapevo che non c'era niente che potessi fare. Non c'e' nemmeno adesso. Vorrei solo che tu ci fossi a Giugno, e questa e' una decisione che spetta solo a te.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;Vieni, perche' abbiamo bisogno di ricolorarci, di passare qualche ora a divertirci, a riconciliarci con le nostre vite che vanno sempre piu' ognuna per la sua strada. Ma niente ci impedisce di continuare a rendercene partecipi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;Ti voglio bene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;nessa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="226392716-04052005"&gt;&lt;span class="789351616-12052005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111591622762960439?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111591622762960439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111591622762960439' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111591622762960439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111591622762960439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/lettera-unamica-sfocata.html' title='Lettera a un&apos;amica sfocata'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111573634594532283</id><published>2005-05-10T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-10T07:48:53.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sono Allibita...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;...e anche mi vergogno di quanta poca attenzione ho prestato alle vicende politiche e lgislative di casa. Oggi ho decsio di capire un po' meglio questa storia dei referendum, e quello che ho scoperto mi ha gelata. Ho scoperto che abbiamo una legge contraddittoria che tutela diritti inesistenti e che considera le madri alla stregua di vettori senza possibilita' di scelta. Ho scoperto che una donna che inizia il processo di fecondazione assistita e poi cambia idea, non puo' rifiutarsi di avere trasferito l'ovulo fecondato (casa faranno, ci legheranno in sala operatoria??). Ho scoperto che la famosa e famigerata legge 194 e' stata soggetta ancora ad un altro attacco ingiustificato e comunque irrispettoso della volonta' dei cittadini!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Sono veramente rimasta scioccata da tale bigottismo, e alla fine non dovrei nemmeno sorprendermi troppo: in fin dei conti, questa destra in Italia e' riuscita a fare tutte le leggi che non doveva fare (depenalizzazione del falso in blancio, legge sulla fecondazione assistita) e nessuna di quelle che aveva promesso e che la sinistra non puo' fare no matter what (riforma del mondo del lavoro, riforma delle pensioni, etc). Mah, complimenti. D'accordo o non d'accordo, ora si lamentano di perdere le elezioni?? Eppoi, porca miseria, uno non puo' votare una legge in parlamento e poi andare a votare ai referendum per abrogarla!!! Oppure sono io la sola che mangia funghi magici?????? ;) (chi becca il film??)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Mi sembra dovere morale di tutti farsi un giro sul sito del &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.comitatoreferendum.it/xml/hp.asp"&gt;Comitato per il Si al Referendum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;. Spero che il consolato questa volta riesca a fare votare anche noi esuli... o rifugiati politici! ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111573634594532283?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111573634594532283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111573634594532283' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111573634594532283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111573634594532283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/sono-allibita.html' title='Sono Allibita...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111566750153122476</id><published>2005-05-09T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-09T12:38:21.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weather update</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;It's fucking hailing. Unbeliavable!! HAIL! IN MAY! IN CALIFORNIA!!! Who can I file a complaint with??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;And, I just can't believe how American the thing I just said is!!! In Italy, I would say:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;"GRANDINA, GOVERNO LADRO!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111566750153122476?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111566750153122476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111566750153122476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111566750153122476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111566750153122476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/weather-update.html' title='Weather update'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111558327843540056</id><published>2005-05-09T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-09T07:49:32.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tax Refund!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Now now now... guaranteed 200 days of sunshine during the year. That's why we pay those ridiculous California taxes!! But it's f****ng May 8th, and it's still f****ng raining!! And I don't care whether El Nino is to be blamed, I'm writing to the Governator and ask for a freaking tax refund!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*and, by the way, it was pouring yesterday, and it's still raining today. IT'S MAY 8TH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKEEEE!!!!!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111558327843540056?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111558327843540056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111558327843540056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111558327843540056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111558327843540056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/tax-refund.html' title='Tax Refund!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111560792512945285</id><published>2005-05-08T08:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-09T07:47:21.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Il Ritorno dei MilleLire...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Che mito, la collana piu' famosa d'Italia!! Cercate qui, su &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pedro.it/webs/millelireonline.it/"&gt;Millelire Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;, i vostri preferiti...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111560792512945285?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111560792512945285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111560792512945285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111560792512945285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111560792512945285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/il-ritorno-dei-millelire.html' title='Il Ritorno dei MilleLire...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111541798418914740</id><published>2005-05-06T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T15:19:44.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Different Cultures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I can't even remember how many times I've been asked "What is the biggest difference between Europe and the US?". By now, I have given this question a lot of thoughts, and I guess I came out with an answer that fits pretty well my personal experience. Many, many, MANY of you have heard me saying this before, but here it goes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;In the US, life is centered on your own personal success. This might mean a lot of different things, but in general it refers back to your job, your career. That's the center of your life, and it happens to dictate the rules that govern the rest of your life. The most blatant example is the schedule of schoolchildren, with a thousand of activities on their day (at 4:00pm dance class, at 5:30pm piano lessons, at 7:00pm homework...), or even the fact that in the evening, during the work week, restaurants close at 9 or 10pm, and there's nothing going on past 11 anyway. It's a great place to be if you want to grow your career, it's extremely rational: it's a cause and effect type of culture: you work a lot, you get a lot of satisfactions, you grow, you get rewarded. But you don't get to see your family much, and when you do is because your had to set time aside to do something quite specific. Everyone is very independent, sitting down for a meal all together is quite unusual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;In Europe, life is centered around your social life, your family and your friends. Your schedule revolves around the time you're with your family and friends, not your time at work. At noon, everything shuts down to give people the chance to go home and eat with their family, after 7pm you won't see a single office open, everybody goes home, and you go out for dinner at 9pm of after dinner, since all bars/ cafe/ whatever and many restaurants are open till at least 1am on any given day. It's a great place where to raise a family, but if you think of the work... well that's a mess, because it's not rationally organized, and very often the effort you put on your job is not "linearly" rewarded or recognized. You would not even dream to sit at a table and prepare your meal without waiting for the rest of your family, or preparing for them as well. Walking around town in the evenings, or during weekends, even without a specific goal in mind, is one of the most popular activity for a group of friends to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Culture is a big thing. It affects who we are, how we think, how we do certain things, including living itself. I'm surprised at how so many people questions other cultures' approach to life as flat out wrong, and how other manage to completely abandon their own lifestyle to embrace a different one. For me, I think I get the best of the two worlds. And it's beautiful...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111541798418914740?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111541798418914740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111541798418914740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111541798418914740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111541798418914740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/different-cultures_06.html' title='Different Cultures'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111507855462471695</id><published>2005-05-02T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-02T21:29:17.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to Life (?)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="537135523-02052005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hello everyone, I'm back. Not like I'm happy, thrilled, or excited about it, plainly back will have to do. Maui was a dream that neither myself neither Cielo wanted to capture in any whatsoever way. We found hidden pools and waterfalls, secluded beaches, beautiful coral, amazing diving (I even played with an octopus, how cool!), we swam with turtles and sharks- and we didn't take a single picture. None. Zip. How weird... and we just slept. More than anything else, we slept extensively- and we watched cartoons: Lilo and Stitch, Monster Inc., The Incredibles, Finding Nemo- the full deal. Pretty good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I have found an interesting thing, that is, my blog addition vanished as I headed back home. Is it that I need other people's lives to make mine more interesting when I'm starved for relaxation and time off? I thought I was reading them because I liked them. I guess I've been enjoying my books much more, so bye bye blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="537135523-02052005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;And tomorrow I'm heading to Berkeley to interview for the MBA program. That's going to be interesting after 2 weeks of brain-death. Wow. Wish me luck!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="537135523-02052005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="537135523-02052005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111507855462471695?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111507855462471695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111507855462471695' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111507855462471695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111507855462471695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/05/back-to-life.html' title='Back to Life (?)'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111456565436780577</id><published>2005-04-26T18:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T18:34:14.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Snob</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Vacation leaves a lot of free time for reading, thank God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; I am thoroughly enjoying being able to go through my books, and linger in the bliss of being able to go through pages and pages without any further obligation. I am having a great time. Not much sun, but a lot, a lot of water and a lot of sleeping. Bedtime in Maui is set around 8:30pm. Believe it or not, I think I might be the oldest 32-year-old on the planet! :) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;So, David Leavitt's "The Body of Jonah Boyd" has not impressed me. The book is okay to begin, steers toward good, but it's never great, never brilliant, never really enticing. The last chapter kind of is, as it puts on a full new twist, but it's not his best book. I was somewhat disappointed. I have moved on to Three Junes, by Julia Glass. So far, it's not too bad, there's a brilliant recommendation on the back cover by Cunningham to read it... but... you know how a single phrase make you decide that a book is really good?? A single image, a single phrase, sets you up for a pleasant reading? Well, here I have found the opposite. ON PAGE ONE THERE'S A GRAMMATICAL ERROR!! AAAARGH!!! &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0385721420/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/104-5504117-6821546?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;p=S00H#reader-page"&gt;Can you find it&lt;/a&gt;? Or is it me, shying away from my former knowledge of the English language??? (Please tell me you can, and (hint!) that word in English is really a plural!