Aug 6, 2008 | China, Humor, Political Blah-Blah
The picture alone is worth a thousand words. The article here is excellent, too. Read it and weep…
Jul 24, 2008 | Political Blah-Blah
Wikipedia defines a rabbit hole as "any portal into a different or strange world." Yep, it’s looking pretty strange all right. It’s not a cool rabbit hole like Alice’s or Marlee’s. Mine is dark, deep and depressing. That darn drug war...
Jun 20, 2008 | Political Blah-Blah
Through some effort, I’ve mostly avoided politickin’ on the blog. Till today. I got a little rant going because of an email (below for your edification) from my Democrat-To-The-Death cousins. It’s supposed to be witty; maybe at another moment in...
May 18, 2008 | Economy, Hope, Political Blah-Blah, Serendipity, Spiritual Stuff
During our last trip to Key West, we had dinner with a new couple, George and Izzy. About 15 years longer on this earth than us, they’d been Key Westers longer as well, but we’d never met. That’s rare. In a small town like Key West, you’ve...
Feb 2, 2008 | Hope, Humor, Political Blah-Blah
This is a huge LED sign belonging to Interstate AC Service in Nashville, TN. It overlooks I-40 westbound as it approaches downtown Nashville.
Dec 12, 2007 | Bureaucracy, CAFTA or TLC, Cost of Living, Crime, Drug War, Living-In, Political Blah-Blah
Ok, this is ridiculous. I’m having a flood of anti-Costa Rica experiences. Maybe if I get them out of my system, this rock in my gut will disappear. IN THE NEWS. Don Oscar seems hellbent on getting Costa Rica into the 21st century. Only I don’t approve of...
Dec 5, 2007 | Political Blah-Blah
So we were watching the news last night (an accident, I assure you) with the boys. There was a snippet of Bush lying speeching about Iran. You know, about how Iran shut down their nuclear weapons program in 2003 and, gosh, he just found out about it. Someone’s...
Nov 27, 2007 | Banking, Colones, Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Economy, Living-In, Money, Political Blah-Blah
Must be nice to be a government, able to muck around with the money when the mood strikes. Grab a little here, a little there… I would have said "Stealing 4%" but that might sound a little caustic. Slanderous, even. For instance. Last Thursday –...
