Archive for April, 2010
Reason #7 why Colombia is awesome: Spanish
A perfect language for a culture that is so vibrant, genuine and expressive as this. The one thing I’ve taken notice of as I travel around is how dull English, or at least North American English really is. Practical yes, easy for people to pick up and learn, yes but romantic? Sensual? Beautiful? Not in [...]
Reason #98 why Colombia is Awesome: Baby Geckos
I went to bed yesterday morning at my usual hour of 7:30am or so and at about 7:45 I was woken up by an all too familiar sensation on my chest. The sensation of little baby gecko’s feet on my body as the baby Gecko which I have seemingly befriended had done one of two [...]
Reason # 145 why Colombia is awesome
It would be easy to say ‘for the coffee’ as the coffee here is in a league of it’s own, truly, and for those of you who know me you know what it means for me to say that as I gave up coffee years ago. The awesome thing for me though is not only [...]
Reason #421 why Colombia is awesome – Make your own Potato Chips
Damn straight. First time I’ve ever made my own Potato Chips in my life and now I’m doing it all the time. In fact, it is probably what I use potatoes the most for down here. However the real magic is in Patagones, which are probably my favorite snack down here. Instead of potatoes you [...]
Thoughtless, effortless Change
I feel that before you can attract what you truthfully want, you need to understand fully why it is that you are attracting that which is not that. This is of course assuming you have already spent the time and mental exercise in uncovering what it is you truthfully want, differentiating it from that which [...]
Gears of War trailer released: Ashes to Ashes
I make no secret that 3rd person console shooters are easily in my top 5 most detested genres of games in the world and could write pages and pages about why they should all be abolished but one thing I don’t hate is the zillions and zillions of dollars pumped into that market to make [...]