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I'm such a book snob!! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111456565436780577?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111456565436780577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111456565436780577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111456565436780577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111456565436780577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/book-snob.html' title='Book Snob'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111423930250072305</id><published>2005-04-22T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T23:55:02.500-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bye Bye Brain</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Complete System Failure. My neurons are completely gone. I haven't formulated a full original thought since I have left San Jose. Is it me? Is it Maui? I don't know. All I gotta say is, this is GRAND. I like waving my brain goodbye from this fabulous island. If I come back with an IQ of 35, don't blame it on me. It's all about the sunshine...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;PS: Ann-Marie McDonald is great. Fall on Your Knees is as powerful as a fist in the stomach- but gosh it's good!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111423930250072305?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111423930250072305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111423930250072305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111423930250072305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111423930250072305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/bye-bye-brain.html' title='Bye Bye Brain'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111401635863703840</id><published>2005-04-20T09:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T10:26:54.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't know why...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;I find myself so incredibly obsessed with this new Pope. I mean, not like I care what he does/ says, it's just that I'm back to where I began, the recognition of the power of this person who's going to "rule" over a billion people. Now, that's a lot. Romans at their peak didn't rule over a billion. Maybe British at their peak did, but that's about it. I'm wondering what's illuminated, what's going to be good, how can he avoid alienating all the people who don't believe in a vengeful God. I'm so fascinated with the process, the hierarchy, the formalities. I don't know what it is. I am curious, curious out of my mind!! I wonder if it is the morose curiosity of rubberneckers, or vultures: those who know something bad is going to happen and can't wait for it! I'm a little baffled at this attitude, I can't help it. I just so hope I'm wrong. For all that billion who really lives by his dictates...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS';font-family:'Arial Unicode MS';" &gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111401635863703840?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111401635863703840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111401635863703840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111401635863703840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111401635863703840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/i-dont-know-why.html' title='I don&apos;t know why...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111401806783121153</id><published>2005-04-20T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T10:27:47.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RatzingaZeta</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;(e qui, o la sapete o la sapete, non c'e' niente da fare!)&lt;br /&gt;(Un altro disclaimer: non e' mia, non so chi l'abbia scritta, un genio probabilmente... e' arrivata forwardata con la posta odierna. Un mito!- la mia parte preferita sono le croci rotanti...!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IL GRANDE RATZINGER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trema,&lt;br /&gt;Il regno delle Tenebre del Male&lt;br /&gt;Dalla Fortezza di San Pietro arriva&lt;br /&gt;Con i pugni teologici&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuona&lt;br /&gt;Si scaglia dal sagrato contro il male&lt;br /&gt;Se sei il nemico prega e' gia' finita&lt;br /&gt;La Chiesa batte i denti, c'e'&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (croci rotanti!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (pater noster!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (ostia di fuoco!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha la mente di Lutero ma tutto il resto fa da se'&lt;br /&gt;Non conosce la paura ne' za italiano ke koz'e'&lt;br /&gt;Lotta, cade, si rialza, sempre vincera'&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (rosario atomico!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (lama del diavolo!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (doppio amen!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forte,&lt;br /&gt;Con uno sguardo spacca in due il conclave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dagli occhi sputa fuori salmi gamma&lt;br /&gt;Non c'e' chi e' forte piu' di te&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha la mente di Lutero ma tutto il resto fa da se'&lt;br /&gt;Non conosce la paura ne' ne' za italiano ke koz'e'&lt;br /&gt;Se hai bisogno puoi invocarlo, con la bibbia apparirà&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (bombe gnostiche!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (luce divina!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (spada teologica!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (sermone perforante!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (incenso atomico!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (pugno teologico!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (croci rotanti!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (doppio amen!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (ora pronobis!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (acqua santa!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (lama diabolica!)&lt;br /&gt;Ratzinga, Paapaaaa (doppio rosario!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111401806783121153?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111401806783121153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111401806783121153' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111401806783121153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111401806783121153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/ratzingazeta.html' title='RatzingaZeta'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111393076252353095</id><published>2005-04-19T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-19T13:02:55.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chiamatemi Gufo</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;Dal minore di tutti i mali, alla foto di zio Fester, non c'e' niente da fare: oggi mi sento nella mia migliore versione di gufo. Se mi guardate bene si vedono gli occhi a palla e la consistenza piumosa. Anche come forma mi avvicino, bella rotondetta. Porca miseria, da un reazionario all'altro. Dopo un Papa Polacco, un Papa Crucco- xche', come si diceva, crucco e' uno stato d'animo. Proprio quello che ci voleva!! Inoltre, possiamo anche chiamarla "Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede", ma questa e' in realta' l'Inquisizione, rinominata all'inizio del Secolo... insomma, c'abbiamo il capo dell'Inquisizione come Papa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pero' I Have a Dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;Nella nuova ritrovata "fede" penso che Dio sia piu' buono di cosi' con noi, e gli fara' vedere la luce: Ratzinger ci stupira' adottando politiche progressiste, tipo, sostenere l'uso dei preservativi in Africa e rivedere la politica sul divorzio. Poi iniziera' a dire che Dio e' Amore e non Odio, e il messaggio di Gesu' e' di dire di si', non di dire di no, e quindi bisogna tutti volerci bene, anche gli uominisessuali, anche i depravati, anche quelle che non arrivano vergini al matrimonio. E a chi sta con i mafiosi, a chi alla domenica va alla Messa e il Lunedi' evade il fisco, fa le corna alla moglie/marito, presta soldi a strozzinaggio, chiude la porta ai marocchini e fa il tifo per Bossi, niente piu' assoluzione, e vediamo chi la fa la Chiesa! E se uno invece si sbaglia una volta e alla fine decide di divorziare, allora a loro gliela diamo l'assoluzione, e anche a quelli che usano la pillola e il preservativo, a quelli che si vogliono bene e fanno del loro meglio anche se convivono e non sono sposati. Insomma, ribaltera' le regole e fara' una Chiesa per tutti, una Chiesa per chi ci crede che la Chiesa serva a qualcosa, non solo a coprire i misfatti e le trame politiche e i secoli di livore. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Vedrete, sara' una rivoluzione, un vero illuminato!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"  style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"  style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forza RatzingaZeta!!! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="277015816-19042005"&gt;&lt;p&gt;(questa e' Rowena nella sua migliore edizione da Copy, ho provato a resistere alla tentazione di non pubblicarla fino a che non l'avessi fatto tu nel tuo blog, ma... ma non ho saputo resistere. Non posso non usare il concetto di RatzingaZeta, Rowena, perche' e' una delle tue uscite piu' geniali!! Penso che RatzingaZeta mi dara' l'assoluzione...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111393076252353095?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111393076252353095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111393076252353095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111393076252353095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111393076252353095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/chiamatemi-gufo.html' title='Chiamatemi Gufo'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111386749254718721</id><published>2005-04-18T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T10:58:25.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Countdown</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Vacation vacation vacation. That's all I can think about: vacation, beach, sun, sea, relax, sleeping. Water, fishes, swimming, more sun, great food, sleep. Am I making sense? and if I'm not, who cares?? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial Unicode MS';"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I have found myself irremediably European when it comes to time off. For those who don't know, I took the entire month of December off, and then some. So, it's only been 3 months and a half since the last time off, no-project-on-sight, but it feels like a century. I'm tired, I'm cranky, I NEED a vacation. It's seriously physical. I have a hard time concentrating, I'm tired "inside", I'm craving these next TEN (yiiippiiieeeeeeee!!!) days of nothing but relax. I'm kind of afraid that moving forward it's not a good sign that I have such a physical need to stop every 3 months, but... oh well! I just don't understand this American policy with time off, like ten working days are enough, in a year, to rest and recollect. I BLESS my company, and its fabulous policy of giving overtime in additional vacation. It's the best company in the world!!! I was listening to the radio the other day to this host who was making a fuss about the fact the State of California is giving out additional time off to employees. He was saying, that's not money, that's just time nobody knows what to do with!! It makes me flip. Like quality of life, spending time with your family (even if you stay home!) are just useless extras nobody should care about. Whatever. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Anyway. We're leaving Wednesday. Ten days. FREE. It doesn't get any better than this... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111386749254718721?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111386749254718721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111386749254718721' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111386749254718721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111386749254718721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/countdown.html' title='Countdown'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111380359976488358</id><published>2005-04-17T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-17T22:56:55.936-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Papabile...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Prima di tutto, Buon Conclave!! Vorrei onestamente prendermi tutto il credito per questa BELLISSIMA immagine... ma in realta' viene direttamente da &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2005/04/16/papabili/"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;. Pero' il tipo e' un genio, e questa foto e' da collezione...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/Papabile.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/Papabile.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voglio Zio Fester come Papa!! :D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111380359976488358?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111380359976488358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111380359976488358' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111380359976488358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111380359976488358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/papabile.html' title='Papabile...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111358704135667837</id><published>2005-04-15T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-15T10:44:01.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Women of Success</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;This entire things about barely being any women writers that we like triggered an interesting conversation on women. PattyZen was saying, what is it? Is it because the give birth to children instead of books? I guess. I mean, partially I think that's the case. And what's with this obsession with gay writers?? (As we're there, let me just sidetrack a second: Alice Munro was abandoned after one and a half short story, unbearable!, while I found a great, great writer in Ann-Marie Mac Donald. I'm reading Fall on your Knees and I'm loving it! Apparently, Ann-Marie is gay. This is getting to be a joke!