Nov 26, 2007 | News, Nicaragua, Political Blah-Blah
Nicaragua criminalized abortion – even when the mother’s life is at stake – and decriminalized sodomy. If there is a logic here, I’m not seeing it.
Oct 14, 2007 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah
Call me a Paranoid Libertarian Extremist – I’ve been called worse – but I’m afraid if the guy gets any more popular, he will be killed. Not like shot… like poisoned. Heart-attacked. (Yeah, more paranoid than you thought, right?) But,...
Feb 10, 2007 | Communications, Cultural Events, Drug War, News, Political Blah-Blah
Saturday morning, 8am, checking my email with the CBS News on… so far, a young man fell thru a hole in the ice while snowboarding and they can’t find him, another guy was caught trying to kidnap two young boys (’cause he saw how well it worked out...
Feb 2, 2007 | Bush, Death & Taxes, Political Blah-Blah, War
This article was written by the daughter of a local family we’ve met here in Costa Rica. Ayn is 14 and is unschooled. I must admit to harboring suspicions of unschooling’s effectiveness in somehow producing schooled children. Those are smashed.
Jan 11, 2007 | Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War
Last March I wrote a post about Nazanin, an Iranian teenager who had been sentenced to death for killing a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. Yeah. When I first read something like this, I fervently hope it is just a really tasteless joke. Tragically, this...
Dec 7, 2006 | Political Blah-Blah
Here’s my score: What’s yours? By the way, I’m ready to go HOME!!! SO ready. I’m loving seeing my friends, being back in the community way. But. "There’s no place like home." Click click. "There’s no place like...
Dec 1, 2006 | Cost of Living, Culture Shock, Expat, Key West, Medical Care, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers
Traveling is wearing on a body. Living out of a suitcase, crammed into someone’s spare bedroom with two huge loud teenagers, using our hosts’ energy sources and eating their food. We buy a lot of the food, but you have to wonder what their utility bills...
Nov 8, 2006 | Political Blah-Blah
I love blogging, writing about our move to Costa Rica, what it’s like, what’s happening, the trials and tribulations, the many joys. I want you ALL to join me here. So, for the most part, politics has no place here unless it is germane to Moving To Costa...
