August 2011
1 post
Volcanic Crossroads of Guatemala
@import url(https://themes.googleusercontent.com/fonts/css?kit=70P0G8gxVDIV6F9om0DsKg);Isuru Seneviratne, July 2011Travel: November 2010With elevated spirits, “Team Dragons” reached the peak of the ridge, a mere fifteen minutes before sundown. From this vantage point, we had a panoramic view of the scenic land around us. Towards the West resided the majestic triangular...
April 2011
1 post
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Pluto Files →
Dr. Neil’s clarity on science is enticing, his stories are wonderful and his style is entertaining. If you love science or would like to expand your horizons, this is a very interesting discussion to watch.
January 2010
1 post
Colombo to Colombia
a traveler’s look at
parallel causes of conflict in two golden lands
Isuru Seneviratne,
October-December 2009
The Salt Dividend
Catedral de Sal, Zipaquirá
El Dorado
Christopher Columbus never set foot in the country named
after him; it was Alonso de Ojeda, one of his companions on his second voyage
to the New World, who arrived at the mouth of the Orinoco River in 1499 CE....
November 2009
2 posts
Jedi, compromised: A portrayal of the Jedi...
“For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic.”
- Obi-wan Kenobi [A New Hope by George Lucas]
The Star Wars prequel trilogy of this millennium portrays the downfall of Anakin Skywalker, the powerful Jedi who becomes a twisted tool of the Dark Side; the Galactic Senate, where political squabbling and ineffective...
Who Watches the Watchmen?
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light meaning in the darkness of mere being. – C. G. Jung in Memories, Dream, Reflections.
Could reading/watching such a dark tale of human nature leave one in a lighter state than where he started? Or, as midnight approaches, should he heed Fredrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s dire warning, “Battle not with monsters, lest ye...
October 2008
3 posts
5k closer to a cancer free world
i will be running a 5k race on Saturday October 18th
please visit our team website and help a worthy cause
About Terry Fox
At 18 years of age, Canadian Terry Fox learned that due to bone cancer his right leg would be amputated above the knee. Terry had a terrific spirit that cancer could not defeat. During his ordeal, Terry became convinced that a cure for cancer could be found through cancer...