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I think it's wrong to use the same meter of judgment with men and women. We consider a man successful when he's got a career, a pile of money, a nice house, nice car, pretty wife and well-behaved children. We consider a woman successful by the same parameters, although they try to sell you the family-only portion of it. Let's try to set some more realistic parameters, okay? I consider a woman successful when she does something she loves. Whatever that is, she does it with passion and dedication, without loosing sight of the things that are really important for her. I don't consider successful a woman who gives up her family to pile a bunch of money, nor if she gives up outside life to make her children the universe. I consider a woman successful when she manages to do both, or either, and she's happy about it. And maybe she's not making a lot of money, and maybe her children could use more discipline, but hell, I consider successful a woman who manages to put HERSELF at the center of the universe. Who has the courage to realize that without making herself happy, she won't be able to make anyone else happy. And if that's through work, passion, volunteering, or even raising children, I don't care. A successful woman is she who finds for herself something she adores to do, and does it for herself and for others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What defines success in your world? What defines failure? What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111358704135667837?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111358704135667837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111358704135667837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111358704135667837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111358704135667837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/women-of-success.html' title='Women of Success'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111344914364923994</id><published>2005-04-13T20:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T20:30:02.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Catholic In Spite of Myself - Cattolica Mio Malgrado</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;This was going to be my next post anyway, but &lt;a href="http://www.dooce.com/archives/daily/04_13_2005.html"&gt;Heather beat me to it&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;You know, with the Pope's death and being raised Catholic, IN ITALY, and all, I've been giving this entire topic a whole lot of thoughts recently, and I have to say I disagree with Heather. In the end, I have found myself catholic in spite of myself. Let me elaborate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;My entire value system, my entire ethic, is based on catholic values. Whether I pretty much disagree with the church in every possible way imaginable, I have found that I am a catholic. I act like a catholic. My belief system is based on the catholic teachings. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Now, now, let's not get carried away: God is One, no matter whether they tell me it's three, I just can't buy it (and I believe I could be officially labeled heretic just for this!). I don't buy the Bible, I think it's a great religious tool, full of good intentions, but its historic truthfulness... c'mon, we're talking about a document elaborated in times when barely one millionth of the population knew how to read, and it hasn't been updated in the past 2000 years! The infallibility of the Pope is BS, the policy on contraception is medieval- gosh, the entire policy toward sex is counter-nature: if God didn't want us to enjoy it, He wouldn't have made it fun! Of course, I believe my kids should really mean the love they make to other people. But they shouldn't have sex only after marriage, that's ridiculous!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;What I mean is, I believe in the power of charity, in all being the same in front of God, I believe in a loving God, and I believe that I will have to pay my dues in front of him for my behaviors. I still haven't decided whether that's just my conscience I need to report to, or is there really some after life deal. I guess you can say I'm a discriminating catholic. I have built my own system of belief, but it's deeply rooted and founded on the religion I have been taught. The person I am, the things I believe are right or wrong, my moral, my values- all have a lot of catholic in it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;So, when I raise my kids, I think I will raise them catholic because I want them to share the same system of values. In the process, I will also teach them that nothing that they learn in Sunday school should be taken as unquestionable truth, and that they need to look critically at the things that are fed to them, and decide for themselves what they want to with it. I will teach them to be as discriminating as I am, but I want them to have that set of value to guide them through life. After that, whether they decide to elaborate their own belief system, or be church zealots, I will love them anyway. I will for sure fight the teaching of a terrorizing God that looks down at your faults and is willing to punish every single move! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;You can say I'm not in that much disagreement in the end. It's all about the tools to reach the same goal: love our children and hope they learn only the best stuff!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111344914364923994?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111344914364923994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111344914364923994' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111344914364923994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111344914364923994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/catholic-in-spite-of-myself-cattolica.html' title='Catholic In Spite of Myself - Cattolica Mio Malgrado'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111336928992150473</id><published>2005-04-11T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-12T22:14:49.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Stage 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;I had an  inspiration for a short story. I'm not sure where this will end up going, but I  kinda liked it... I was feeling so proud of my work, but Cielo did not enjoy.  Uhm. Thoughts?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uh, one more- last night it was U2 night. We went to the  concert here in San Jose. It was amazing, great, fabolous! any inspiration for  the story... well, comes straight from last night!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111336928992150473?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111336928992150473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111336928992150473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111336928992150473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111336928992150473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/stage-2.html' title='The Stage 2'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111325950636233633</id><published>2005-04-11T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-11T19:57:21.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Stage</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;From here, I see it all. The power to enflame a crowd, the power to transmit my message. I'm not on top of wooden planks, I'm on top of the World tonight. The hands I touch, they're changed forever, while for me it's still another sticky feeling on my palm at the end of the evening. The girl I pull out of the crowd, she's going to talk about this for months, while to me it's just another faceless body, yet another ecstatic fan. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I love my job. I hate my  job. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Does it make sense? I'm not sure. I'm not sure it makes sense that my job exists, that my job gives me this unbounded power over the people I can touch with my voice. Whatever message I want to transmit, I can do it. I use the tools I have, every year some new ones, and I change the path of the people who cross me. I'm glad I'm with the good guys. There's such a feeling of alienation in all this. I love the feeling of empowerment, but I hate the same people who give it to me. I hate their morbid curiosity, the fact that they strip me of my privacy, and yet, they are the very thing that keeps me going. I'm at the same time one with my audience, and separated from it. I enjoy my never ending popularity, and I hate it for the things it steals from me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="820462222-11042005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Love, hate. Power, weakness. Is mine a job, or is it a mission? The border is not that clear. I cross it, deliberately, and then I step back, afraid of what I've done. My ends will never meet anymore. I've become a prophet, in spite of me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111325950636233633?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111325950636233633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111325950636233633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111325950636233633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111325950636233633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/stage.html' title='The Stage'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111308050030885459</id><published>2005-04-09T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-09T14:01:40.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Un Treno Diretto a Sud</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Ieri la mia amica mi ha mandato un'email che richiedeva una preghiera per il Papa. Sul momento ho pensato che fosse ubriaca, mi ha fatto ridere che non ci fosse una nota umoristica alla fine, o almeno, mi ha sorpreso che mi avesse mandato una mail cosi'. A me! Possibly the least fan on the planet. Le ho scritto una mail dopo mesi che non ci sentivamo, dopo un eccesso di bullshit scoppiato in occasione di un matrimonio. Anyway, volevo essere umoristica, evidentemente non ci sono riuscita. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Penso a tutto il tempo passato a pensare, ci sono persone che devi accettare come sono. In fin dei conti, ho imparato tanto da lei. Io, sempre protagonista a tutti i costi, ho imparato a prendere il sedile posteriore. Lei era piu' protagonista di me, sia negli eccessi che nei momenti in cui mi guardava con senso di distacco, alla, fai pure tu! Ascolto gli U2 e penso a uno dei momenti piu' belli passati insieme, e non era un momento felice. C'erano gli U2 che cantavano Stuck in a Moment, e lei mi raccontava dei problemi che aveva col suo ragazzo, delle ragioni per cui dopo tanti anni non riusciva piu' a stare con lui, quando lui era la persona con cui pensava di stare tutta la vita. Era triste, e io ero triste per lei. Abbiamo pianto e ci siamo consolate, e quel momento da solo e' forse il piu' bello davvero di tutti gli anni che ci siamo conosciute. Anche tra i momenti buffi del nostro "epico" viaggio. Le tenerezza di poter parlare con qualcuno che ha il coraggio di dirti le cose che devi sentirti dire, io a lei e lei a me. C'e' un affetto intrinseco in quei momenti. Non so se da quella sera di qualche anno fa sia cambiata lei o sia cambiata io, o meglio ancora, siamo cambiate entrambe in direzioni opposte. Sono rimaste della nostra amicizia solo le cose che non hanno mai funzionato, quel senso di condivisione e' sparito. Per certi versi mi dispiace, anche se il nostro rapporto non e' mai stato semplice, o scontato. E' sempre stato una cosa da conquistarsi. Il che e' da solo la cosa piu' grande che ho imparato dal rapporto con lei. Lavorare per appianare le incongruenze, le differenze. Penso che la mia voglia, o la mia disponibilita' di lavorare per avere le persone nella mia vita non sia piu' cosi' forte. E' come se si nutrisse delle mie insicurezze, dell'inevitbile adolescente che mi porto dietro e che sta morendo, ogni giorno di piu'. Penso che sia la stessa cosa che succede a lei. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Penso che lo strappo che abbiamo creato sia difficile da ricucire. Ho pianto due giorni sulle cose che mi ha detto. Come me le ha dette, dove me le ha dette. Ma piu' della nostra litigata, penso che gli eventi del giorno prima mi abbiano allontanata da lei. Neanche le cose che ha detto e fatto lei, quelle che ha detto il suo ragazzo. Perche' l'unica fonte da cui lui poteva attingere per permettersi di trattarmi in un certo modo era lei. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;E anche se pensavo che saremmo riuscite a parlare ancora, a ritrovarci in quel &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;territorio fragile in cui riuscivamo ad essere anche buone amiche, adesso non ci credo piu’. Non sono ancora sicura di avere capito se mi dispiace o no. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111308050030885459?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111308050030885459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111308050030885459' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111308050030885459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111308050030885459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/un-treno-diretto-sud.html' title='Un Treno Diretto a Sud'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111307894184433020</id><published>2005-04-09T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-09T13:48:03.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Delusion of Being Hip</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Yesterday, I've done the hippiest thing in the past year and beyond. I walked out feeling really like a trendsetter, a true, real modern hipster, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;so "avanti" you wouldn't believe. What did I do?? Well, this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/Varie%20Aprile%20028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/Varie%20Aprile%20028.