My journals from 1984 until now
I blame Anne Frank for my obsession with documenting my life – shortly after reading her book I started my diaries. I was thirteen and I wrote them in Portuguese, my first language. I studied Literature for a semester in Rio (UERJ) as I wanted to be a journalist, but stopped it with a view … Read more
First Published Sunday 14th of December 2014 – Chico Buarque de Hollanda I was talking to friends on Friday and they had never heard Chico Buarque. He’s one of my favourite composers/singer/songwriters ever – I grew up listening to his songs and still listen to them regularly. He has composed hundreds of songs and I … Read more
The Deserter – A Russians Senior Lieutenant & his wife’s story. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/20/magazine/ukraine-russia-war-deserter.html Audio: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/podcasts/russia-ukraine-deserter-audio.html Also here: Parts 1-3 Parts 4-5 The Deserter By Sarah A. Topol This is a story told in five parts. Because of the security risks faced by Russian deserters, pseudonyms are used throughout. The photographs, however, are of the real-life subjects. … Read more
Super Swift vs. Tiny Temper Trump I’ve had this idea in my head for a while now, of Taylor Swift as a comic book super heroine. I can’t draw but thanks to AI this can be relatively easily achieved with a prompt. I say relatively easily because I didn’t get quite what I wanted and … Read more
Go to 8th of September 2024 for latest update Archive Thursday 22nd of August 2024 On Sunday, 28th of July, I was playing Badminton with my granddaughter at the green outside our house, when we heard a distressed miaowing. I’d heard it before, a few times, tried to work out where it was coming from, … Read more
Go to 29th of June 2024. Latest Update Archived https://archive.ph/AVTol 19th of May 2024 I was listening to this podcast on The Daily today. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/podcasts/the-daily/brett-martin-spotify.html Have you heard the song “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes”? Probably not. On Spotify, “Brett Martin, You a Nice Man, Yes” has not yet accumulated enough streams to … Read more