http://lifeofgoose.today.com The Life and Times of Colombian Inmigrant in the United States Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:41:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  As a foreigner and journalist I'm always intrigued by the behavior of people, letters and traditions. One tradition that I always found interesting is Thanksgiving because of the different aspects that goes from the historical, to the psychological and to the contemporary traditions and values of the "evolving" world. It ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/11/22/its-the-big-turkey-in-the-sky-charlie-brown/ This is the only photo of the first Gay Pride organized in Cartagena or at his called The Pride of Sexual Diversity because it was stirring some bad moods around the conservative society; close sources tell me that the pride was going to have a big tram but it was ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/11/14/cartagena-de-indias-first-gay-pride/ It's been a while since I left Cartagena de Indias and I have to admit that if this is true it's just quite incredible; so there is a new form of assault during the Independence Celebration week, the burglars or as like they called "celebrators" are threatening anyone who don't ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/11/13/a-new-form-of-assault-in-cartagena/ Dang it Walmart you want to be worse than Microsoft and Megan Fox together and still even if people accepts you they don't want to go to any of your stores, beside of the rudeness of the employees and the impossibility of finding the products in the store now Walmart ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/11/07/walmart-vs-the-world/ Is this a way to promote one of the cities that is Patrimony of the humankind? No is not and when tourist go to Cartagena one of the most beautiful cities in the world no wonder why sometimes they feel deception. The photo was taken in La Cordialidad. http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/10/07/is-this-a-way-to-promote-a-city/ El mundo tiene que apostar de manera privada y estatal a la inversión cultural porque allí se encuentra una de las salidas a la actual crisis económica.Así se reafirmó en Cartagena el poder político que tiene la cultura para encarar las crisis económicas. Voceros de las Naciones Unidas, del Banco Mundial, ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/09/16/invertir-en-la-cultura-es-una-alternativa-ante-la-crisis-economica/ Un total de 29 radios venezolanas saldrán del aire próximamente por "irregularidades" en el uso de su concesión, informaron responsables del gobierno de Hugo Chávez, un mes después del cierre de 32 emisoras, hecho que generó un gran rechazo dentro y fuera del país.El anuncio, realizado por el responsable de ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/09/08/gobierno-venezolano-cierra-otras-29-emisoras-de-radio/ Check this note from Yahoo: On September 8, in what the Department of Education is touting as a "historic" speech, President Obama will be talking directly to students across the U.S., live on the White House website. But some parents and conservatives are blasting the president, calling the speech an excuse ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/09/03/parents-are-angry-with-obama/ So it was true what I heard, people are moving from Florida because it has been difficult to be a middle class man and live with the high costs of living of the Sunshine State people are moving and many houses are being auctioned by the banks because people can't ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/09/03/the-exodus-from-florida/ En las últimas semanas he aprendido a valorar más diferentes aspectos de la vida, independencia y apreciar el trabajo duro de mis semejantes que en muchas ocasiones pasan ignorados por el tipo de trabajo que realizan. No me puedo poner a pensar en las diferencias sociales y en que uno ... http://lifeofgoose.today.com/2009/09/03/viviendo-la-vida-aprendiendo-a-valorar-el-trabajo-de-los-que-son-anonimos/