The Nochebuena locale

Oh this happiness is strong stuff

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January 2nd 2007
“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.”* So we’ve reached 2007 (which according to the gypsy woman will be the best year of my life, but then she said that of 2006). If you parlayed a bet on the 4 games the Chiefs needed to go their way, you would have won 700 to 1 odds. Some new lunacy from my ... read more

South America » Colombia » Santa Marta

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more