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Today, I feel a little delusional. Wearing red socks with white shoes, and feeling hip. I guess that's what happens as you get older: you start feeling very trendy for very stupid things! As an alleviating circumstance, I'd like to point out I was wearing a white shirt and a red sweater over my super-favorites low cut super-super-super hip jeans. So, it kinda did make sense- I was a little hip...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;By the way, those were my bridal shoes. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111307894184433020?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111307894184433020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111307894184433020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111307894184433020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111307894184433020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/on-delusion-of-being-hip.html' title='On the Delusion of Being Hip'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111297835024237994</id><published>2005-04-08T09:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-09T12:55:44.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The First Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I fell in love, I was head over heel for this guy, Fabio, a 14 years-old boy who used to come to my parents' restaurant. He was short, and had a huge, HUGE nose- he was the only one of his friends who was not dating. I was madly, deeply in love with him. His friends used to tell him "Don't worry Fabio, you still have Vanessa!" and I would blush, secretly flattered by the fact they would even acknowledge my presence. Little did I know, it wasn't a nice thing! I had all the symptoms, heart pounding when he'd showed up, secretly looking at him, and run away when he'd talk to me. He was my true passion!! I was about 4 years old. I have had a fling before with Marcolino del Mercato, but nothing serious... that was when I was three. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I've been in love as in way that I was actually trying on his last name after my name, I was 14. It was the low-tech equivalent of meeting on the internet: we were pen pals, a brilliant idea of my 8th grade Italian teacher: she had two classes in two different schools, and she'd bring back and forth letters for each other. I started writing to Christian, he started writing to me, and we clicked! I had never seen his pictures, and I was just amazed by the things he was able to tell me, to write me... he sent me an orchid for my birthday. I had never been treated like that! I was in love. I refused to kiss him, and then I broke up with him. Don't ask me why. It sort of went away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I kissed a guy "with the tongue" (what? you didn't use to be teenager and inevitable dumb, and writing such silly things on your diary??), I was way past 14. I know, given my early start you'd think it'd take me less, but I was a late, LATE bloomer!! He was a year younger then me, tall, and I found him terribly handsome. We were on the beach, and my knees were shaking. He was such a doll!! He obviously had more experience than me. Oh well! I broke up with him a month later, when the fascination of exploring kissing with the tongue had faded out. And so had the summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I hated someone, it was my 5th grade teacher. If you ask me, I possibly still hate her. I loath her, for all the humiliation she put me through, and for her incredibly stubborn attitude, and for the fact she did change me forever. She brought up my cynic attitude, and to some extent she forced me to hide myself in order to be accepted. I hated her, and I hated all my classmates and their incredibly strict code of behavior. For example, I couldn't tell anyone my parents were not married in church because I was at a catholic school, and that would have gotten me expelled. To this day, the most vivid memories I have of Elementary School, are the very bad ones of 5th grade. And that's why I still hate her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I read an R, I wasn't sure how it was supposed to be done. I was reading Topolino and my Aunt was around. "Hey, Zia Pina... what is this??"- "It's an 'r'"- "oh... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... so... trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrree!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I dreamt in English, I didn't understand a word. It was the weirdest thing, I was there, looking at my dream scenery, and I understood nothing of what was going on! It's gotten better since. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I got into a car accident, I was driving. The bike. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Who crashed into the parked car. My FriendinChina was sitting on the bike's handle, we were chatting along, and I just went straight on the back of the car. Well, to be precise, SHE did: she slid from the top of the handle and ended up sitting in the car back, after butt-breaking the rear windshield. A classic, I swear!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I sailed, it was love. The first time I dived, it wasn't.This brings on the next one: the first time I went to the Ocean with the diving class, I got bitten by a sea lion. You heard it right- a sea lion. First time in the history of the Marine Mammal Institute of Monterey Bay that a sea lion attacks a human unprovoked. I got three- 3!!- stitches to prove it!! What do you have??? ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first time I got my period, it was a mess. And it was way after ALL my other friends already had. Late bloomer- I told you! The mental thread connecting these two events is that I participated in one and only one sailing regatta, and I got my first period the morning of. The same day, I managed to get a serious abrasion to my right breast, pretty scary- as I was trying to go out with the... I don't know the English name, trapezio!, for the first time. Oh, so, this one is a multiple one!!- the first time I tried to go out with the trapezio on the day I got my first period while participating in my first regatta, I fell pretty bad on the side of the boat and got a huge scar on my left breast. I had to go to the ER, really!! and you can still see the scar tissue. Actually, my Mum still blames that episode for my... ehm, asymmetry. I know it was already "unequal" before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Okay, I had some more swirling in my head, but I can't beat the triple one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The first (and only) time I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with someone, I married him. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111297835024237994?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111297835024237994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111297835024237994' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111297835024237994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111297835024237994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/first-time.html' title='The First Time'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111285075463434114</id><published>2005-04-06T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-06T22:12:34.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Den Helt Uofficielle Rasmus Klump Fanside</title><content type='html'>So, tell me, am I the only person ever, ever reading the stories of &lt;a href="http://welcome.to/klump"&gt;Petzi the Bear&lt;/a&gt; growing up??? Do you know how much you have missed out?? Gosh, I had almost forgotten about him, and then Bertilla made rolled omelettes with jam last night, and there it is!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/petzi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/petzi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petzi Bear, with the pancakes (in Italiano frittate) and his friends Pingo (the Penguin) and Pelle (the Pellican).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, so, you get the insight into Danish childhood. But I'm Italian!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111285075463434114?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111285075463434114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111285075463434114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111285075463434114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111285075463434114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/den-helt-uofficielle-rasmus-klump.html' title='Den Helt Uofficielle Rasmus Klump Fanside'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111274409335896579</id><published>2005-04-05T16:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T23:49:37.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On the Dynamic of Sitemeter...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ever since I have installed this funky color-blind counter on the blog, courtesy of the Top Ten Advice for Your Blog (some blog who won one of the Bloggies award, a constant inspiration for me, it's so funny!), I have been tamed, addicted to checking who comes by and visit these pages. Apparently, there's someone in France who- check this out!- BOOKMARKED my blog!! Wow... and someone in Germany constantly checks in from "Le Mie Cose"... and I don't know who he/she is! On top of this, I can tell you that Rowena still didn't get her acts together and switched to Firefox (ROWENA!! That sweet little fox on the right hand side, just above the counter... click it and install it, for heaven's sake!!), I know that Esse only checked the blog once, and to do so he had to Google it 'cause he didn't bookma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;rk it (!) (speaking of which, you'd be amazed at how many websites come up as Bridging Jones... PEOPLE, her name is BRIDGET, Bridging is me and only me, courtesy of Rowena!), and I know that Cielo only checks it when forced by outside events (like, me threatening to ask for divorce). Also, one of the more affectionate visitor is the RoommateOnApple (it's not a drug, but almost!), and I think the second ranking one is St., checking from Interbusiness several times a day (did I get you right???). And then I wonder why RoommateOnApple understands me better than Cielo!! Also, some people land here by just hitting the "Next Blog" button (on the gray portion at the top) as they're browsing Blogger. Their average visit length is about zero seconds- I might not be as interesting as I think I am... :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Since I like this, and I am getting a total kick, I need more info on everyone else- so, identify yourselves!! You can simply do so by clicking on the counter, and then on the left hand side you'll see a small menu saying "by details"- click on it- the one at the top is you- it can be from a domain name or an IP address, tell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; me what you see so I know who you are...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="468571723-05042005"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;" &gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;" &gt;REVEAL THYSELF TO  ME!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="468571723-05042005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111274409335896579?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111274409335896579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111274409335896579' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111274409335896579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111274409335896579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/on-dynamic-of-sitemeter.html' title='On the Dynamic of Sitemeter...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111268365172931795</id><published>2005-04-04T23:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-04T23:47:31.730-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Che nessuno lo dica a Berlusconi...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Da "America Magazine- The National Catholic Weekly" (eh?? visto che letture in tempi di conclave???), leggo: &lt;a href="http://www.americamagazine.org/papaltransition.cfm#who"&gt;Chi puo' diventare Papa?&lt;/a&gt; Chiunque, basta che sia (uomo e) disposto a farsi battezzare e ordinare prete e poi Vescovo. Ahia!! La polemica e' scontata: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;speriamo che non lo scopra Berlusconi!!!&lt;/span&gt; S. dice, ma no, lasciamoglielo scoprire, che cosi' smette di fare danni in Italia ma li fa al resto del mondo... alla faccia dello spirito sociale!! Diciamo che i danni che puo' fare guidando "solo" l'Italia sono comunque meno gravi di quelli potenziali se facesse il Papa. Ahahahah!! Berlusconi Papa!! Silvio Primo!!! mi sa che rido da qua alla prossima conclave!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Beh, insomma, bisogna stare attenti, che questa informazione non cada nelle mani sbagliate!! In questi giorni cade a fagiuolo (come mi sento poetica oggi!!) il romanzo di Dan Brown &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671027360/qid=1112683529/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;amp;n=507846"&gt;Angeli e Demoni&lt;/a&gt;. Dan Brown e' un tipo particolare, evidentemente ce l'ha con l'Opus Dei (che non mi sembra una cattiva partenza!), ed e' molto critico sia delle gerarchie vaticane che del ruolo della Chiesa. Insomma, un buon momento per sentire da un punto di vista molto terreno una storia romanzata sul conclave!! Leggete, leggete... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Baci!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111268365172931795?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111268365172931795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111268365172931795' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111268365172931795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111268365172931795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/che-nessuno-lo-dica-berlusconi.html' title='Che nessuno lo dica a Berlusconi...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111242619250572083</id><published>2005-04-01T23:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T23:22:42.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chi Pontifica e Chi Smette di Pontificare...