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| 18th December 2009 John Beck | Release your inner poet. - From: american means . . . Some where deep inside of you there is a poet. (or it could just be that there is an unusual amount of jibberish in this book review.) Merry X-mas. |
| 14th December 2009 Mark | awesome - From: Survival of the not so Fittest; cerro la campana I freaking love Darwin. So glad he at least got a mountain plaque. |
| 13th December 2009 Ben Witte | priceless - From: Survival of the not so Fittest; cerro la campana Nice one Colin, although we actually could see both the Pacific and the Andes. The few times I've gone up El Roble I've never been able to see the ocean, so the water sighting was extra special. |
| 12th December 2009 Nicolas | Nico Tours! - From: Mate on the Mountain This hike is a wonderful way to explore the mountains around Santiago. Feel free to contact Colin's friend, Nico, and take one of his many hiking tours. www.nicotours.com Mate indeed! |
| 9th December 2009 Lump | Pinochistas Unite! - From: uninformed history lesson, another volcano and some hotsprings Fantastic! Greetings Nicolas. I gladly accept your comments, but this does not unfortunately make them anything other than nonsensical drivel. If Pinochet was not a dictator then Mussolini was Mother Theresa. Sorry. coup de etat, repression of dissent, suspension of habeus corpus, arbitrary justice, and a complete lack of the right to self determination = dictatorship. And really, the anarchists 'terrorize' Santiago? Exactly which part of the city are you in that is being 'terrorized'? I am in the centro and the terror on the 11th was pretty much about as intense as the terror on the 10th and the 9th and the 8th . . . o yea, there was none. Alas, the people who want to live in peace don't want the crimes of the past to be dug up. Perhaps, one day the government will actually have the huevos to lift the amnesty law and then there will be the messy job of justice disturbing the peace. Until then, sleep well. o yea, Chavez is a dictator too. saludos |
| 6th December 2009 Nicolas Miquel | fucking lyers - From: uninformed history lesson, another volcano and some hotsprings No, pinochet was not a dictator, he was a president, he did just what chavez did a "plebiscito", that legally allowed him to stay the time he stayed in power. And no, rich people here dont celebrate the 11th, they have to stay home (just like 99,9% of santiago) because they are afraid of the stupid anarquists, who generally dont even know why they are fighting for...believe me, those bastards terrorize santiago the 11th, people just want to live in peace... Please read some history about a country before making shit up. |
| 15th November 2009 P | Yein Fonda - From: uninformed history lesson, another volcano and some hotsprings It's too bad you missed Yein Fonda. Have you heard "Los Tres"?...they're good. |
| 13th November 2009 John Beck | - From: ¿Where in the World is Carly Santiago? (or WWCS?) The window design appears to be inspired by a dog scratch prevention cone. |
| 12th November 2009 MM | That badge - From: ¿Where in the World is Carly Santiago? (or WWCS?) WTF? The UN gave you an access badge? |
| 12th November 2009 Karen Bachman | Earth - From: ¿Where in the World is Carly Santiago? (or WWCS?) The four corners of the earth phrase is a holdover when scientists thaought the world was flat!!!! |
| 12th November 2009 Matt | Corners of the Globe - From: ¿Where in the World is Carly Santiago? (or WWCS?) I always tell people that I live at the 3rd corner of the Earth. |
| 12th November 2009 Lisa | sweet bulletin board - From: ¿Where in the World is Carly Santiago? (or WWCS?) I admit that this is the first blog that I have read in its entirety. Thank you Colin for taking that pic of Carly with the pics of my bambinos in the background- took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes in a surprisingly quick fashion- apparently I allow myself to be on the edge of my experience more often now. My broccoli is probably mush at this point- and we're having spanish tortilla sobras con pimientos rojos- for dinner. I love to hear your voice in your writing. You are very clever and witty- in your cynical way. ;) ha. You sound optimistic and happpy- anticipating the next chapter. xo |
| 11th November 2009 ed juda | immersion - From: uninformed history lesson, another volcano and some hotsprings It sounds like a great trip, and your comfort to both the culture and the language also sounds like it's increasing. We do, however, need to talk about your Toulouse Lautrec homage on your face. Enjoy Spring, Ed |
| 24th August 2009 Nico | It's Like Plastic!!! - From: At the foot of the Altar The ice. Plastic. Great simile. |
| 24th August 2009 phoebe | - From: At the foot of the Altar an entertaining read, i miss your humor. wish your buddies had got you on video climbing out of the hole. |
| 24th August 2009 Matt Burks | Absolutely Friggin' Amazing - From: At the foot of the Altar I envy you guys. |
