Writing 101, Day Thirteen: Serial Killer II (Part I here) Going away to college opened up a whole new world for me. All of sudden there were all these new people around who knew nothing about me. I could make myself over into a whole new person if I wanted to. But of course transformations…
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Who’s on First?
Engineers have a reputation for being overly precise when it comes to everyday matters. Ask them a question and they will answer it correctly while you remain clueless. German engineers take this to a whole other level. Case in point— this conversation between my boss (German Engineer) and his boss (Deadeye Perry) a few years…
Those were the days
Writing 101, Day Eleven: Size Matters When I was twelve, we lived in an almost-perfect apartment. My Aunt Aura (Titia) owned it and we lived in it for maybe four or five years. It was a great place to live, but it did have one major drawback (therefore the “almost-perfect” rating): I had to share…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
A little something extra under the hood:
Feliz Navidad!
Ask me to pick out a favorite food from my childhood, made for special occasions and holidays, and right away I think of Christmas and Tia Aleyda’s arroz con pollo (rice and chicken). Many years later it still doesn’t feel like Christmas without it. When I was a child in Panama, we had several holiday…