“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 27th, 2008
I recently had the occasion to get to know up close and personal one of the oldest residents of Panama. I considered this an experience worth sharing. Many of these older residents, because of their history and upbringing are very shy and usually stay out of sight.
When you do do bump into one, it is [...]
Posted in Asides on Apr 26th, 2008
Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 25th, 2008
My house was robbed while I slept. A house guest slept in another
bedroom. There are some real professionals working the gringo houses.
Since the robbers took half my stuff, I’m gonna sell the rest.
Furniture and appliances. Bob Hatting new number 6-809-4510.
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 25th, 2008
Our friend in Bugaba was robbed, beaten nearly to death and tortured for three hours (by two masked men) for the combination to his safe (which he was of course willing to give, but explaining how to work a combination lock with a language barrier is nearly impossible). He was tied up, kicked and slashed [...]
Posted in Asides on Apr 25th, 2008
If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have any sense at all.
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology on Apr 24th, 2008
Today was a day of contrasts. Microsoft posted a drop in earnings of 11% because of a major drop in software sales. I think this stage has been posturing for some time now. You can only put out bloated and over priced software, while missing target dates for so long before it starts catching [...]
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 23rd, 2008
This was a follow up to a previous post. The purpose of the other post and this post was to provide enough information that a possible contact could be made between two people.
I have removed the previous post as well as information on this post that is no longer needed. I considered the information personal [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 23rd, 2008
A little before 7:00 this morning, while I was on my walk, I noticed the moon in the southwestern sky.
The sun was just coming up in the east and having the moon high in the western sky gave quite an experience.
I took this photo over a palm tree to give a little perspective.
Then I zoomed [...]
Posted in Asides on Apr 23rd, 2008
The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
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