| 23rd August 2009 Karen Bachman | - From: At the foot of the Altar WOW! You are so brave and the parts I enjoyed most were your allusions and metaphors. I would like to know how you escaped from the hole with snowshoes afoot. Happy you are home with a blog, pictures and frostbitten toes. Bravo for you!! |
| 23rd August 2009 Judy | belated worries - From: At the foot of the Altar Colin, Had I known what you were up to, I'd have been frantic with worry! Reading your account after the fact, however, was extremely entertaining. Now get thee to a doctor with those feet! |
| 17th May 2009 Judy | Not good enough for parents and sibs?? - From: Earthquakes in The Flea's Nest; Pork Chops at the Vega So, how come we didn't get to sample these pork chops and pineapple drink? :) It would probably have been better than the lamb. :) |
| 17th May 2009 Judy | Very entertaining - From: Tatio, Sal y Chuqui Colin, this was laugh-out-loud funny in places. Sounds like it was a great trip. |
| 6th May 2009 joel | awesome - From: Tatio, Sal y Chuqui I wish I was there. Or at least for the part where there was some singing of Total Eclipse Of the Heart. |
| 5th May 2009 camille | memories - From: Earthquakes in The Flea's Nest; Pork Chops at the Vega both the completo and the terremoto were brought up in conversation last week. glad to see an homage to the some of the grossest/entertaining parts of santiago. |
| 13th April 2009 natalia | Cartagena is beautiful! - From: selective history, colonial gems and the inquisition I was very happy to visit Cartagena, what a magical town, great tips and selective information about the lifestyle visit http://lifestylecartagena.com |
| 1st April 2009 Lump | la muerte - From: carnaval: a great idea F&^%ing spanish |
| 31st March 2009 petey | living vicariously - From: carnaval: a great idea looks like especially good fun from a three bedroom with two kids in tucson, az. cheers. p.s. even though he is a man in the photo, it's 'la muerte'...chalk it up to etymological evolution, i suppose. |
| 23rd March 2009 Judy Mullins | Great description and photos - From: carnaval: a great idea Colin, How does Columbia's Carnival compare to Brazil's? Your photos are superb, and indicated that Columbia had a fantastic parade. Did you get the closeups by using a telephoto lens, or did you just snap the photos up close? Love,Mom |
| 18th March 2009 cw | i don't need another hero - From: selective history, colonial gems and the inquisition not with you and harold flynn. jajaja. beso, c |
| 17th February 2009 John B | Monkey Puzzle Trees. - From: Volcan Lonquimay We have quite a few Araucarias around Portland. I have one in a pot out front. I imagine it's quite impressive to see a forest of them. Good to see that your knees are still holding up. |
| 16th February 2009 NicoJah | Where's the Wormwood? - From: Volcan Lonquimay This trip was made much more enjoyable by 500ml of Absynth delivered by a Swiss friend. I never thought I would say I like the taste, but after 25km you tend to like water that tastes like fire. |
| 15th February 2009 val | - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be I think economists are like Freud. There is always a theory to explain a problem after it exists. oh, and, I still love The Fountainhead. |
| 14th February 2009 leo | - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be i am not arguing about the economic changes but your coment implide that the US had no interfired in chilean politics before pinochet took place |
| 13th February 2009 Lump | - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be more or less agree entirely. there is certainly no doubt that the US and senor kissenger played a pretty major role in economically destabilizing the country and strongly encouraging the coup in Chile as well as across South and Latin America. however, i think the overarching objective was get rid of Allende and the communist 'threat'. The relationship with the Chicago Boys and becoming poster child for implementing neo-liberalism was secondary though assuredly strongly encouraged. I believe that at first, the cartel of generals were hesitant, but later persuaded to implement the 'necessary' neo-liberal economic 'reforms'. Even as poster child, Pinochet didn't go all in. CODELCO, or whatever they were calling the copper industry at the time, stayed in the hands of the State. Most everything else followed the model and got privatized though. |
| 12th February 2009 leo | - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be the military goverment of pinochet was not "found" by the US it was put there |
| 12th February 2009 Fleur | Hear hear! - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be Skin whitening products do very well in Asia...perhaps we could start a bilateral agreement??? |
| 12th February 2009 Mike | A great read - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be "Too much Ann Rand and John Wayne in your formative years can be very bad for you." Funny and well said. This was a joy to read. Hello and thank you for the words from the KC Frisbee game. Mike S. |
