Archive for December, 2010
Born To Live, Born To Die, Born To Be Crucified
Born to live, born to die, born to be crucified.
The babe from Bethlehem grew to be The Man.
From Mary’s womb the Creator came,
From that point on history was not the same.
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Thoughts On The Season
In the middle of all the commercialism, it’s easy to overlook the babe in the manger – not to mention the fact that this babe came to be the Lamb on the Cross, the Redeemer risen from the grave, the Councilor in your life and the King returning in the clouds.
Jesus – the reason for the season.
On Baking
Baking ANYTHING is very low on the typical Colombian list of home made culinary activities. Yes, there are a huge number of bakeries, 99.99% of which specialize in what I call “SENA bread” – they all use the same recipes that their baker learned at SENA. A “pan de leche” or “chicharón” or “roscón” is about the same no matter WHERE you buy it.
Here in Pereira recently there has been a huge outbreak in the number of bakeries – they all look about the same and they all were built in the past few months. I suspect that one of these days we’ll see a number of them sealed by the government due to money laundering charges. Either that or the population will explode – in size, not numbers.
Getting back to typical Colombian home cooking. It’s mostly stove top based. Read the rest of this entry »
Thoughts on riding a motorcycle in Colombia
A comment on the Colombia Experts e-mail list got my thinker to thinking about bikes and riding in Colombia. So here’s my response to the post, just in case anyone might be remotely interested in what I think about the matter.
At those prices you’re looking at the AKT brand. They are actually a fairly decent little bike, getting around 10hp from their four stroke engine. The vest is only required from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. now and is a good idea from the visibility viewpoint. I still can’t understand why anyone would want to wear a black rain slicker on a bike with tiny LED’s replacing the tail light through the rain on a dark night – but they do.
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