While there are many kinds of filters for both fresh and saltwater aquariums, one of the most common is the under-gravel or under aquarium filters. It works by creating a large surface area for de-nitrifying bacteria to colonize out of the substrate itself, but may not be the best choice for saltwater aquariums. One […]
Warnings for Obama
"If you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we […]
Oziel on 12th Street
La Plata, Argentina — “Beautiful, no,” he asks in his thick, Portuguese accent. Oziel, a Brazilian immigrant who has been living in Argentina for four years, has been working on 12th street for about a year now. His work, he’s an artist who paints scenes of forests, beaches and lakes onto glazed tiles, […]
When Did This Place Become “Nutless Corners”?
Today at the Columbus Circle stop waiting for the 1 train I witnessed for perhaps the 6th time in 2 months a phenomena that makes me want to vomit uncontrollably and biblically rip my clothes off of my body in utter frustration and rage. I witnessed another late twenty-early thirtysomething or maybe even fortywhogivesacrap plug […]
Flying American
In “Leaving Las Vegas” a man succumbs to massive amounts of alcohol. It was a movie, a rather sad one at that. Recently, I was starring in my own version of “Leaving Buenos Aires”, it also had liquor, it had despair, it had tears and frustrations. Only … a movie it was not! It was […]
Dawn Boat Ride on the Ganges
As the fiery ball of the sun began to rise over the eastern bank of the Ganges on our left-hand side, the lighted candles on banana leaves, offered in prayer to the gods, started to float past our boat. The oars lapped gently in the water as the high stepped bank, on our right hand […]