| 11th February 2009 Jason Swearingen | - From: Economics: Reflections and Rants - or, talking when I shouldn’t be I just don't believe that the global economic crisis has been caused by bad mortgage lending. In my opinion it's called paying for unending wars. I just don't see the return in creating million dollor baseball sized craters in froiegn countries. |
| 18th December 2008 jason swearingen | - From: Parque Nacional Laguna de Laja Great pictures. Glacier travel? Crevase danger? Not a bad way to spend the weekend. |
| 14th November 2008 becky | so good - From: Halloween, Evangelicals, and el mundo Bilz y Pap i love love love your costumes! they look amazing. my question is, did you find other people of your own kind to dance with? or were you just hanging with bobo? i miss you guys. |
| 9th November 2008 Drew | Happy Halloween - From: Halloween, Evangelicals, and el mundo Bilz y Pap Make sure that you partake in the local libations for me as well |
| 9th November 2008 hayes | oh... - From: Halloween, Evangelicals, and el mundo Bilz y Pap disturbing. very disturbing. but clever, nonetheless. Good info. Disturbing. |
| 23rd October 2008 Joel | next time - From: wednesdays, obama and football hooligans Next time I come and visit I´m waiting by your window with water and potted plants, it sounds awesome. Iron Maiden makes shirts? |
| 18th September 2008 becky | wow - From: weekend in august i should consider actually writing when i make a blog entry. it would be a lot more interesting. for me and likely for others. good job colin. btw, check my blog to see how i credited you and carly for the best decorating idea in my apartment: www.tobeckyw.wordpress.com |
| 26th August 2008 Jamie | - From: weekend in august Hey nice essay. Made me feel stupid, especially when you compaired the plaza to the paris plaza, used these words: "whimsical colorful rotundity ." I have yet to understand how the word "whimsical" can describe architechture. I also enjoyed the examination of spell check. Jamie |
| 3rd August 2008 Parisoff | My two cents - From: Milk comes from cows. Te Tinka? "Universidad de Chile bebe la leche del pie de la vaca"--The U of Chile won at the other team's field, hence they drank the milk from the source (at the foot of the cow, rather than having bought it from the store). These are absurd discussions... |
| 10th April 2008 Hank | me tinka - From: Milk comes from cows. Te Tinka? I am going to make an effort at explaining an idiom from a country I have never visited. As an American, I see it as my god-given right. Anyhoo, I believe the traditional metaphor that would be used (milk=generic benefit + teat=effort of individual) has been modified to reflect the circumstances (milk=victory + teat=foot of footballer). In other words, they are reaping the benefits of his footwork. Que piensas? |
| 9th April 2008 matias | Mmmm, you got it wrong - From: Milk comes from cows. Te Tinka? good theory, but the verb "tincar" comes from quechua, the inca language (tinka'y), and it means "to have a feeling". Nice try though. |
| 7th April 2008 james st. james | ¿te tinca..... - From: Milk comes from cows. Te Tinka? ....comprarte el diccionario titulado "How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle 2"? (¿do you feel like buying the dictionary titled "How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle 2?). if you're intrested in the chilean language, i really recommend the aforementioned book, written by John Brennan and Alvaro Taboada (published by Comunicaciones Noreste Ltda., 2003). it's a green cover little book that's a lot of fun and explains the ins and outs of chilean slang and idioms. you should be able to find it at any larger downtown book store (like those on paseo Huérfanos). here's how the dictionary defines "tincar": 1) to like or be attracted to someone or something, ex. "¿Tú crees que yo le tinco a Alvaro? (do you think alvaro's attracted [or into] to me?); 2)to have a "hunch"--an intuition--about a person or the outcome of a future event, ex. "Mejor que no arrendemos esta casa, me tinca que va a estar llena de goteras en invierno (we'd better not rent that house, i have a hunch it's going to be full of leaks in winter); 3). to want or desire something, ex. "¿Te tinca ir al teatro? (do you feel like going to the theatre?). as far as the soccer cow expression, no idea. maybe if you write it out in spanish some loyal reader of your blog may be able to explain it. by the way, i really like your prior description of the protester-police dance. that's totally what it is in chile. you've hit the nail on the head! |
| 7th April 2008 Judy | Tossing the tear gas canisters - From: manifestacion The teargas dance with local cops was standard operating procedure in the late 60's and early 70's in Berkeley. Phil and I watched the same street play (from a safe distance, of course). ;) The "pigs" would throw the tear gas at the students, and one of the students would run and grab it before it let out much of the gas, and toss it back at the cops. It was very entertaining. |
