Lorien Johnson

Category: Observer

Failing at Fondue

The Daily Mail has published an article about yet another retro-living woman who has spent a week pretending to live with the resource limitations of another era. We’ve seen women of the 1930s and 1940s, and couples of the 1950s… today, however, we are graced with the attempt by one woman to live in the [...]

The Katherine Card

I’ve decided that Katherine is not allowed to come to Bolivia. This is a significant change in plans, since Katherine is scheduled to arrive in Bolivia on Friday and she intends to stay through August.
Here’s the problem.
I will lose the Katherine Card.
The Katherine Card works all manner of magic. Observe:
Convincing Teenage Sister to Accept Medicine

Lorien: [...]

How to Bake Monkey Bread

A ridiculous amount of time has been spent baking this week. Breads with and without yeast (with is superior, apparently), plain breads, flavored breads, sweet breads.

Analysis of Bolivia and How Evo Could *Truly* Win

We heard some fascinating political and legal analysis on current events from a top-notch specialist in Bolivian law. I’m not naming him here simply because I didn’t get his express permission to do so. Kindly, deal with it. I’m posting the analysis, and then we can all go about researching it as we wish.
Prior to [...]

Video: Pando Ambush Incident in Bolivia

What follows is a video posted on YouTube which apparently aired on a Bolivian news channel. It involves gunfire, coffins, and people swimming across water in an attempt to flee.
I ask the following question in a genuine manner: what in this video indicates that a) the prefect began the attack and that b) the campesino [...]