by The Wordyeti | Nov 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
This is video shot from a speedboat entering Cartagena Harbor. It’s calmed down a lot, but only a couple of years ago, the narcotraficantes and the Colombian Navy were playing a deadly game of tag here. The video is extremely bumpy because of the high rate of...
by The Wordyeti | Nov 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
…and no, this is not some forgotten Hope & Crosby "Road" movie, co-starring Ginger Rogers & Betty Grable. This is a "Guest Post" by Janine, and I’m running it here because it’s well-written and also because I’m so...
by The Wordyeti | Sep 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
Back in Moscow again, and as usual, I asked for a non-smoking room with a decent view out the window. Unfortunately, I wound up in a smoking room with this view out through first a scuffed plastic sheet and then a green net. The net has been up since...
by The Wordyeti | May 23, 2007 | journalism
The Future is Here: Russia and Estonia are living up to the fantasies of hack sci-fi authors and computer security salesmen. They are engaging in a virtual war. The reasons for this war are pretty thin – most political insiders in Moscow dismiss...
by The Wordyeti | May 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
In Russia, they threw a Victory in Europe celebration, and barred the public from attending From time to time, all the shops full of the latest European fashions and giant blazing neon signs trick me into forgetting that Moscow and Russia have some serious and...