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Insomma, lo sapete tutti che non mi e' mai piaciuto. Che le sue posizioni reazionarie sono incondivisibili, che sul ruolo della donna e' sostanzialmente rimasto fermo al Medioevo e che nella dottrina non ha fatto niente per tenere i suoi fedeli o quantomeno nel cercare di capirli. Pero' e' un uomo di 84 anni che si spegne, una presenza costante, nei telegiornali, dalla finestra, abbracciando i bambini con l'AIDS e perdonando Galileo... e' come se morisse, se si stesse spegnendo, un nonno che vedevamo ogni tanto, che non sapevamo cosa dceva ma era tanto buono con noi... GPII e' diventato papa quando io avevo 5 anni. E' l'unico papa che mi ricordo, per molti e' anche l'unico papa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;...e giusto per aggiungere una bella nota polemica, considerati i nomi che girano oggi sui giornali (Ruini??? Ratzinger??? Biffi???), potrebbe anche essere il minore dei mali!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Per chi avesse voglia di una bell'analisi sui problemi della Chiesa oggi, &lt;a href="http://www.americamagazine.org/reese/america/a-jcm.htm"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt; trovate un articolo molto, ma molto bello sulla Chiesa vista dal punto di vista americano, ma anche dal punto di vista del nuovo secolo. Molto bello. Per esempio, sul ruolo della donna:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;"For growing numbers of American women, the church is seen as an institution riddled with a sexism that does not take their concerns seriously. Not only ordination but birth control, altar girls, lay preaching, inclusive language and fair treatment of lay and religious staff are seen as issues that particularly touch women. In the 19th century, the church lost European working-class males because it stood with the status quo against the inevitable movement of history. There is a serious risk that the church will lose women in the next century the way it lost European working-class men in the last.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The growing alienation of women from the church is extremely serious because it is women who, as mothers and teachers, pass on the faith to the next generation. This is a fact unrecognized by both church leaders and feminists. Women already have a vast amount of power in the church because as mothers and teachers they determine what the next generation of Catholics will actually believe. At best, the priest has 10 minutes to preach once a week. Women interact with children and teach them constantly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;If women are mad at their pastors, if they are angry with the hierarchy, if they are anticlerical, the next generation of men and women will be anticlerical. To expect priestly or religious vocations from families with anticlerical mothers is ridiculous. The church cannot survive without the active support of women."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Anche se lungo e complesso, val la pena leggersi tutto l'articolo....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Insomma, anche se non penso di essere mai stata d'accordo con te su niente, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Ciao Papa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111242619250572083?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111242619250572083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111242619250572083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111242619250572083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111242619250572083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/04/chi-pontifica-e-chi-smette-di.html' title='Chi Pontifica e Chi Smette di Pontificare...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111233998260694119</id><published>2005-03-31T23:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-04-01T23:23:27.516-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Could I Forget???</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;See, the fact that it started as a posting on recent books and turned out to be a posting on ALL books, crap, I ended up forgetting all about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1852427779/qid=1112285772/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-5411354-2971114?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;amp;n=507846"&gt;Tondelli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;!! And, yes, in case you don't know him, another gay one. As said, I'm getting to realize I like gay people better. :) Camere Separate (Separate Rooms) is a masterpiece of love declaration... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;And, since we're at it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0670892548,00.html"&gt;Closed Circle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; by Jonathan Coe just came out, as a sequel of The Rotter's Club. If you live in Europe, it's already available, including the Italian translation coming out today. If you, on the other end, live ON THIS SIDE OF THE OCEAN, forget it, we have to wait till May. *Sgrunt*! And on a different note, does anyone know what his sexual orientation is?? I wanna see if I have a pattern, here. I feel like a textbook case by now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if you've ever wondered what it feels like to be married in a castle, check &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.piuhotels.com/default.php?t=site&amp;pgid=3&amp;amp;PHPSESSID=7472f0c33bb5cab47854ecb93fc22c30"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; out... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Someone I love might be married there soon. I'm wondering, how many people have done the same in the centuries leading to that very date? How many princesses and cortisans and peasants got married in the same spot, or spent their first night there?? And I am wondering, isn't that a fairy tale ending to real fairy tale love story??? You gotta love happy endings. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111233998260694119?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111233998260694119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111233998260694119' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111233998260694119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111233998260694119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-could-i-forget_31.html' title='How Could I Forget???'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111225811016245349</id><published>2005-03-31T00:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-31T00:35:10.163-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Una Lettera dalla Cina</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"Grande e bellissima, come la Cina"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Come scrive la Genti, ecco come me la immagino la mia AmicainCina, che da Shanghai con un bimbo piccolo racconta delle sue avventure Cinesi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;La mia AmicainCina ha trovato una persona che chiama casa, suo figlio. E con lui, va a cercarsi e trovarsi dall'altra parte di molti continenti. A fare la rappresentante di pezzi di ricambio di macchine del caffe'!! Ed il suo coraggio e' una vera ispirazione... il coraggio di lasciare le cose che chiamiamo "casa" per seguire le cose che sono davvero casa. Il coraggio di andare contro il parere di tutti per trovare la propria dimensione in un posto "altro". Il coraggio di ricominciare, da sola, sui cocci di un amore fracassato dalle martellate del solito cretino che non capisce perche' una donna nella tua vita e' la cosa migliore che ti puo' capitare. E allora lei ha fatto le valigie ed e' tornata in Cina, dopo avere seguito la disavventure in Sud America adesso segue le avventure in Asia. Da sola. Con un bimbo di tre anni. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Cara AmicainCina, tu si' che hai da insegnare a tutte noi che crediamo che le difficolta' siano non avere niente da fare il venerdi' sera. Un bacio, che ti raggiunga a Shanghai e ti si venga a posare sulla fronte mentre dormi. La mia splendida AmicainCina, cosi' "conformista" (ti ricordi gli scarponcini col carrarmato sotto, la vera moda, che ti mettevi di nascosto da tua mamma??) quando avevamo 13 anni, cosi' indipendente oggi a 30... che la Cina ti guarisca da tutte le ferite degli altri continenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much Love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111225811016245349?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111225811016245349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111225811016245349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111225811016245349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111225811016245349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/una-lettera-dalla-cina.html' title='Una Lettera dalla Cina'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111215191208585800</id><published>2005-03-29T18:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-29T19:07:03.373-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This Is So Civil Engineeringly Geek You Won't  Believe it!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Displacements. Displacements are driving me nuts. I'm hoping some civil engineer will read this and help me solve this: I have a tied-back wall, with active and passive and all sort of loadings already figured out. I even have the moment curve, but it is not generated by a linear loading condition --&gt; I can't integrate twice and get the displacements!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Anyway, the bottom line is, my frustration is spilling. Have you ever faced a problem you think you have solved a zillion times, and you can't just come up with the right solution??? This is the way I feel- I WANNA PULL OUT MY HAIR ONE BY ONE!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;an email to Troy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;"Okay, this is driving me nuts, it's like a riddle I know I used to be able to solve and now I'm blanking. My nth attempt to solve via the equation of the elastic line (the second derivative of the displacement is equal to minus M(x)/EI) is not proving fruitful. It won't work in a nice elegant way. I mean, I can always crank in the number and get the solution for this specific case, but it won't be a generalized method to do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;SO- the virtual works method. I have banged my head on my school notes, the only way I've ever applied it was to find reactions in statically undetermined structures, rather than by finding displacements. I guess it shouldn't be a big deal to force it to spit it out a displacement instead, but I CAN'T THINK OF A WAY TO RELEASE A RESTRAINT! I need the displacement at a generic point along the wall, and I am still afraid I can use it at a certain location, but not as a generalized equation for future use. It's just driving me nuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;I'm sure you'll come up with a beautiful and elegant solutions that will make me think I have lost all my neurons on the way to California, and I will just curse myself for not thinking about it before you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;And by the way,  I'm SO blogging this!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;:)"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;well, today was engineering day! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="517271902-30032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111215191208585800?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111215191208585800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111215191208585800' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111215191208585800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111215191208585800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/this-is-so-civil-engineeringly-geek.html' title='This Is So Civil Engineeringly Geek You Won&apos;t  Believe it!!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111202791372271427</id><published>2005-03-28T08:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-28T08:38:33.723-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/Pasqua 002.jpg'&gt;&lt;img border='0' style='border:1px solid #660000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/Pasqua 002.jpg'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The House at The End of the Rainbow...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111202791372271427?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111202791372271427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111202791372271427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111202791372271427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111202791372271427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/house-at-end-of-rainbow.html' title=''/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111187325752300339</id><published>2005-03-26T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-26T13:40:57.526-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gym Membership</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I went spinning with Cielo last night, and it was pretty gruesome. The class was great, the instructor was really tough and gave a great lesson, the music was fine... but the fellow spinners, see, that's what I had a problem with. First of all, you know it's not gonna be pleasant when, during the stretching at the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;beginning&lt;/span&gt; of class, you get a whiff of your bike neighbour, who obviously ignore the concept of using a good deodorant.  BEFORE sweating, that is. Then the guy who pulled in a bike in front of us had apparently the same problem, with the addition of creating ever so slowly a wet pool at his feet as the lesson progressed. Now, I know  that it's not a process you can do much about (I don't exactly smell like roses during a spinnign class, let me tell ya!), but what you CAN do, for heaven's sake, is AVOID WEARING A SLEVELESS SHIRT if you know you sweat like a camel in the desert!! So, guys, please please please, WEAR THOSE FUCKING SLEEVES!! Get a regular t-shirt: no one is going to be interested in seeing your muscles if they need to keep a ten feet clearance from you!! Get a life, stop being vane and just show some respect to your fello gym members!! And, to those people at the front desk, can't you make up a policy that if members wanna wear tank tops they need to show proof of extensive deodoration??? Just a thought...