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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Police in Colombia
By Jack Brummet, in Colombia
A view of the square from our balcony in San Gil. An amazing amalgam of locals, Colombian tourists, Europeans (as usual in our travels, mostly Germans. Dutch), and a few Aussies fill the square tonight. On a Sunday night! It IS a holiday tomorrow. . .
Very few Americans (USA variety) are here. It is amazing how many cops are everywhere...maybe a dozen in the square. This was even more true in Bogota. I guess it's not surprising, considering the events of the recent past. They've only had things under control and relatively peaceful for a few years.
An interesting fact I learned today--the Colombian version of the DEA owns and is slowly selling off 80,000 homes and estates of the former warlords and drug kingpins. The police, BT Dubs, all wear fluorescent green vests, making them quite easy to find...or spot.
A view of the square from our balcony in San Gil. An amazing amalgam of locals, Colombian tourists, Europeans (as usual in our travels, mostly Germans. Dutch), and a few Aussies fill the square tonight. On a Sunday night! It IS a holiday tomorrow. . .
Very few Americans (USA variety) are here. It is amazing how many cops are everywhere...maybe a dozen in the square. This was even more true in Bogota. I guess it's not surprising, considering the events of the recent past. They've only had things under control and relatively peaceful for a few years.
An interesting fact I learned today--the Colombian version of the DEA owns and is slowly selling off 80,000 homes and estates of the former warlords and drug kingpins. The police, BT Dubs, all wear fluorescent green vests, making them quite easy to find...or spot.
Random photos from Bogota
By Jack Brummet, South American Travel Ed.
An amazing drum band in Simon Bolivar square, in our neighborhood
The Doors bar rock club
Bogata is filled with amazing graffiti
Keelin and Mo on the corner, near our hotel
Roof clown
a Botero canvas in the Botero Museum
A painting by Miro in the Botero Museum
a Botero sculpture in the Botero Museum
Another Botero canvas
A gold mask in the museum del oro
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Friday, November 08, 2013
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Keira Rathbone's amazing typewriter drawings
By Jack Brummet, Analog Arts Ed.
Keira Rathbone makes cool drawings with a 1960s typewriter. She mainly employs dashes, slashes, and brackets, while using the letters mostly for shading. This is her website.
Keira Rathbone makes cool drawings with a 1960s typewriter. She mainly employs dashes, slashes, and brackets, while using the letters mostly for shading. This is her website.
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Jesus & St. Peter - a shaggy dog story
By Mona Goldwater, Folk tales Ed.
[quarried from several Internet sites; author/originator unknown]
Jesus and Saint Peter are golfing.
St. Peter steps up to the tee on a par three and hits one long and straight. It reaches the green.
Jesus is up next. He slices it. The ball heads over the fence into traffic on an adjacent street. Bounces off a truck, onto the roof of a nearby shack and into the rain gutter, down the drain spout and onto a lily pad at the edge of a lake. A frog jumps up and snatches the ball in his mouth. An eagle swoops down and grabs the frog. As the eagle flies over the green, the frog croaks and drops the ball. It’s in the hole.
Saint Peter looks at Jesus, exasperated. “Are you gonna play golf?” he asks “or are you just gonna f*** around?”
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
The best motivational poster ever?
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
The best motivational poster ever? Well, maybe not, but it's way up there. . .
The best motivational poster ever? Well, maybe not, but it's way up there. . .
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