365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for August, 2011
About a Cat 1
Listening to the news about Hurricane Irene has me waxing nostalgic. I grew up on the North/South Carolina coast, so I know a thing or two about hurricanes. I was there for the horrific Hugo, as well as many others. These storms generally end up with less huff and puff once they reach the shorelines, but they [...]
Risk is in the Eye of the Beholder
Having lived outside of the U.S. for some time in what would technically be considered a “third-world” country I have often perceived a great disparity in how folks in Costa Rica (as well as neighboring countries) view risk as compared to those in the U.S. People down here routinely do things that U.S. citizens would be aghast to witness. [...]
The Key to Competence
Faking confidence until you find it can be beneficial to many worthwhile pursuits. Faking competence, on the other hand, can get you in a whole lot of trouble. I was watching the Pierce Morgan interview hour last night. His guest was one of my favorite actors, Jeff Bridges. Jeff Bridges is a highly competent actor. He is also an extremely humble [...]
Rebellious About Causes
I have always been sort of a rebel, but not a really hardcore nihilistic type rebel. You know the kind that just doesn’t care…a “rebel without a cause”…if you will. I mean I do remember doing nihilistic type things like when we used to try to smash beer bottles against road signs we passed along [...]
Go Get’em Gabby
It has been both appalling and amusing watching the democrats and republicans fight it out recently over the mundane and normally routine matter of raising the debt ceiling. While making for some good political drama, nothing about this whole mess would I consider the least bit inspiring. That was, until yesterday. When Gabby Giffords showed [...]
