I had a good laugh this morning over at His Fault, Ticogrande’s blog about life in Costa Rica. The Onion News Network has my vote for daily visit. Maybe more than once…
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Some of you will think less of me after reading this. But I’m going to convince myself you were just looking for an excuse. This one’s kinda long, better get something to drink. If you are drinking shooters, make a few.– Five a.m. Saturday, I drive the boys into downtown San José to catch the 6am bus to the beach. They are going with a friend, Andy, and Andy’s dad, Martin, for a day of surfing. Not a great day to surf, very calm and the tide charts say it’s all wrong . . . → Read More About In Search of The Big Kahuna My new friend Mavis died yesterday. This is a picture of Mavis with my other new friend, Barbara, at January’s lunada. The lunadas are at Mavis/Barry’s house, Mavis being the mother of Barry, the head geezer in my geezer band, Harmony Roads. Barbara, the only other chick in the band and not really a geezer … yet … has known Mavis since Barbara moved to Costa Rica 39 years ago. To me, Mavis is an inspiration, La Reina (lah ray-EE-nah, the queen) of Costa . . . → Read More About Mavis is interfering with my blogging. This can’t go on. Possibly woman, too. But not this woman. Not like this: Listen to this while you read. Such a beautiful song. Go ahead, sing along. Everyone else does. We are in hell. The property behind us is used for parties occasionally. Not too often, THANK GOD. Because ticos, like their friends in the frozen north, are WILD for karaoke. And beer. In combination. Who knew? It’s almost 10pm here and OH MY GOD the wail emanating from over the fence is painful. Every once in a while we all look at each other, roll our eyes and laugh. You have to laugh. Because you aren’t going to sleep… Mercifully, . . . → Read More About 58 & Income Update Cindy, Gary and their tres hijos [trace EE-hose, three sons] have been planning a trip to Costa Rica for many months. And I mean planning, leaving no stone unturned. Secretly harboring a thought or two of giving up the stinking Canadian rat race and transplanting to this beautiful warm country. The best laid plans and all that… Cindy contacted me early in her quest for information and we got to be friendly. I joined her unschooling yahoo group. (Man, those women are intellectuals… I could hardly keep up!) When Cindy & Co. finally arrived, they came to . . . → Read More About On Not Expecting the Unexpected… WARNING: This post is completely controversial and I know many of you will want to scare me back into compliance. I don’t think you can. (That was the warning.) Every couple of years, I’m compelled to overhaul some piece(s) of The Physical System that keeps my mind so incredibly sharp. This bout started a few weeks ago. I was researching online and came up with more scary news about Ryan’s asthma inhaler… Warning:Long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists may increase the risk of asthma-related death. Blah blah blah, big important words, blah blah blah. Great. There are other . . . → Read More About Seeking Health in Costa Rica This is Hal’s answer when someone asks how long we’ve been married. Funny, huh? But it hasn’t been forever. It’s only been 17 years, as of today: Groundhog’s Day 2008. Groundhog’s Day 1991, we got married at sunset on our little makeshift dock behind our mobile home on Stock Island. Back before Stock Island was fashionable. Our good friend Cindy Tellone married us. She was a notary; we wrote our vows. None of our families were in attendance, because… We started dating 25 May 1989. One day, a year and a half later, since we were hardly out of . . . → Read More About “Seems Like Forever.” This is a huge LED sign belonging to Interstate AC Service in Nashville, TN. It overlooks I-40 westbound as it approaches downtown Nashville. |
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