Hi from Guatemala. My keyboard is terrible, but I will try to make this good English. We?ll see. Saturday we got a little bit of a look at the city, and spent part of the evening in the Cultural Zone…
Monthly Archives: October 2007
A Guate Me Voy!
In 4 minutes, I will be off to the wonderful world of Guatemala, land of volcanos, Mayan ruins, and let’s see what else. Next post from a place that hopefully is warmer!
Posted in Guatemala 2007, old blog
The Amero?
What would happen if North America had one currency, similar to the euro in Europe? Interestingly enough, it’s been proposed. The amero, it’s called. It got a bit of a mention during Larry King’s interview with Mexican President Vicente Fox…
Posted in old blog, Random Ramblings
Beware, Costa Rica
Free trade (as it’s mistakenly called) is a leading cause of immigration, as I found in NAFTA: The Cause of Immigration. So it was very saddening to me to see the news that Costa Ricans voted to pass DR-CAFTA. Costa…
Posted in old blog, Random Ramblings
Manipulation and Intense Scenes
After a recent Fuerza showing, someone (we’ll call them Pat) came up to tell me that they mostly enjoyed it, but one part bothered them. It was the part where we showed the video of the mother in Mexico to…
My Kid Could Film That
I just saw Amir Bar-Lev on CNN. He was talking about “My Kid Could Paint That,” his latest documentary that is playing in select cities. He talked about the role of a documentary maker in light of that film, where…
Before the Music Dies
Last night, as part of the Community Sustainability Project Film Series, I got to see the documentary “Before the Music Dies.” It’s a star studded cast, with Dave Matthews, Les Paul, Eric Clapton, and many others. It uses the tempting…