Found the wine!

The talk was excellent and I wished Kalil was here with me to listen to the music professor explain the history behind the music that will be played. It does provide a better perspective of what will hear. Another good news was that I found the bar. :)

BSO but no wine

I arrived a bit early here for the presentation of the BSO. My hope was to watch the talk they have before the presentation but also maybe drink a glass of wine. No wine here! The place is actually nice however my seat is so close that I feel I'm setting under the orchestra. Actually if one of the musicians on my side decide to fart it will go almost in my face. I hope they had a good lunch. LOL. I see that there was a reason for ticket to the cheapest. You always get what you pay for. I should have known.

Man vs Woman: The Differences

A colleague here showed me a video from Italy about the differences between Man and Woman. It is quite clever actually. Here is the video.

In fact, this director makes some very interesting cartoons. This other one is a comparison between Italy and the rest of Europe. The same video could be applicable to Brazil. They only had to change the flag from Italy to Brazil.



If you want to see more, just search for Bruno Bozzetto on YouTube or go to his website.

Here is just one more about how to drive  (not)  :-)

T on the weekend

I don't know what is going on here but the T today is really really busy. I never got it like that. Maybe there is something going on in the city and I'm just not aware of. Anyway, I'm on my way to work.

Slow day

I'm happy Sarah got the car fixed. Today I'll take a bit easy. I'm having lunch at the Indian restaurant close to the house. After I'll go to work and later tonight go to the BSO.

Never again!

OMG! This was cold. I'm home now but I'm not sure I'll do this again.  First it isn't as close as I thought and second it is colder than I thought. At least I saved $10 and not all is lost. Tomorrow I can use that money to go to a restaurant. I'm about to fall asleep. Good night. Talk to you in the morning. Sarah please no more flat tires. LOL.

Cold is here....

I'm going to try to walk now on -17C for about half a hour. I think I'll  be okay. I'll tell you tomorrow.

Cambridge common

Im here drinking a Opa Opa Ipa in this bar. It's actually quite nice. Good food and good beer. Maybe I'll come here again some other day.

Giving up on the gym

I'm not going to try to join this gym no longer. It is frustrating. People here in the lab do not put this as priority (obviously) and the people at the Marino center (gym) couldn't care less. I'll see if I find another place to go.

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Since I'm going to rest a bit tomorrow, I'm going to the BSO concert tomorrow (Saturday). It was a bit expensive even for the cheapest ticket but I don't intend to be there all the time. I had to pay $47 for the ticket. The BSO is said to be one of the best in the USA. The program will include Mozart and Handel. I'll post tomorrow about the experience.

Joe vs CNN

Very nice from Rick Sanchez to take on Joe the assh...  Here is the youtube video. Joe is now a war correspondent. Can you believe this? We'll just have to wait and see what happens to Joe the "war correspondent". 

Professor?

I'm reading Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. What a book!!! If you'd like to learn more about critical thinking, you must get it. Funny is that he talks about people that don't do anything but love to call themselves "professor". He talks about a guy that bought a telescope placed on his backyard and became a sensation because he called himself professor and has claimed to be in contact with Aliens. 

What is even funnier is that I have one of these in my life now. The landlord of my house is "professor". It's amazing, he teaches guitar on the back of the house and decided that he is a professor and that his shed on the back is a college of music. Can you believe this?! My brain has a problem understanding this type of attitude, maybe it is because I am a college professor (a real one I hope) and get no joy of the title. Titles is giving based on accomplishments, right? And they are supposed to be self-satisfying not really something you freely publicize. I learned now that there must be something wrong with a person when he/she answers the cell phone: "Hello, this is Prof. A...". Eraldo and I already knew one guy at FIT who does this but at least he is a professor. My landlord is far from being one.

I miss Kalil

Obviously I miss everyone but I'm working now with my iPod and some guy just played No Surprised on the piano... let me check his name... Christopher O'Riley. And I just had that felling that I really miss waking up with Kalil playing the Piano. I miss him... :(  BTW Kalil keep playing!!!

Time to go home....

I'm tired today (and Jerry is going to beat me on chess)... so I'm going home. I'm so upset about my last chess move. Everything was going okay (sort of..).  Tomorrow I have a paper deadline and I should try to wake up early.

Friend from England...

Paul, a friend from England gave me the phone of his (ex-)wife who is living here in Boston. I called her just now. It was nice to talk to her. I've taught (tried to) her Portuguese in England and this is how I met Paul. I tried to because I don't think I'm very good teaching languages.

Well, I told Tobey that I'd be happy to meet her for lunch some day she's around. Let's see if she calls. I gave her my email address as well.

Just hungry...

Still no luck with the gym. This is frustrating. Maybe someday...  I haven't had time to eat lunch so I'm getting very hungry. I think I may leave earlier today. I don't know. O maybe I'll just grab a "brick" there on the Qsoba (one of the 100's of mexican burrito places around here). I haven't tried the Qsoba yet but tried the other place that "invents" burrito. The one I tried was teriakki chicken burrito. Sounds good but doesn't taste that good. At least I'm having fun making reviews of these restaurants on Goodrec (a iPhone application that I like).  Ahh I just remember that there is another place here on campus that sells burgers. Maybe I could try that....

Am I me?

Well the sport facility did not accept my letter from the provost! They said the letter said I was offered a position but doesn't say I'm here! What? Am I here?! Am I me? I hate people who create bureaucracy out of nothing. Can you imagine this situation? I'm offered a position, I come all the way from Florida to Boston but I'm actually not working here. I came here just to join the sport facility illegally because that was my dream! One day I'll join the sport facility at NEU!! 

Chess

Jerry is kicking my butt in chess. I'll have to think carefully what
to here. :)

Breakfest in the house.

OMG, It was hard. I've bought a bag of bagels an cream cheese yesterday hoping to eat breakfest in the house. Well I did but the kitchen is so dirty that I wonder if it was better eat in the
bathroom. Anyway it is just too disgusting to be talking here.

I'm again in the T going to work and today I'm taking my squash racquet with me. I hope I can start practicing. I still have to convince the people in the sports facility to accept the letter I have from the provost. Let's see what happens.

Here Be Dragons

Thai was nice. Good restaurant. I'm at home and just watched a documentary called "Here be Dragons". A very go documentary on skepticism. You should watch as at it teaches how to use critical thinking. Here is the movie link.