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…
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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…
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…
The Red Sweater
We sat in the car staring out the window. I had driven us home from what had turned out to be a big mistake. I thought a dinner out among people who didn’t have a care in the world would do us good. Instead we each sat lost in our own thoughts, barely touching our…
Almost like being back in your high school cafeteria
Writing 101, Day Eight And you thought you were done with cliques, didn’t you? Walk into any high school cafeteria and it won’t be long before you spot them. It’s the same in your office lunch room or cafeteria. The setting may have changed and the faces may be a little older, but they’re still…