Most Hilarious Blonde Joke I’ve Heard in a Long Time
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Melonheads
Blaise turns SIX MONTHS today. Well done son! Amber bought a sandia and a melon (watermelon and honeydew melon) at the market – they are possible going to be kept as replacement parts for Blaise and I. Just in case.
New School Opening
Families are registering their children in our brand new school in Chicoy. Classes begin Monday for Kinder, Prepa, and Primaria (equiv. K,1,2). We hope to have 75 kids in the school and 50 in the afternoon program. There has been incredible opposition from one man in the community – a liar, extortionist, and pastor of … [Read more…]
Private Oil Resources
Alberta’s oil sands are predicted to be the next major oil source in the world. And it’s in the private sector. Compare this with Norway’s off-shore oil. Norway has been building it’s national infrastructure for years with oil revenues and is one of the most prosperous places to live in the world. And they share … [Read more…]
6.5 billion living beings
The world population counter that I have running on my dashboard (by Jon Brown) tells me that we are 5 million people away from reaching this landmark population on our little planet. I remember it being 5 billion for the longest time from grade 1 through university. I don’t know how it got high so … [Read more…]
Greet… or else
I walked home from the colegio this morning and used the following greetings with various people as they passed by: buenos dias (good morning)buen dia (good morning)buenas (variation on good morning)hola (hi)que tal? (how’s it going)adios (mix between goodbye, farewell, literally -to God) I’m perplexed as to how people decide to use, as everyone uses … [Read more…]
treasure hunting in the postmodern age
Geocaching: the recreational activity of hunting for and finding a hidden object by means of GPS coordinates posted on a website. What do you think? Should I geocache something in the back hills of Alta Verapaz?
Stan Rogers
As I prepared a turkey and did dishes and squeezed oranges this morning, I cranked iTunes and let Stan Rogers echo through my cement block house. [drawing by Anthony Hare] Those not familiar with Canadian folk legend Stan Rogers should get to know his work. From my memory, I remember that he was a son … [Read more…]
Pocketmod Runner
Kevin, you genius. Thanks for changing my life with the introduction of this pocketmod thing. I’ve been doing push-ups, sit-ups, practicing guitar, drinking water, keeping my closet tidy, keeping better track of my spending, video editing, learning more Spanish vocab and verbs all because of this sweet disposable PDA. Unfortunately, some of the editing components … [Read more…]
This is just like my old journals
One of my life goals is to keep a daily journal for 5 years. I have attempted this goal at least 10 times. Inevitably I get 2 days behind and spend half an hour trying to recollect those 2 days. This exhausts some cortex in my head so that by the time I get at … [Read more…]