These words are from a Jimmy Buffet song. If you are not a parrot head I’d be wasting your time explaining it. Like that song “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” I have been to the bar where the song was written, not one of the three hundred bars that claim their bar is the one. The burger […]
Rain Drops Keep Falling…
I don’t know what he does for a living now, but years ago he sold Movies in CD format, in front of some of the open air bars in the Barrio. They were cheap about 25 pesos each, and the quality was fair to terrible, we never got angry because that was his rice bowl […]
My First Beer in a Year
And it was well worth the wait. The first week of April, I pigeon holed the right doctor and pointed out that on my own volition a year ago I ceased consuming booze of all types. The other doctors all assume that the original doctor (Him) that operated on me made that decision. Nay not […]
The Check is in the Mail
Great lies I’ve been told while here in the Philippines, I’ll admit that falling for them was 99% my fault for taking other peoples word on it, or for reading it on the internet and not verifying it. And no doubt it will happen again. When I moved to the mountain in Bataan I was […]
Yes, We Trust Our Government
In the 17th century, the term “commonwealth” referred to an organized political community, or what today is called a “state.” Four states in our Union—Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia—are still officially called commonwealths. When they joined the United States, they chose to keep the old form instead of using “state” as their title. This is […]
The Haircut… It Was Important once!
I was thinking last Thursday while getting my hair cut, up the street at my regular barbershop here in my area of Dinalupihan Bataan. Mon-Gill has been cutting my hair now for over 7 years at ₱ 40.00, to include a trimmed mustachio and eyebrows. (A tip is always involved) I used to drive to […]