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This probably was the first time in history that a tacos al pastor grill from Colonia Portales made it to Harvard University’s Chemistry department. I post pictures of the event. This shows the improvements in the Tacos al pastor (Takeshis (C)) technology for the second iteration. Kudos to Joel, Sigifredo, Rogelio, Sangwoo, Cesar, Anna and [...]
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I promised to post our adventure in the art of making Tacos al Pastor. Since I moved to the US, I always have missed the Mexican tacos al pastor experience. There are places where you can get them, but they’re not as good as a Mexico City taqueria. Since then, my friends and I have [...]
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2666
The book 2666 by Roberto Bolaño was reviewed in the New York Times. I was very touched by one of the parts of this book, the one about the violence in Ciudad Juarez, which was also described in the NYT review: If the word “unflinching” didn’t exist I’d invent it to describe these nearly 300 [...]
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I came to visit Dr. Marco Lanzagorta, a scientist from the Naval Reserach Lab who works on quantum information and other scientific computing topics. He’s also a Mexican working in the field. We had a good lunch, where he told me something that confirmed to me that quantum information scientists are great, creative people. He [...]
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Third wedding anniversary
Today is our third wedding anniversary. Dori and I married in 2005. She and I have had a great time together, and we already have lived in two cities and three apartments, gone to two campuses, had two cars, and ate at many sushi restaurants. Tonight, we had sushi again to celebrate.
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A kind of crossroads in life
On Friday, I went to Grafton Street for a one-hour drink with Mike Stopa, my friend and collaborator. It’s a good way for both of us to wind down after a week of hard work. We have met together two weeks in a row now, and this weekly gathering may become a tradition. The week [...]
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Tags: Exercise, Haruki Murakami, Javier Marias, Literature
I have been thinking of re-starting my blog for quite some time. Since I became an assistant professor, things have been quite hectic and exciting, and that led to abandoning my previous blog. I decided to remove my pre-2006 (graduate student-time) blog from the Internet, and begin afresh. This time around, I am going to [...]
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Tags: new beginning.
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