My head feels like it's the size of a small planet. I keep getting dizzy and there's no real accounting as to the whys and whats of this. Every time the phone rings while I'm conscious, I silence it because ...Read More
Everyone's excited about Colombia these days. I am too.
Colombian film ('Paraiso Travel') plays at Tribeca. John Leguizamo is in it; hopefully he'll do a better job than his last Colombian adventure.
Author of Lonely Planet Colombia admits he never went there. ...Read More
Yesterday, Daily Kos posted what may be the greatest "conservative initiative" ever regarding the environment: rebranding. Oh, I know it sounds simple. Except that by "simple,"I of course mean "brilliant."
So take the endangered spotted owl and rename it "The ...Read More
My grandfather's grandfather, Benito Rueda, founded a small town in the mountains of Santander, Colombia. A small town that has, by the way, a website. A wonderful little website with old pictures and a virtual tour of the church that ...Read More
The BBC wastes a lot of money sending some asshat to Colombia to say... nothing. He offers no new insight. Nothing. Wait! The station guard did not come to work on the day Gabriel Garcia Marquez came back to his ...Read More
At the reading I gave last Thursday, I read a short piece on how people on my mother's side of the family can't sing.
My father on the other hand, had a wonderful singing voice, and my mom boasted of this ...Read More
I am reading a the Fuel & Fuddle tonight. Selections from the manuscript in progress. If you're in Pittsburgh and you've got nothing to do in two hours, come on out. I'm reading with Sam MacDonald (who happens to ...Read More
