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El Tiempo – Turning Your Back on the Problem WIll Not Make it Disappear
El Tiempo - Turning Your Back on the Problem WIll Not Make it Disappear Originally uploaded by Wordyeti Due to the infuriating upstream bandwidth throttle at the Hotel de Pereira, I am not able to upload the amazing set of photos we took of the mass protest march...
Praying for Release of FARC Hostages
Praying-for-release-of-FARC Originally uploaded by Wordyeti This is the interior of the earthquake-damaged cathedral in Pereira. We stopped in there on Sunday, and walked into the middle of a heavy, emotional mass for the kidnapped victims of the FARC guerillas....
Colombia’s Last Narco-Emperor Dies
Wilber Alirio Varela, former head of the "sicarios" assassination squads for the Cali Cartel, most recently the head of the "Norte del Valle" cartel, a man known as "Jabon" ("Soap") because he was what the cartel used to "clean" situations, was himself assassinated...
Manizales, Colombia – La Patria Newspaper
It's not often that you get to play with a piece of steampunk genius like the Ottmar Mergenthaler Linotype. This thing was a work of Rube Goldberg art ... if you've ever seen one in operation, it groaned and hissed, clanked and whirred ... This one sits in the lobby...
The Economic “Bubble” Bursts – in 1720
Interesting little history lesson over at iTulip, a blog devoted to the latest financial folly that's melting down the global economy ... it turns out that the word "bubble" was first used to describe irresponsible investing & the concomitant hangover back in...
Ants amid rainbow tinkertoys
Ants amid rainbow tinkertoys Originally uploaded by Wordyeti Been a little short on the blog entries lately; way too much to process is way too short a time. So be content with this photo entry, taken from the ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier. I'm thinking about...