Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

I had the inspiration to write about Sor Juana, as we call her familiarly in Mexico, because she was a most remarcable woman, almost unknown outside of Mexico, where, by the contrary, she's so well known that the 200-peso bills carry her portrait.
Her name translates as Sister Joan Inez of the Cross, her name as a nun, while her name in the world was Juana de Asbaje y Ramírez. There are tons of books about her in Spanish, but very little information in English. Here, I'm going to link the best I found on the web about her in Shakespeare's language, a page from Oregon State U.
That information in general is quite accurate except for a few typos. I will refer only to one: it says she was born in Mepantla, but the actual name of the town is Nepantla; an obvious typo. Another minor mistake is that when she goes to school at the age of three, she goes to the "amiga" (femenine friend), and the Oregon U page says it means "girl", which it doesn't. Niña for a young one or muchacha for an older one are the words for girl. Actually "amiga" was the name given to what we call kindergarten now, back then in 1651. Amiga for the girls and amigo for the boys.
One more thing I want to comment -although it is hinted at in that article- is that when she was 16 years old, the fame of her huge culture came to the ears of the Viceroy of Mexico, who gathered FOURTY wise men, in all sciences Divine and human and she was called to the Viceroyal Palace to sit in the middle of the 40, who threw all kinds of questions to her...and she responded every one correctly! She even elaborated some of them explaining obscure points of Theology, Astronomy, poetry, what have you, to those learned men. The Viceroy and his wife were so amazed and happy with her that from that moment on she lived for several years in the Palace.
Ok, enough of me. Let the Oregon University page speak.
P.S. Just want to add that she wrote a huge amount of books, many of them in verse. She said it was easier for her to write in verse than in prose. She even wrote a Treatise on Astronomy in verse.
Ok, this is all :)

And here I am.

I have been honored by Skeptical One with an invitation to post on her blog, FraidyCrats.
This is the first time in my life I have access to post entries in a blog and I'm nervous about it! Any new activity is always a source of some nervousness for me, so I can say I was expecting this. Of course, I'm more excited than nervous, as this is another step for old me to become a XXI Century denizen ;)
Renew or die, says the proverb, and I plan to live longer hehe.
I don't know practically anything about this blogging business, but I can learn (I learned how to eat by myself! And tie my shoelaces too!), and with the wonderful help of Skeptikal One I know I will sail through the terrifying ocean of Cybernia with good success and reach port whenever necessary.
Heh.
I still don't know what I will comment about, but 1.) subjects are almost infinite and 2.) the nice owner of the blog has given me carte blanche to deal with topics, a confidence that I appreciate a lot. I will behave and be a good boy, I won't go into personal grievances and the like over here; trying to aboard issues that could be interesting for others.
Ok, thanks a lot Skeptical One, much appreciated :)
This will be all for my first post ever.
God bless my friend S.O. and everyone that might read this comment.

Miguel aka as Miguelito ;)

The Biggest Liar in the Democrat Primary Season Just Got Busted

John Edwards has never seemed to be an honest person to me. He seems the sort that will say anything, claim anything as long as it gets him attention.
Well, after the tragic asassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan John Edwards said the following (on 12/27/2007 on his website):

"I spoke to President Musharraf a few minutes ago and I urged him to continue the democratization process because of how important it is to the Pakistani people and how important it is to his country. I also urged him to allow international investigators into Pakistan so that, for the rest of the world, there can be credibility in determining what the facts were and what actually occurred."

John Edwards own Website

People were skeptical about his actually talking to Musharraf. When people expressed doubt, Edwards reiterated his statement. The incident was covered by Ben Smith at Politico quoting Radio Iowa, the blog,

...so when I spoke to the ambassador earlier today I said if Musharraf, if the president had time would you have him give me a call because I'd like to speak with him directly and he called."

Politico Blog by Ben Smith

I don't know how long the reference on John Edwards site will stay there, since he got caught in the lie tonight in Las Vegas. But this man has NO business running for office, he should just go back to his ambulance chasing days.

Did you notice the rapid blinking of his eyes when he lies? It is his tell, much like Bill Clinton's tell was the boney finger pointing at the interviewer.

Now perhaps Edwards will go and try to change the narrative, claim that others got it wrong. But they didn't and IF they did he left them with the impression that he was doing presidential type work. Many on the right were condemning his showboating and saying that his insertion of himself in the situation was unwise. Well, now it turns out he didn't do anything but grab headlines.

Thank you Andrew Breitbart for making sure everyone can see what this phony is really like.

John Edwards Claiming he didn't talk to Musharraf now

Watch the video.