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Jeff and Ruby went to a farm yesterday and had a great time they found out that there were farms in the area that were for rent for about 205000 pesos which is around 109.00 dollars. If this is true then next year after Hari is old enough to go to school they will take a more serious look at this. There even cats running around and although the road from the highway is best suited for a tank the pros thoroughly out way the cons. There is a bus that stops right down the road and even taxi service. The people we met were wonderful and friendly and it’s just so beautiful and quiet there. Here are a couple of pics so you can see what I’m talking about. But as you know I’m just glad there are cats around this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin

There was an article on the internet the other day that said children didn’t need to study grammar or spelling anymore because of Tablets, Smart phones and other computing devices. Then this morning there was another article about this 15 year old on the television show Jeopardy had lost about 3000 dollars because he spelled his answer wrong. Now Jeff says he’s seen this happen on a couple of game shows but no one eve complained like this kid and you know what they’ll probably give him the money. It goes to show though that spelling (which Jeff sucks at) is important and so is grammar. I know everybody talks in text language or HIP HOP now a days it’s just that Jeff feels we’re losing our since of self with our dependence on a machine to do thing s right. This is Flounder saying Thank you Spell check and CIAO from Medellin.

I know it’s been a couple of days since my last post but old one eye is busy taking care of Ruby and of course his bank screwed up again. Let’s start with a story about water the city of Cartagena which has been without drinking water for I think three days and thing are getting a little rough. As you can expect it’s had a large effect on the cities tourist business which as far as I know is their main source of income. They are trucking water to effective areas but the lines are long and people are upset, they are fixing the problem but they do a lot of that work slowly just like the US you know two or three guys working and eight or nine people standing around trying to look important. But they say on the news that they will get the problem fixed shortly (Yeah right). Medellin has a very modern water system and probably the best taste water I’ve ever had. Now the next story deals with the cost of doing business down here. If you’re a small business owner working seven days a week and you store is on the street and not in a mall you will subject to extortion from whatever criminal element works the area. They will come to you and tell you to pay X amount of Pesos every week if you refuse you will be robbed and possibly shot. The National police must receive a cut of this because they do little or nothing about it, of course if it happens in a wealthy neighborhood they will react but for the common folk tough shit. It’s really amazing walking around and see how useless the police really are of they will set up vehicle checks on the highways but there are neighborhoods where they will do nothing. These criminal get away with this because the people are conditioned to be afraid to complain means injury or possible death. Now we’re safe where we live because a lot of police live in the neighborhood. Now I don’t want you to think this a dangerous country it like most others during the day it’s safe but like other cities you have to be alert as for night time you don’t walk around by yourself and you stay out of certain neighborhoods. I’ve been told it has gotten better sine the old days but it still has a long way to go this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin.

I just read an article about MIT, that’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and how they’ve discovered a way to implant false memories in your mind about events that might not have even happened. So if you wake up tomorrow morning and think you the second shooter on the grassy knoll on that day in November 1963 when JFK was assassinated you might want to get a brain check. Sometimes I go to bed and everything’s cool and then I wake up and read stories like this and I go “OH SHIT”. Then there was the other story where the US Government wants more access to you information from Twitter. Really what do they want to know what kind of toilet paper Jeff uses? Now you know why I don’t think the age of information is such a good thing. I think I’m going to go back to bed and hope this is all just a nightmare this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin.