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About Me

"The fact is the sweatest thing labor knows."

http://rubenn.stumbleupon.com/

My Interests

photos, outdoors, coffee, caffeine, tea, art, hiking, traveling, parks, exercise ...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/quixotecalvo

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Music:

Sufjan Stevens, Erik Satie, Sigur Ros, Zero 7, Gorillaz, Muse, Keane, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Brent Berry, Wilco, Shelby Lynn, Norah Jones, Inti Ilimani, Beck, Fatboyslim, Tricky, Stereophonics, White Stripes, Jet, U2, Guns N Roses, Johnny Cash, David Gray, Gratefull Dead, Sublime, Ben Folds, Liz Wright, Coldplay, Radiohead, Pink Martini, Gotan Project, Los Lonely Boys, Ozomatli, Nitin Sahwnee, Moby, Ryan Adams, John Adams, Rachmaninov, ...

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Movies:

MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, A Few Good Men, Goonies, Friday Night Lights, What Dreams May Come, Raising Arizona, Hudsucker Proxy, Rushmoore, The Royal Tanenbams, Lost In Translation, The Matrix, The Graduate, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Serpico, Simone, AI, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Crash, Jacob's Ladder, Bicentennial Man, Seven Years in Tibet, Gattaca, I heart Huckabees, Batman Begins, The Truman Show, Shopgirl, Scent of a Woman, Scent of Green Papaya, Monty Python, Minority Report, ...

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Books:

Endurance, Sidharta, The Storyteller, Another Roadside Attraction, Contact, The Little Prince, The Alchemist, Bless Me Ultima, A Wrinkle in Time, Isaac Asimov, Robert Frost, Into the Wild, ...

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My Blog

The Race

"QUIT! GIVE UP! YOU'RE BEATEN!" They shout and plead, There's just too much against you now, this time you can't succeed. And as I start to hang my head in front of failure's face, My downward fall is...
Posted by Ruben on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:47:00 PST

Check out this video: Atomic

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Posted by Ruben on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST

El Dorado

Gaily bedight, A gallant nightIn sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long, Singing a songIn search of El DoradoBut he grew old,This night so bold,And o'er his heart a shadowFell as he foundNo spot of...
Posted by Ruben on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:12:00 PST

Desiderata

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and...
Posted by Ruben on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:45:00 PST

Where the Sidewalk Ends

There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his...
Posted by Ruben on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:32:00 PST

I'm a Tom Robbins wannabe

I once met a man in a Turkish bathtub with blue feet and the most yellow eyes. he stood there beside Persephone. She sat there staring at the tiles, quiet, sullen, illuminating the quarters; a...
Posted by Ruben on Tue, 02 May 2006 07:27:00 PST

Cranes, hope and the path ahead

here's an article about paper cranes. I'm sitting here in my office balling after reading this article. It suddenly hit me the significance of the things my sister has done for me, the concern s...
Posted by Ruben on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:24:00 PST

Doctors with cancer

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5326183 Two doctors discuss their experience with cancer. Reading about and listening to them has challenged my recent resentment toward 'care...
Posted by Ruben on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:34:00 PST

Dylan Thomas Poem

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are ...
Posted by Ruben on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:51:00 PST

Spring

Spring!!! She's coming!Look around and see her budding.Feel her warming touch and zealous gaze. Oh...but, poor, drab Winter fades away,limping with its soggy back turned,shamefully hiding its bleary f...
Posted by Ruben on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:54:00 PST