Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Feliz Navidad! Listed below are some of the works that I am reading this holiday season, in alphabetical order by title: 1. A book I bought at “Books & Books” in Key West, Florida: Adios Hemingway by Leonardo Padura Fuentes … Continue reading →

To celebrate Christmas Eve or Nochebuena, below is a reproduction of a painting by El Greco (the Nativity).

On this day (22 December) in 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly convicted of treason by a military court-martial in France. In the words of one commentator (see here), “The Dreyfus affair is an extraordinary tale of injustice, deceit, and … Continue reading →

On this day (21 December) in 1913, the now-defunct New York World published the first “word-cross” puzzle. That particular puzzle, which is pictured below, was created by one Arthur Wynne (see here and here), and according to Wikipedia, an illustrator … Continue reading →

Would the world be a better place without the Internet? Or at the very least, what if we all voluntarily refrained from using the Internet during the holidays?

Among other things, this board game includes 250 Conspiracy Question Cards, 25 Cover-up Cards, and an instruction booklet, “unless the Illuminati took them.” What are you waiting for? Order yours here today!

My father Don Francisco, my son Kleber Enrique, and I went off the beaten tourist path and visited the Angeles National Forest on Friday 12/16, one of the best places to visit in Los Angeles. Pictured below are some snapshots … Continue reading →

I mentioned in my previous post how no one at Derek Thompson’s Progress Summit, which took place earlier this week in Los Angeles, bothered to define what they meant by “progress”–no one but Astro Teller that is. Among other things, … Continue reading →