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Entries from April 2006

Italian Health Care System, part 87

April 27th, 2006 · 2 Comments

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Reading: The Time Traveler’s Wife
So, I had to schedule an appointment with a doctor, who in October told me that I should schedule it in March-April. He gave [...]

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Tags: Bureaucracy · Food-Nature Porn Chaser · Italy

Trenitalia owns my first-born child

April 25th, 2006 · No Comments

I can’t believe it’s been that long since I posted. That was, of course, the last night before a wave of visitors arrived! Bringing with them, of course, lots of treats and gifts, but visitors nonetheless. You don’t realize how much work it is traveling until you start doing it again.
In the last eleven days, [...]

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Tags: Holiday · Italy

Can I get paid for this?

April 13th, 2006 · 5 Comments

Disturbing: McD’s MORE fatty in the US? Finally, we’ve found the source of our obesity!
A new ADDICTIVE game: Avocadolite Farm Hustle (Thanks Yasmina!)
So, I’m coming up on my 5-month mesiversary (anniversary just doesn’t work for me) here at my job with the advertising agency. In this time, I have done many many important things. Like [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Culture · Italy · Work

Saying goodbye to Berlusconi?

April 7th, 2006 · 4 Comments

YOU decide who will win: Play the Prodi-Berlusconi Punchout game
I only want your, er, vote: Berlusconi talks politics with sex chat girls
Elections in Italy start Sunday, and today is the last day that the candidates can campaign. Tomorrow is a “reflection day” so that the voters can make their choices in relative silence.
The European Economist [...]

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Tags: Italy · Religion-Politics