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I was ranting about this last night and Esse said he knew he was goin to see it on my blog. I hadn't thought about it, but a good rant is always good blog material!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111187325752300339?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111187325752300339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111187325752300339' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111187325752300339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111187325752300339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/gym-membership.html' title='Gym Membership'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111164873429399228</id><published>2005-03-23T22:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-23T23:27:58.286-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Books, Books and More Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Julia back at &lt;a href="http://www.jde.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tension Is To Be Loved&lt;/a&gt; was asking about books. She says she's reading Middlesex, and she likes it so much she wants to try to catch up with her old commitment to read at least 25 books a year. I didn't think that was such a big deal, but anyway. I was blown away by how different the people who read the same blog can be! A lady reccomended she reads "The Lovely Bones". Yeah, by Alice Sebolt, whom I have just very recently trashed in this blog. Funny, uh? Someone else reccomended some books I would not even think about picking up- in long and short, the ones my coworker reads. I'm always afraid when one of my Amazon orders comes in at work, because for every book she says "Oh, that looks good!", I know it's tainted and I probably will hate it. It's nothing against her, it's just that it seems our reading taste is as far from similar as it gets. But anyway, I digress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;I find it funny how the taste in book really defines the people I like most. I think my deepest friendships revolve around books, exchanged, borrowed, reccomended. The path that brings us together, if you want. And I usually know whether I'm going to make friends with someone once I learn what they read. Or IF they read. A curious sidenote: past relationships- either non-readers, or about one or two books in common (I remember "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812580354/qid=1111648145/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;amp;n=507846"&gt;Calculating God&lt;/a&gt;" as the only book both Frenchie and I read!). Right now Cielo reads what I feed him, and manages not to like almost any of it. I guess I can marry someone like that, but I can't make friends with them!! ahahah!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;What have I read recently that really stands out? well, first of all I'm noticing I'm ever so slightly changing my taste. I can cope with a so-so plot that is masterfully written, but I have a much harder time with a great plot that is written in grade school style. I obviously super prefer it when I can get a good plot and a great writing, but we all know how hard it is to find! I'm also noticing that more and more of the authors I love the most are gay. I don't know why, but they are. So, I'm starting to backtrack into it: if an author is gay, I'm likely to like what he/she writes. Do I like gay people better than straight people? It's growing on me that I probably do. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;A quick and dirty book review of what I have read in the past few months:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Most recent readings are &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060964049/qid=1111646147/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tales of the City&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060929383/qid=1111646147/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books"&gt;&lt;u&gt;More Tales of the City&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060924926/qid=1111646147/sr=2-7/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_7/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Further Tales of the City&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Armistead Maupin&lt;/strong&gt;. I followed PattyZen advice here, and she did not fail me!! He's great. And gay. strike one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;David Leavitt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- anything he's written. I am more of a novel type than a short stories type, and David keeps on writing these little bits, and I have to put up with him. He writes great novels, for sure, but his short stories are just... special. Quickies, frustratig, but good. The best short story I have ever read I think is "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140109595/qid=1111646278/sr=1-21/ref=sr_1_21/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books"&gt;&lt;u&gt;A Place I've Never Been&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;". Great. Definetly Gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Jonathan Coe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- I have no indications on his sexual preferences, but &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375700889/qid=1111646339/sr=2-7/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_7/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The House of Sleep&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679754059/qid=1111646339/sr=2-6/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_6/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Winshaw Legacy&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are just great.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Michael Cunningham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- You find &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312305060/qid=1111646467/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Hours&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; overexploited? pick up &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684874318/qid=1111646396/sr=2-4/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_4/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Flesh and Blood&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312202318/qid=1111646396/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;A Home at The End of the World&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It only gets better. Absolutely gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Jonathan Frentzen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312421273/qid=1111645528/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;amp;n=507846"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Corrections&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is just great. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031242051X/qid=1111646545/sr=2-7/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_7/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strong Movement&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is great, too! Some very interesting concepts on the role of women coming from a character that is hard to sympathize with. If you can agree with someone you don't like, it means the writer has a pretty good way to put it down!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312421818/qid=1111646656/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;The Book of Illusions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Paul Auster&lt;/strong&gt;. Pretty incredible book. Just good, awfully good, although I found it slow at times (the times where Rowena was getting all excited! we liked the book for very different reasons!!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Douglas Coupland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt; is always great. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582342156/qid=1111646684/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;All Families are Psycothic&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; makes you feel better about your own family. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060987324/qid=1111646684/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books"&gt;Girlfriend &lt;u&gt;in a Coma&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is awesome. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060987049/qid=1111646684/sr=2-7/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_7/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Microserfs&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; describes us well. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375407340/qid=1111646684/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;amp;s=books"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Miss Wyoming&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is awfully sad. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582343586/qid=1111646684/sr=2-4/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_4/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Hey, Nostradamus&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is good. I like him. I'm not sure who he sleeps with. I need to read his bio...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;I read &lt;a href="http://www.wumingfoundation.com/italiano/downloads.shtml"&gt;&lt;u&gt;54&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, by &lt;strong&gt;Wu Ming&lt;/strong&gt;. Sorry, the English speaking crowd still doesn't have the translation available, although they're working on it... but you can download it in Dutch, Italian and Spanish for free &lt;a href="http://www.wumingfoundation.com/italiano/downloads.shtml"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Wu Ming is a group of 5 Italian writers, some write better than others, but they're fascinating...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0330490079/qid=1111647169/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/002-0540161-1240863?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;amp;n=507846"&gt;9.99&lt;/a&gt; by a french guy called Frederic Breidgeber was just a piece of genius. I LOVED this book. Too good to be true. Hilarious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385335679/qid=1111647804/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;Kissing in Manhattan&lt;/a&gt;, by David Schickler, was great. I actually looked for the Preemption building, and I was really disappointed discovering he made it up!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Jeffrey Eugenides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312422156/qid=1111646063/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Middlesex&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is FANTASTIC, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446670251/qid=1111646063/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Virgin Suicides&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, from way back when, I found it okay. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;I started reading &lt;strong&gt;Chuck Palahniuk&lt;/strong&gt; about 3 times now- &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393319296/qid=1111646022/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Invisible Monsters&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. It's not that I don't like it, but usually my attention gets diverted. I guess I need to double guess this one. And pick up &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385498721/qid=1111646022/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Survivor&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Tibor Fischer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- in English, it's "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312278713/qid=1111645799/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Under the Frog&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" (in Italian, Sotto il Culo di una Rana in Fondo a una Miniera di Carbone) -the title alone makes you wanna buy the book, doesn't it?? &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805057862/qid=1111645799/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Collector Collector&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Il Collezionista), another genial book. And then again, the inventor of the concept of "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0312278713/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3961498-4279048#reader-page"&gt;cerebral chewing-gum&lt;/a&gt;" must be worshipped! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Cathleen Schine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;- I didn't know she was gay, but that explains a lot. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452279488/qid=1111645730/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Love Letter&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is great, all else- eh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;I have conflicting feelings about &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=dp_searchBox_1/002-0540161-1240863?url=index%3Dbooks%26dispatch%3Dsearch%26results-process%3Dbin&amp;field-keywords=margaret+atwood&amp;amp;x=0&amp;y=0"&gt;Margaret Atwood&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;Janette Winterson&lt;/a&gt;. I have not been persuaded I really  like them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Avoid if you can- if you haven't caught up on this yet, I'm going to say it one more time: &lt;strong&gt;Alice Sebolt&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316666343/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;&lt;u&gt;The Lovely Bones&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;- oh my gawd, I understand that picking on rape victims is not particularly popular, but aside from the fact that she's not gay, I have a hard time believing someone could write something in worse form. *bleah*! Avoid &lt;strong&gt;Ray Bradbury&lt;/strong&gt; in anything but &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345342968/qid=1111645890/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;Fahrenheit 451.&lt;/a&gt; Avoid Dean Koontz and Paolo Maurensig. You might want to play it safe and avoid the latest Ken Follett, too, but if you haven't read it yet pick up &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451166892/qid=1111648444/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-0540161-1240863"&gt;Pillars of the Earth&lt;/a&gt;, which is a great entertainement novel... Patricia Cornwell, too, I used to like her as a purely entertaining reading, now I HATE her....