About Marcel Tam
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Generation WHY
Posted on May 13, 2010 | 1 CommentReturn On Investment I remember feeling appalled when I saw the "Dreaming Has a Low ROI" advertisement on the NYC subway. In fact, the "careerbuilders.com" marketing wizards couldn't be more... -
Thought For Food
Posted on May 1, 2010 | No CommentsEpidemics of Obesity & Diabetes The United States of America (USA) is currently undergoing an epidemic of preventable disease. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the USA... -
Mexico Travel Alert
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No CommentsFor several weeks now, the USA Department of State has maintained a Travel Warning for travel to Mexico, especially to the US-Mexico border areas near Juarez, México in the state... -
End of an (Flamepo)-Eira
Posted on April 24, 2010 | No CommentsFlamepoeira. There is a special fondness on my lips when I utter that name. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein A mixture of "Flamenco" and "Capoeira", the former cafe/art gallery... -
On Competition
Posted on April 17, 2010 | No CommentsTo Compete L.L. competere "strive in common," in L., "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from com- "together" + petere "to strive, seek" Apparently the word... -
My Inauguration
Posted on January 21, 2009 | No CommentsWashington D.C. transformed me into my former self. I wandered through the national capital, a stranger in a my native land, and I felt oddly at home. That's really what... -
Studying…for what?
Posted on December 7, 2007 | No Comments"I ask who's going to take the weight/And y'all shrug like Wednesdays are bad for me, I gotta study" - "G'Dang Digg" by RA Scion of Common Market I am... -
Back from Mexico. So now what?
Posted on October 26, 2006 | 1 CommentOK. So, first of all, my return to the dUSA begs the question, "Is a 'Marcel in Mexico' blog still appropriate?" Do I have to change the name of my... -
On the value of family
Posted on March 30, 2005 | No CommentsIn terms of biology, the tendency of a family to care for on another can imply a stronger fitness for their respective genes. Sociologically, family ties (á la Mafia) carry...