| 7th April 2008 Boston | Mas cervezas Amigo - From: Milk comes from cows. Te Tinka? What is clear is that your Spanish skills drink milk from the foot of a cow. :) Expect nothing but positive support from the ex-pat community. |
| 24th January 2008 jamie | - From: hiking man that disclaimer made me wince. You can be so brutal, like a tank running over a poppy flower. And sometimes I am the poppy flower, and you could be too, if you let yourself. Tra la lala |
| 11th January 2008 Fleur | Appreciating comment "esp. Fleur and Sanj\" - From: robbery Lucky you put that one in old boy! Thankfully your words are now online, rather than your triangular scribble lost in leather bound books that, of course, got stolen. Always wondered what you were writing down. Now I have a glimpse. Thank you for sharing. F x |
| 11th January 2008 hayes | no luck... - From: robbery for years, I tried to get robbed in Hungary, Serbia, Transylvania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. You were even with me on a few of those excursions. I drank and flailed, humped and fought with academics and acrobats to prostitutes and policewomen. Not once did I get robbed. How is it, with your persistent condition of slothliness and farmers-blows, that you continue to have such flabby-pocketed luck? I truly wish you and C the best of luck in your adventures and look forward to you coming to Portland as I'm running out cash and cameras. Be well, dear UniRib and travel safely, alright? |
| 10th January 2008 joel | full circle - From: robbery If we can make it to Antarctica while I'm Chile I will take it upon myself to rob you. |
| 9th January 2008 becky | - From: robbery i admire your use of the word gravitas colin. and thanks for the very entertaining account of your entertaining-in-another-way experiences as a victim of theft. i am going to figure out how to call you soon cause i feel like i'm in outerspace over here sometimes, and i know you are quite familiar with these surroundings. luv, b |
| 7th January 2008 Bob Sullivan | Reading Matter - From: october Colin, Tio Bull again. See if you can find a copy of Isabel Allende's latest novel, Ines of My Soul. It's based on the Spaniard your Indios may have made kebabs of and his major squeeze (the Ines of the title). Allende is a cousin, once removed whatever that means, of Salvador Allende. She is one of my favorite writers. She did a lot of research to write this book so I imagine the historical references are pretty much spot on. And here I thought Panama was the only place Spanish speakers dropped the "s" off everything. I did hear a young Chilean say of an airplane, "Esta Chileno" except what he said was eh-tah, no "s." I found Ecuadorans the easiest to understand. If you guys ever get the opportunity to hear a Chilean musical group that includes a harpist, don't miss it. I'm talking Rolling Stones stuff. Bull |
| 7th January 2008 Bob Sullivan | Runs in the Family - From: robbery Colin, this is your Tio Bull but for God's sake don't say my initials--TB--around UN folks! Your cousin Corey was robbed by two knife wielding locals while shopping at a market somewhere in Mexico in 2002. Two years later we visit him in Paris and I become the victim of one of the oldest dodges in the book--the old ketchup squirt on your back trick by a three-Gypsy team. I fell in love with Vina del Mar in July 1985 while attending an inernational conference of sorts in Santiago. VdM was a side trip for the day. Since I was a guest of the Chilean Air Force we enjoyed the "belonging" as you and Carly did but I'm one up on you insofar as riding in authority autos goes. Two security guards took me all over Santiago looking for a bird your Tia Annie ahd to have, and which we found later in Panama of all places, where we lived. This bird was supposedly made of stones native to Brasil. Couldn't find even a facsimile of it but I enjoyed zipping around Santiago and when traffic got tight the guards would flip on their siren and folks got out of the way. Of course this was when Gen. Pinochet was still the jefe. That was the year, in September, I believe, that the folks who didn't like him tried to assassinate him while he was returning to Santiago from Vina del Mar. I returned for the same type conference in 1986 but things were considerably quieter. Things are really different in Chile now, and I'm happy about that but in closing I'd like to say that the Chilean Air Force cannot be equated with Pinochet's ilk. Its commander, General Mattias (how about that one?), along with the Chilean Navy top admiral convinced Pinochet to hold elections in 1990. And the rest, as they say, is history. I hope you two develop a capacity for sleeping with the windows closed. Or at least switch to one-use cameras! Salud! Bull |
