I owned a couple of Nightclubs in Puerto Rico; I made my living plying drinks to tourists and locals alike. This was how I paid my employees and my business expenses. Would it have been right if my bartenders sold rum from their own bottle and cut me out of the equation? I think you […]
My Mango Theory
There is a man who desires a fresh mango and he climbs the tree and gets one and then sits in the shade and enjoys the fruit of his labor. But there is another man who will wait below and ask the man who worked to share his mango. Then the third type who will […]
Thanks for Telling Me
In the Navy we called it the Mushroom Theory: Which was when the ship’s command structure kept us in the dark and would feed us “BS”. So we never knew what was fully going on with the ship or its evolutions. The Merchant Marine was not a lot better in letting us know but the […]
Ever Wonder Where It Goes
Since 1999 we’ve been on our own when it comes to the removal of basura trash, rubbish garbage, swill or any other name you want to call it. I had a problem but I solved it; the 14 dogs would consume 95% of food waste. Then the cans (Rinsed of course) bottles plastic containers (Again […]
Being Inventive in the Philippines
Last year I was visited by a shipmate that had broken his “Augmented Teeth” (As with breast implants we no longer call them false teeth) we sat at Texas Joe’s and he devoured a Buber Burger, and he amazed me not that he ate the burger but the amount of beer he drank. (LOL) Now […]
Those Inconsequential Moments in Our Day
Every day little things happen that seem to have no real meaning until you learn to translate them. Example I sit on my wall in the morning and have a cup of coffee and watch life meander by. Depending on the day the meanings can differ. A Jeepney coming down the hill, the roof rack […]