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Bogotá y Medellín
When we started our trip this year we had a list of places we wanted to visit. Colombia was not on that list. Neither was Mexico. However, one of the things that we had decided was that we didn't want…
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A visit to Denver
On July 9th we returned to the US for the first time in six months. We had always intended a quick return trip to Denver to visit with friends and to enjoy the String Cheese Incident run at Dillon and…
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Election Year
It's time to talk a bit about the elections that just took place last Sunday, June 25, in Guatemala. But first, some disclaimers.
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What's new?
I haven’t written much over the last month. I suppose that’s pretty obvious to anyone who has been following this blog. Farrah and I have been in San Marcos la Laguna, Guatemala. We haven’t traveled much, we just kind of…
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A sad story
This is a difficult post to write. If you are an animal lover it will also be difficult to read. Read it anyway.
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Can ChatGPT write software?
This past Thursday I finally broke through my AI skepticism, and spent the day trying to answer the question "Can ChatGPT write software?" to my own satisfaction. I don't want to bury the lead here, so the short answer is…
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Vacations End
All things come to an end. In some ways, it is reassuring to know that there are a few constants in the world, even if the constants tend not to look like the kinds of things that we might expect.…
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On Learning Spanish
Today I want to write about some of the learning I have been doing during our trip this year. Since we have been predominantly traveling in Spanish speaking countries, one of the main things I have been learning is how…
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Feria
Two weeks ago as Farrah and I were returning to San Marcos, we came over the hill from San Pablo headed down into town and Farrah said to me, "I think I see a ferris wheel". To which I promptly…
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Valladolid (pronounced vaya-doh-leed, not va-la-do-lid)
Let's dispense with the obvious first. We are not actually in Valladolid, or even Mexico, at the moment. It has just taken me a couple weeks to sit my ass down and write about our time there. If you've been…