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$6 to $80: Eating in Panama City is what you make of it
Finding food in Panama City is not a problem. Like any good international urban port, you can find just about any type of food from cafeteria style plastic tray point-and-serve, to typical Panamanian fare (fried anything) to high end cuisine from India, the U,S,, France, Italy, Peru and anywhere else you can think of. We love food, so in our four nights in Panama City we hit a few restaurants. Below are y impressions of each … Read entire article »
Filed under: Travel
A trio of posts on procrastination from Lifehacker
Procrastination is something I struggle with. And, if my internet research is any judge, so do about 95% of internet users. In light of that, I offer links to the following three article at Lifehacker that just came across my Google alert: Upgrade Your Health and Fitness Routines this Weekend Achieve Your Goals More Easily by Creating Related, Sustainable Habits The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them) Just one quick piece of advice in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Advice
Arrival in Panama City and Taxi to the Hostel
We arrived by plane from LAX after a 6 hour flight. We’d left in the early morning and feared that we would arrive during the middle of one of Panama’s infamous thunderstorms. As any aviatophobe worth their salt will tell you, plane crashes tend to happen in the middle of thunderstorms, and more frequently during take off and landing. Luckily we’d brought a raft of electronics to keep our minds off our imminent demise: MP3 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Travel
Gays win a human rights battle: DADT repealed
I’m currently traveling in Panama, so it’s difficult to keep up with U.S. news. I was surprised and grateful to learn that the repeal of :”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” went into effect yesterday. It\s wonderful news and past time. This brings our military policy regarding gays and lesbians into line with most of the rest of the world. See this Wikipedia entry for a useful infographic. However, as Adam Serwer of Mother Jones points out, it’s important … Read entire article »
Don’t be Afraid to Forget Everything You Know (and Do It Anyway)
It’s been three years since I’ve updated this blog. I give the advice in the title of this first new post since 2008 because it’s something I’ve just done. I’ve wrestled with transferring this site from one host to another, updating WordPress, updating widgets, picking a new theme, sighing and shaking my head at all the junk at the bottom of this blog that needs to be fixed and updated. Where do I find this code? There has … Read entire article »
