Zerebria

I’ve chosen these two films because, different as they are, they share some unique features. Films are usually about bad news, it’s a necessity imposed by their structure, by the narrative arch: (more…)

I got in contact with the issue of codependency merely by chance, as I was looking for better ways to interact with a person with a problem of addiction. I had a feeling that I was not going anywhere and (more…)

My faithful (or stoical ) Zerebria readers already have a notice of my love story with Konrad Lorenz’s Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins, documented here and here. The book, despite its age, is full of wow and aha moments, and, while reading it, (more…)

They were in bed, deciding what to do in the afternoon, when she suddenly stretched out her hand towards the night table (more…)

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Today it’s my pleasure to open the collaborations chapter in this blog with a very special guest blogger; Raul Ojeda, from Alien Ghost, will sound familiar to some of you as a regular presence in the comments section. But if you have not visited his blog yet, do yourself a favor and make sure you enjoy his refined comments and his very acute, sometimes ironic view of life at www.alienghost.com.

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Thank you Nacho for the honor and the opportunity to be here in this amazing blog! The topic I’d like to talk about is a comparison between the way people and cars operate (or behave).

Loop Mode

In modern cars a computer controls the engine, transmission, suspension, brakes, etc. It does that by (more…)

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I have blogged several times about the virtues of admiration, and the greatness of being a polymath, so I thought it would be nice to show that I practice what I preach by introducing here some of my heroes. (more…)

Children are like pure water before it gets stained by our ‘civilized’ procedures (in fact, it is more than a metaphor: it seems the water percentage in a child’s body is higher than the regular adult 60-70%). So, even though nowadays they usually lose their innocence really soon (they better do), it is still possible to (more…)

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I think we all have them. Those pieces of clothing which have gone with us through the ages, that favorite t-shirt that is not black anymore but it’s comfortable (more…)

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A short remembrance from one of my latest sentimental relations, and what I learned from it. All in all, just a resource to think aloud about one of those issues (more…)