Last week I received a phone call from Don Bullock a LiP reader and new arrival to the Philippines’s. He stopped by my house, where we got acquainted over a beer or two. I called my good friend Tommy and we decided to go to Texas Joe’s for lunch. Don and his wife Anita followed […]
The Bird
About six months ago Mayang (Mrs. Thompson) came home from the pet store with a bird, and she was very excited with her purchase. Me, not so much, as they don’t seem to do anything, kinda like a cat, it’s just there. I did ask what type of bird it was and no one seemed […]
Things don’t always work out as we plan
This past weekend was to be an adventure for me. Oh, I guess it did turn out to be an adventure, just not as I had planned it. About 2 months ago, perhaps a bit more than that, I had an idea come to me. It was an idea for a somewhat unconventional trip. When […]
The Bataan Y2K Zone Part II
Don’t miss out on Part 1 of this article. And that Sunday passed like cold molasses, on a winter’s day in New England. My daughter could not make it due to flooding on the farm, which I was notified of, at 17:30 Sunday evening. So Marlon the Magnificent, was called and arrived at 18:00 hours […]
Just thinking!
I am just sitting here in front of my computer and figuring out what to write. It’s been a whirlwind of feelings for me right now. My last post has been so depressing that I have been contemplating of quitting. I never thought of anyone so mean and arrogant and judgmental to other people. One […]
Sorry, Charlie
A funny thing happened last week. Well, it wasn’t quite so funny at the time it happened, but in retrospect it was indeed funny, or at least quite coincidental. Last Thursday, I woke up and I decided I wanted to buy a new Netbook. For those readers who are not really techies, a netbook is […]