Spamtastic!

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The demagogue versus the demagogic oligarchy

Corpodibacco thinks Grillo is a demagogue. And I agree, but then he is challenging a group of oligarchic demagogues, so the 'fighting fire with fire' approach is possibly necessary. What is even more interesting to this, almost, casual observer, is that the politicos in Italy are mentioning … [Read more...]

Dieting, again.

One of the negative aspects of our Tuscan experience was the extra kilos all the food and wine added to my already somewhat corpulent form. So, diet time. It's working, around 5 kilos have melted away so far, but I'm still no lightweight.Typical diet day:Breakfast: Bowl of cereal with milk and … [Read more...]

An admission re Grillo

It may surprise you to know that I stopped reading Beppe Grillo's blog for some time. Indeed, I have only recently started reading it again. Why did I stop? Sadly, the reason was that reading his blog depressed me and made me feel rather bad about Italy. However, V-Day has served to make me … [Read more...]

Lands of confusion.

Despite the best efforts of English teachers to convince their charges to actually speak English, those who work tend to avoid conversing with colleagues from abroad by means of the good old phone.  Instead, non-mother tongue speakers, and mother tongue speakers, it has to be said, tend to resort … [Read more...]