365 Reasons I Love Costa Rica
Archive for October, 2011
Greed Losing Gravitas
I am currently reading Long Walk to Freedom, the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. It is fascinating. It is also bewildering to me as to why the white population of South Africa could hold the arrogant belief they had the right to oppress the black population who were the true natives and original occupants of the nation. Of course, that sort [...]
Bully for You Anderson
I applaud Anderson Cooper for airing his anti-bullying program this week. I was bullied as a kid. I am sure there are many who might read this blog who were as well. Harsh and repeated episodes of bullying can mark you for life. They can have affects that linger for decades. One’s self esteem can [...]
We’ve Come a Long Way…maybe
Took a friend from the U.S. up to the Irazu Volcano yesterday. It’s a really beautiful place. It was quite cloudy and rainy, until we reached the summit, which is 11,260 up. From there things cleared up quite nicely and we had a great time gawking at one of natures most intriguing marvels, an active [...]
Right Angles
It is a bit confusing, or at least at first blush it might seem to be that way, as to why the so-called “christian-right” is almost unanimously anti any idea that combats global climate change. Why in the heck is that? Here are a few possibilities…. 1. They simply cannot believe that man could muck [...]
Why O-W-S? here’s an answer for ya…..
I have been writing in this blog for “years” now (yea, years) that capitalism has “run amuck” (or amok, or however you want to spell it). There is this mainstream line of thought in the U.S. (and other parts of the “developed” world) that rampant consumerism supported by capitalism run amuck is the mainstream or [...]
El Regreso
I went to see the Costa Rican produced (and filmed on location here) movie, El Regreso, last night. And it was a really great flick! More and more movies are being home-grown right here. It is always fun to go to a movie and see one after another of normal every day sights. Makes you [...]
