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Colombia 2015: Libertad y Orden Let's start with the first thing that comes to every American's mind when you mention the South American nation of Colombia. When I told people I was planning to spend a week or two driving around Colombia, virtually everyone expressed More...Leadville Trail Marathon 2012: Formal Finish Of 500+ finishers, I was the only one who somehow wound up crossing the finish line accompanied by an entourage of a dozen tuxedo-clad fourteen-year-olds. It was as hilariously odd as it looks. Lots of stories from a fun day. More... →Old Friends and Cigar-Store Indians Last week I spent five days in Nashville, visiting my “old” friend Greg Cook. “Old friends” here means Cub Scouts in 1973, “band camp” in 1982, college roomates ‘til 1986, and pretty much everything in between (including, e.g., at More... →Another Hotter’n Hell Hundred For the small group of my friends that makes the annual late-August pilgrimage to Wichita Falls, Texas for its Hotter'n Hell Hundred (“HHH”) bike ride, the weekend is all about tradition. Like we’ve done for almost all of the More... →Iran: Chadors and Other Bazaar Sights (Forgive me: I can’t resist the appeal of the bizarre/bazaar pun.) They do have a few shopping malls and supermarkets in Iran, but mostly people buy their “stuff” in bazaars and small shops. Different sections tend to specialize in certain More... →