Interesting world news of the week [May 7-13]
***Note: I will keep updating this until the week ends on Sunday. Feel free to post interesting world stories in the comments section below.*** Scientists: Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet … Read more
20 random things about Julián
1. A stray bullet went through my apartment window in 2011. 2. In 6th grade I serenaded my crush in front of my entire class. I remained single after the serenade. Awk-wa-rddd. haha 3. Kris Williams from the SyFy Channel show Ghost Hunters International was my high school prom date three different times — we … Read more
U.S. Drug War, Part One: A fundamentalist policy?
Last month, during the Summit of the Americas, the Obama administration agreed to have an “honest discussion” regarding the drug war after a significant and pretty unified Latin American call for a strategy change. Though the U.S. shut the door for legalization and decriminalization, it was the first time the topic was laid out onto … Read more
Vegetarian lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Jasmine Stephenson
*As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I’ve started this section of my blog. It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country. If you fit this category and would like to be interviewed, contact me. — Julián* **Note: … Read more
Vegetarian-like lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Conversation with celiac disease sufferer, Alexandra
Originally published 7 June 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. *As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I’ve started this section of my blog. It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country. If you fit this category and would … Read more
Vegetarian lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Cristina
*As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I’ve started this section of my blog. It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country. If you fit this category and would like to be interviewed, contact me. — Julián* Name: … Read more
Vegetarian lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia: Carolina
*As a new challenge to make others aware of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles in Colombia, I’ve started this section of my blog. It follows and interviews vegetarians and vegans living in Colombia or who have travelled to the country. If you fit this category and would like to be interviewed, contact me. — Julián* Name: … Read more
A Colombian’s ode to Michael Jackson using MJ song titles
Growing up in Colombia during the 1980s, I owned only two music cassette tapes: Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Bad. It wasn’t until I moved to the US in the 1990s that I realised both were black-market bootleg copies since the original Thriller and Bad tapes did not contain songs from MJ’s Off the Wall LP. … Read more
[Video] “I got a man”: Julián, the other man who came between Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth
- 17 June 2011 – Winston tries to court Elizabeth but fails miserably in the process; especially when he finds out his love interest has a lover named Julián. Here’s my sad attempt at animation comedy while trying to plug my new album, Sfumato: A Decade of Spoken Word, Act 1. Happy viewing. Don’t forget … Read more
La CaSSaDaGa meant to chronicle my various journalistic and creative writing (#poetry & #fiction) endeavours. The project quickly evolved to also become the main cross+street where Colombian talent meets the world’s. La CaSSaDaGa’s new mission is to also share with an English-speaking, int’l audience the diverse, creative talents of budding Colombian artists and introduce Colombians to the emerging, non-mainstream talents of the world. From one CaSSaDaGaN to another, welcome and bienvenidos to mi CaSSa. Don't forget to remove your shoes -- we walk barefoot around here.