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Uhm. I realized I did not just give &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;recommendations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt; to the last books I enjoyed, it's more like I compiled a list of what I've been liking and not in the past few years!! I admit some of those are more dated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;recommendations &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;, cope with me. I'm sure there should be a lot more to say. Let me put it on your side of the field, tell me what you're reading and what you've been liking...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;Need to go to bed now. It's past 11pm, it's my second post for the day, and I'm aging. :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111164873429399228?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111164873429399228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111164873429399228' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111164873429399228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111164873429399228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/books-books-and-more-books.html' title='Books, Books and More Books'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111164522110722521</id><published>2005-03-23T21:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-23T22:23:34.843-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Incancrenirsi</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;A volte mi chiedo se sono io cosi' ottusa da non volere vedere nessun'altra faccia della moneta che la mia. A volte invece mi chiedo se non siamo tutti cosi' a modo nostro, chiusi nei nostri principi, e l'unico modo per uscirne e' il rispetto totale e la tolleranza totale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;E' un problema di internet. Ci rinchiude invece di liberarci, restringe le cose che leggiamo e le opinioni a cui siamo soggetti piuttosto che ampliarle. Alla fine, anche se abbiamo piu' scelte possibili, decidiamo di leggere e di confrontarci solo con quelli che sono d'accordo con noi. O almeno, questo succede nella maggior parte dei casi. E con le incredibili risorse a cui internet ci da' accesso, sono sicura che se io penso che la difesa dei polli bianchi col becco nero sia vitale all'evoluzione della specie, o che le razze diverse dalla mia siano geneticamente inferiori, le possibilita' che riesca a trovare qualcuno che sia perfettamente d'accordo con me sono elevate. Quindi invece che allargare i miei orizzonti li stringo. Cerco di essere brava, e ascolto questa radio destroide la mattina mentre vado a lavorare. La maggior parte delle volte mi incazzo, ma almeno ho sentito un parere diverso che nella cerchia dei miei amici non e' comune avere. Alla fine, mi rifugio nella gente che considero intelligente, che e' quella d'accordo con me, e non trovo poi cosi' necessario questionare le mie posizioni. Che cosa ho ottenuto? Io sono sempre piu' convinta di avere ragione. Ma e' la ragione la cosa importante? O vogliamo davvero dare importanza con i fatti, e non solo con le parole, ai concetti di rispetto, tolleranza, convivenza civile?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;Mi sento impotente, ma cerco di rimanere fedele ai miei principi: non voglio imporre le mie opinioni su nessuno, ma rifiuto che qualcuno pensi di potermi imporre le proprie. Sono favorevole all'aborto e alla liberta' di scelta. Non credo che lo farei mai, ma non penso che la mia situazione possa descrivere la totalita' delle condizioni in cui si puo' trovare una donna incinta. Sono favorevole all'eutanasia, nonostante sia una scelta dolorosa e difficile penso che una persona abbia diritto di scegliere come terminare la sua vita. Lo farei, con mio marito, con i miei figli?- wow, difficilissimo rispondere. Ma la mia situazione non descrive la totalita' delle situazioni in cui si trovano le persone che questa scelta devono farla. Voglio tasse piu' alte- no, assolutamente no!, ma alla fine so che il bilanciamento sociale, e i minimi standard di vita per tutti, non si ottengono senza prezzo. Credo nella dignita' dell'essere umano, credo che ci siano condizioni di vita minime nella vita dell'individuo, e credo che nelle nostre societa' questo debba essere provveduto dal Governo, e quindi tramite la tassazione. Non credo che la gente debba morire di fame, o di diabete, e non credo che il divario tra i ricchi e i poveri debba essere arbitrariamente aumentato. Piu' stipendio, piu' tasse, mi sembra lineare. Penso che provvedere standard minimi di qualita' della vita sia un diritto, non un dovere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Ma questo e' quello che penso io. Come ci vivo? Quasi semplice: cerco di rispettare come posso, piu' che posso, quelli che la pensano diversamente. Le lezioni della Mamma e delle maestre delle elementari non e' andata persa: la mia liberta' finisce dove comincia quella di un altro. Quindi credo che qualunque scelta che invada la mia sfera personale la voglio fare io, non voglio che sia un altro a farla, e non mi sogno di sostenere politiche che la pensano diversamente. Da dove arriva questa militanza? Il mio capo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, che pensa di potermi imporre le sue opinioni con l'imbuto. Detesto il fatto che legga solo stampa e notizie provenienti dall'estrema destra. Detesto il fatto che scelga quali parti della Bibbia seguire e quali ignorare, detesto che sostenga che l'aborto e' illegale ma la pena di morte e l'usura no. Detesto il fatto che proponga le sue opinioni come verita' assolute, detesto il fatto che quando mi rifiuto di discutere con lui non si arrende. Cerca la rissa in continuazione, e io non lo sopporto piu'. Litigo con lui ogni due giorni, giuro... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;E cosi', ho dato ragione al Francese. Uso il Blog per dire al mondo come la penso. *uffa*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="407292501-24032005"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111164522110722521?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111164522110722521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111164522110722521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111164522110722521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111164522110722521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/incancrenirsi.html' title='Incancrenirsi'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111150926736278022</id><published>2005-03-22T08:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-22T21:30:40.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Solo Per Addette ai Lavori...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Qua si farnetica, si chiacchiera, ma insomma, e' ora di prendere la situazione in mano!! Abbiamo a disposizione ferie e anche un po' di soldini, perche' non metterli a buon uso?? Magari in bassa stagione, magari quando riusciamo a farlo tutte, ma insomma: ANDIAMO A FARCI UNA VACANZA!! Le mie restrizioni sono: SE a Settembre ricomincio ad andare a scuola, ho le limitazioni del caso, e quindi dovrei guardare il calendario scolastico, che dice che in una data variabile dal 13 al 20 Dicembre al 18 Gennaio sono libera... Altrimenti, fine Agosto, oppure Luglio... Insomma, se non interferisce col potenziale calendario scolastico, io ci sono!! Destinazioni: io propongo i Caraibi da qualche parte, Jamaica, Antille, Cozumel o anche Costa Rica. Dite voi. (Cielo doesn't mind, mi deve ancora il recupero di Cabo San Lucas!!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Su un altro tema, HO BISOGNO DI INDIRIZZI, se no come faccio a mandarvi l'invito di matrimonio??? St, il vostro non ce l'ho di sicuro, e nemmeno quello della Juanita... mandatemi un'email di salvataggio! 11 Giugno, Cesenatico. E non si accettano defezioni!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Baci, per oggi basta...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111150926736278022?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111150926736278022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111150926736278022' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111150926736278022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111150926736278022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/solo-per-addette-ai-lavori.html' title='Solo Per Addette ai Lavori...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111142333261096840</id><published>2005-03-21T08:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-21T08:46:21.413-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally Done!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;We are finally done. It seemed impossible, it lasted forever, but we made it! We finally have our SCUBA certifications!!! So, this weekend in Monterey we submerged ourselves to take a look at the Metridium Fields. Wow! Underwater cauliflowers, if you ask me!! They're just gorgeous!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/metridiums.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/metridiums.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The proof we're finally getting back our week nights... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111142333261096840?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111142333261096840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111142333261096840' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111142333261096840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111142333261096840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/finally-done.html' title='Finally Done!'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111136520637262693</id><published>2005-03-20T16:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-21T12:54:28.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toi Aussi???</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;So, Frenchie sent me an email that read pretty much: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;"&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Good god. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;Et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;tu&lt;/span&gt;?? ;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;" &gt;Another one thinking that they need to tell the world what they think.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;The topic was quite obviously my Blog.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;With a capitol B.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;I had not looked at the topic in these terms. So, why do I blog? because I want everyone to know what I think? Not really. It's more like, my daily writing exercise, my way to keep my thoughts organized, and to practice writing. Writing, you know, one of those things I have always wished I were able to do. I kinda feel like I could be writing with this blog!, although I should probably stick to Italian for better form... In any case, I'm enjoying myself. I like to keep in touch with my friends. I like the fact they are checking out how I'm doing by coming to this page almost everyday, and leaving a scribble here and there. And the fact that, through this, I'm actually getting to know new people, like St., which I should know but for a series of unfortunate circumstances I've never met, and it was just about time I did... So, I'm glad I have a space I can play with. I'm learning the basics of HTML by messing with my template everyday (I know, right now it looks like it's been put together by someone severely color-blind and with proportion sickness!), but nevertheless, I'm learning something new. And that's always a good thing. I'm also learning that creative writing is not something I'll ever do in English, and that it shows through and through that English is not my first language. Doesn't prevent me from trying, but I know I'll revert to Italian eventually. And I'm learning there's a ton of people who write much, much better than some of the writers I PAID to read (like, uhm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/koontz/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Dean Koontz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gullivertown.com/remainders/showlibro.php?code=MP704479&amp;amp;Gulliver_Session=5d9010bbce2305863c825f1d0027c719"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Paolo Maurensig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt; in everyhting but "La Variante di Lunenburg" (there's been a lot of raving on my part with Rowena regarding "Venere Lesa"... *bleah*!!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316666343/103-3961498-4279048"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Alice Sebold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;, and many more!)... so, it's enjoyable to be part of a community of people who are actually good at what they do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="151282300-19032005"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;So, Frenchie, no, I don't write beacuse I feel the need to Let the World Know What I Think. And for someone whose second language is French, I expected better form!!! (cheap shot, I couldn't resist!!- you know I love you!!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111136520637262693?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111136520637262693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111136520637262693' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111136520637262693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111136520637262693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/toi-aussi.html' title='Toi Aussi???'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111126719302720255</id><published>2005-03-19T13:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-19T13:19:53.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I HATE Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;So, am I the only  one on the planet? I just thought I touch on the topic since the air conditioner  has started blowing on my freacking neck all right, and that is the unequivocal  sign of California Spring. So, even in temperate weather, where I could actually  lay down my hatred for this stupid season, it has found a good way to come back  and make me hate it. Again. All over again. