I’m again resuming my Wednesday literature segment, which features an excerpt from Douglas Adams’s The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – specifically from Book Two in the series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980). If you…
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (1996) – Douglas Adams
Tagged with: Bogota, Colombia, Douglas Adams, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, library, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
Russian Inspired Music on the Bogotá Transmilenio (26-9-2025)
Yesterday I recorded a duo performing on the Transmilenio — Bogotá’s bus rapid transit (BRT) system. In the background of the video you can see the Bogotá Metro under construction: a 24 km (15 mi) elevated, driverless, automated rapid transit…
El Estuche (The Case) 1998 – Aterciopelados
It is not a commandment to be the diva of the moment (wow)Why work for a sculptural body? Do you want to feel all eyes on you?And trigger whistles when passing? Look at the essence, not the appearances… Look at…
The Flea Market’s Tractor Beam
Thankfully the wet season has passed in Bogotá, Colombia. We are now blessed with beautiful Sun-filled days. I took the Sun for granted when I lived in Australia. I really did, until I lived in a tropical climate. The months…
Day 6 Quarantine in Bogotá (Managing our Emotions and Aeterna)
*Catching some rays leaning out from my window sill this morning in Bogotá Managing Our Emotions (Peter Attia MD): ‘Just on a personal level, I could use your help and a lot of other people can as well. Our minds…
Tagged with: Aeterna, Bogota, Coronavirus, Peter attia, Quarantine, sam Harris
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Posted in Health, Music, News, Reflections
Bolero Falaz (1995) – Aterciopelados
This song by Aterciopelados (The Velvet Ones) topped the 1000 most important songs of Colombian rock, but I would class Bolero Falaz more as alternative rock. It’s extremely groovy and bohemian in character and beholds a catchy melody that should…
Blue Skies Have Returned to Bogotá – 27th of June 2019
For the first time in a long while, Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) has had one whole day of radiant blue skies. This year, the typically wet season months in Bogota – April and May extended their melancholic deluge into…
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