Contravoz in Los Angeles!

Yes, I am in Los Angeles, ready to go and dissipate my spirit, already quite dysfunctional after the trip.

What did I learn so far in the 12 hour flight?....that "There are two kinds of patience to cultivate, the patience with respect to things, and the patience with respect to people"

Innocent Eréndira

"He's an angel - but the poor fellow is so old that the rain knocked it down"

Vandal#6 and Clark - current and ex-NewYorkers - I got as surprised and as excited about your landing in my courtyard (courtblog) as Pelayo did in the Garcia Marquez story.

Procrastinationem

Mensaje de Orioles:

Hola Contravoz,
Como abanderado de la lucha contra la "procrastination" (se ve que en espanol se llama dilacion), te envio esta cita:

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." - David Marquis



Respuest de Contravoz:
El misterio es que el termino del latin haya sido adoptado sin dilacion por los Anglofonos y Francofonos, pero que no sea utilizado en Español. Dilacion...dilacion...no es lo mismo que procrastinacion.

Procrastinamos hermano, hasta con el Latin.

Tertulias

No, en Suiza no hay tertulias, pero si hay conversacion. Y aqui - sobre todo aqui- se aplican las normas de Ciceron:
"Habla claro; habla facil pero no demasiado,sobre todo cuando hay otro que desea su turno; no interrumpas; se educado; trata con seriedad lo serio, con gracia lo ligero; no critiques a espaldas del otro; manten el tema en el ambito general; no hables de ti mismo; y sobre todo, no pierdas tu talante - no te enfurezcas."

"Speak clearly; speak easily but not too much, especially when others want their turn; do not interrupt; be corteous; deal seriously with serious matters and gracefully with lighter ones; never criticise people behind their backs; stick to subjects of general ineterest; do not talk about yourself; and, above all, never lose your temper"
From the Economist December 2006