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;Anyway, when I was  still in Italy the first few sun rays breaking through the clouds where the  unmistakable beginning of me going menopausal. For that stupid month when the  weather changed from winter to Freacking Spring, I was the walking handbook of  menopause symptoms. Hot flashes. Chills. Sweats. Bad smell. Decreased Sex Drive.  You NAME IT! There was never a time worse than the March-April period for me.  Call me CrankyNess if you please.&amp;nbsp;I remember clearly the March afternoon in  1994 (check me out!) where my hatred began: I was on the bus heading back to the  train station,&amp;nbsp;and I started&amp;nbsp;breaking a marathon sweat!!! I swear, I  was smelling worse than a rotten sock,&amp;nbsp;a wet dog and a triathlete, all  together!!! I HAD TO GET OFF THE BUS because I was too embarrassed!!! I walked  back to the station from Piazza Malpighi, cursing and swearing under my breath.  There was no shower in sight for&amp;nbsp;me before Cesenatico, two hours away.  That's how it all begun...&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;I had to move my  ass half-way through the planet to find a place where sandals are in season from  February to November, and avoid the dreaded transition from Winter is not even  there!! And what I get in exchange??? A neck paralysis. I swear, someone explain  to me why in California, although I had a chance to observe it in the whole US,  any temperature indoor above 60ºF (15.5ºC)&amp;nbsp;is considered indecent. That is,  in warm weather. In Winter, they give you a break- we had our office set to 64ºF  for most of the "Winter". 4ºF above. Wow. If you're not impressed, you SHOULD  be- it's been a long battle. So, here it comes again, the season of Onion  Clothing: The jacket and sweater for office use, the strappy top and sandals for  outside. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana size=2&gt;You gotta LOVE  Spring. You think??&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;*bleah*!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=362452022-15032005&gt;&lt;FONT face=Verdana  size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111126719302720255?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111126719302720255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111126719302720255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111126719302720255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111126719302720255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-hate-spring_19.html' title='I HATE Spring'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111113146375911337</id><published>2005-03-17T23:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-31T00:37:51.166-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Most Significant Accomplishment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="124295123-17032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;So, Admission Process, part two. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="124295123-17032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;This entire concept of limiting these great things you have to say about yourself to 250 WORDS, I find it ridicolous. In any case, not like you have a choice, they decide what you write and for how long, sooooooo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="124295123-17032005"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;My Most Significant Accomplishment. Voila'!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tell us about your most significant accomplishment. (250-word maximum)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always been a couch potato. I have always been the one for whom the workouts were a punishment, not a reward. Until one bright February morning when I realized that in order to drag myself out of bed everyday, I needed more than just my job. I remember my thought process, the conversation going on between my neurons:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You should do something."&lt;br /&gt;"But what?"&lt;br /&gt;"I don't know, something completely out of your league."&lt;br /&gt;"Like what?"&lt;br /&gt;"Something crazy, something different... a triathlon!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 20, 2002, palindrome day, was the day my life changed. I got out of bed, researched the Internet, and found it: Pacific Grove, September 14. I signed up for my first triathlon. The task ahead of me was enormous. I had never run before, and I did not even own a bike! At least I could swim - or I thought I could! Day after day, I had to persuade my body that I was really serious about going through with this. I had to loose at least 20 pounds in order not to hurt my knees, and I had to find the time for the workouts around my busy work schedule. I was more hungry, more exhausted, and in more pain than ever before, but I was not going to give up! On the day of the race, I was number 1933 very intensively: marked all over my body, the sign I was going to win my personal challenge. I was the proudest person on earth when I crossed that finish line. I had made it, against all odds, and also against my parents wondering whether I had hit my head! I crossed the finish line and felt like I could do an Ironman next! Well, not quite. Maybe in another year... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111113146375911337?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111113146375911337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111113146375911337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111113146375911337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111113146375911337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/most-significant-accomplishment.html' title='Most Significant Accomplishment'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111092827649529835</id><published>2005-03-15T15:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-15T15:11:16.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I HATE Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;span &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;So, am I the only one on the planet? I just thought I touch on the topic since the air conditioner has started blowing on my freacking neck all right, and that is the unequivocal sign of California Spring. So, even in temperate weather, where I could actually lay down my hatred for this stupid season, it has found a good way to come back and make me hate it. Again. All over again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, when I was still in Italy the first few sun rays breaking through the clouds where the unmistakable beginning of me going menopausal. For that stupid month when the weather changed from winter to Freacking Spring, I was the walking handbook of menopause symptoms. Hot flashes. Chills. Sweats. Bad smell. Decreased Sex Drive. You NAME IT! There was never a time worse than the March-April period for me. Call me CrankyNess if you please. I remember clearly the March afternoon in 1994 (check me out!) where my hatred began: I was on the bus heading back to the train station, and I started breaking a marathon sweat!!! I swear, I was smelling worse than a rotten sock, a wet dog and a triathlete, all together!!! I HAD TO GET OFF THE BUS because I was too embarrassed!!! I walked back to the station from Piazza Malpighi, cursing and swearing under my breath. There was no shower in sight for me before Cesenatico, two hours away. That's how it all begun...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to move my ass half-way through the planet to find a place where sandals are in season from February to November, and avoid the dreaded transition from Winter is not even there!! And what I get in exchange??? A neck paralysis. I swear, someone explain to me why in California, although I had a chance to observe it in the whole US, any temperature indoor above 60ºF (15.5ºC) is considered indecent. That is, in warm weather. In Winter, they give you a break- we had our office set to 64ºF for most of the "Winter". 4ºF above. Wow. If you're not impressed, you SHOULD be- it's been a long battle. So, here it comes again, the season of Onion Clothing: The jacket and sweater for office use, the strappy top and sandals for outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You gotta LOVE Spring. You think??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*bleah*!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111092827649529835?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111092827649529835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111092827649529835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111092827649529835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111092827649529835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-hate-spring.html' title='I HATE Spring'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111087676826293475</id><published>2005-03-15T00:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-15T00:56:08.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What I want to do IF I grow up...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/prose1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(102, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/320/prose1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;from &lt;a href="http://redvic.com"&gt;Red Victorian Inn, San Francisco &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This poster hangs in my living room, reminding me never to loose my balance...&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111087676826293475?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111087676826293475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111087676826293475' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111087676826293475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111087676826293475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/what-i-want-to-do-if-i-grow-up.html' title='What I want to do IF I grow up...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111082297023109783</id><published>2005-03-14T09:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-14T09:56:10.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One Thing to be Said About Blogs...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;...they're addictive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, two months ago I knew blogs existed and I had zero interested in them. Then Rowena started one, and I started reading hers and considering starting my own. Oh, therapeutic thing! Beautiful, now I feel guilty if I don't post for more than two days. It helps me a lot to get my thoughts organized and clear! But anyway, back on topic...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I now check regularly at least, AT LEAST 4 blogs: LeMieCose, SantaSede, This Fish, and Dooce, all of which usually make me laugh like crazy. And from there, I'm finding new ones, new writers, new things to snoop on, and it's just growing, a true addition. I look for new writers, new blogs, new things to read EVERY DAY. I click on every link every one of the blogs I read has. I have to say, even though This Fish is an awesome writer, my fav is Dooce. By far. Dig out the monthly letters to Leta, her one-year-old daughter, and you can understand what kind of parents you can actually be. Parenthood is not just the image of perfection you have in your mind!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the fact is, I check each blog like, 7 times a day, and each time I open one of my "usual" and there's no new post, I get really disappointed. And then I check mine, and if there aren't any comments, I get really disappointed. So, this blog thing increased the amount of disappointment in my life. How did THAT happen??? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In any case. Some incredibly talented writers out there. And they're blogging. Why aren't you??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111082297023109783?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111082297023109783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111082297023109783' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111082297023109783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111082297023109783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/one-thing-to-be-said-about-blogs.html' title='One Thing to be Said About Blogs...'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10273521.post-111044052368912228</id><published>2005-03-09T23:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-09T23:42:03.696-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Application Process</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Just for the records, I DO believe the application process to school, any school, can be a really, truly, positive experience... that is, if you get past the jitters!&lt;br /&gt;It's a unique chance to look inside of you, and dig out some thoughts you had never out together before: why do you like a certain person, or enjoy doing a certain thing, or how you define why certain things are important for you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, TO ANY OF YOU APPLYING TO GO (back?) TO SCHOOL, LISTEN UP:&lt;br /&gt;Writing the essays: a great chance to say very good things about yourself.&lt;br /&gt;Interviews (my favorite!!): a UNIQUE chance to talk to someone for an hour straight telling them how cool you are and what a wonderful addition you would be for their school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean, I know the jitters and all, but after you've taken the GMAT, or the GRE, or whatever your poison is, you're out for the most important and more FUN part of applying to school!! So, enjoy. It was really, really great for me. The second time around! ;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10273521-111044052368912228?l=pontefice.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/feeds/111044052368912228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10273521&amp;postID=111044052368912228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111044052368912228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10273521/posts/default/111044052368912228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pontefice.blogspot.com/2005/03/application-process.html' title='Application Process'/><author><name>Bridging Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05879428841491554570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/267/3062/640/27Nov04%20052.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
