365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for July, 2011
Book versus Blog
The first amendment has finally come to full fuition now that this ultimate tool of self-publication, the blog, has caught fire. I used to always have this deep desire to write a book. To have it be a “best seller” on the N.Y Times List and become rich and famous as a result. Of course, very few [...]
My Favorite Color?
It has to be green. I also like red and blue. But if I have to pick a favorite, that would certainly be green. Why green? Well for one thing, it is the color of Costa Rica. I have never encountered a place so verdantly and vibrantly green. It is mesmerizing. You can stare at [...]
Representative Government
Government of the people, by the people and for the people. Ever heard that one? It’s a phrase coined by none other than Abe Lincoln in his famous Gettysburg Address. In a representative democracy, the people elect representatives and give them the power to govern on their behalf. It is generally expected that those representatives will represent [...]
Burning Down the House
Wars and rumors of wars. Those have been a part of U.S. culture since its founding. Why is that? Why is the U.S. so hell-bent on being at war with the world? Right now it seems that in addition to being at war with the entire Islamic world, the U.S. is at war with itself. [...]
A Very Unnecessary Evil
My last post featured a video showing a young Facundo Cabral performing his signature song, No soy de aqui, ni so de alla. Cabral was gunned down in Guatemala this month, July 9th to be exact. Reports are that the gunmen were organized crime linked and that the real target was the nightclub owner that [...]
Violence is “Stupid”
embedded by Embedded Video No soy de aqui, ni soy de alla Facundo Cabral (May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011)
The Mother of Mediocrity
I always carry around this list of the ten things I really need to get done that I’ve been putting off for a while. The list is updated from time to time and it seems there are always several items from the old list that carry over to the new one. I believe that’s what’s [...]
Think and Grow Sustainably
Things have changed considerably since Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill was first published. That was in 1937. The U.S. was in depression and on the eve of World War II. The decades of the 30′s and 40′s were indeed a time when a positive mental attitude was about all one could maintain. Everything else that [...]
If You Don’t Succeed at First…..
It’s kind of paradoxical for Charlie Sheen to loudly and repeatedly claim that he is a “winner.” Say that one time too often, as if you are trying too hard to convince yourself of the fact, and the more appropriate label might be “whiner.” But is that what life is really all about, winning and [...]
One for One
Why be in business? If it’s just to make money and nothing else, then why submit yourself to the hassle. Get a job, or rob a bank. No, there just has to be more to it than that. It seems the more I worry about the financial side of things, the more trouble I experience [...]
