“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Mar 28th, 2008
Today, on my normal morning Internet journey, I stumbled on the following URL. Maybe it was the day I was supposed to find it. Maybe it is the day you should view it as well.
Sit down and relax and take the time to view THIS. Turn your speaker up.
Posted in Businesses, Panama Journal on Oct 6th, 2007
I should have known this, but I didn’t. I had the mistaken impression that the boys in PriceSmart, who help put all your purchases in the basket, were paid by PriceSmart. They are not. I knew that all of the boys that do same thing in the super markets worked only for tips. I just [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 9th, 2007
There was a famous Musical in 1936 staring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers. In the movie, Ginger Rodgers tries to teach Fred Astaire to dance. He is clumsy and wants to give up, but he pleads with Ginger Rodgers to teach him. This results in her singing the song, “Pick Yourself Up”. Some of the [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Aug 27th, 2007
I know you have heard this as many times as I have. I think I heard it the first time from my mom. After my dad died we struggled a lot, but I never remember being unhappy for the lack of money. When my mom would tell me that, I don’t know if she told [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Aug 14th, 2007
This is something you have to keep reminding yourself if you live in Panama. In all likelihood, patience is required if you live in any Latin American country. This morning I am telling myself this very thing because my Cable & Wireless Internet performance currently sucketh!In the US when one provider starts neglecting its uptime [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Apr 7th, 2007
It is Saturday and I just removed another marble. How is your marble count doing? If you don’t know what I am talking about then go here.
Posted in Panama Journal on Jan 6th, 2007
Now if you are a regular reader of Chiriquí Chatter, I am sure that you thought from the title that this post has some relevance to my living in Panama. Sorry, but the title and the content of the post have nothing to do with Panama. Nor does this post contain any attempt at humor [...]
Posted in Humor - Maybe! on Nov 27th, 2006
On my journey down an obscure path on the Internet today, I came upon this quote by Denis Leary. In your opinion was he an optimist, pessimist or realist?
Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, [...]
Posted in Rants on Nov 11th, 2006
Today I had an interesting conversation with a resident of the Boquete area. I know I see Boquete pretty infrequently, but it seems that the influx of gringos is not having a positive effect on the area.
From the conversation, I understand that the prices in the Hibiscus restaurant are climbing at an unbelievable rate. When [...]
Posted in Humor - Maybe! on Oct 1st, 2006
I am sure you like I receive a ton of what I call friendly Spam. That is something you receive from a friend and is usually humorous, thought provoking and sometime worthy only of discarding. Today, I received one that I would put in one of the first two categories, so I thought I would [...]
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