A photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his home office to hire a plane. —”It will be waiting for you at the airport!” he was assured by his editor. As [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Joke: Mistaken Instructor
Posted in Jokes, tagged Airplanes, ForestFires, Humor, Photographers, Pilots on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Photograph of the Day: Boats
Posted in Photography, tagged Boats, Panama, Photographs, Skylines, Tourism, Yacht Clubs on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Colombian Restaurant at Via Argentina
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Bandeja Paisa, Colombia Cuisine, Entertainment, Food, Leisure, Panama, Tourism on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As many of you probably know, Panama and Colombia share a common history. After Panama obtained its independence from Spain in 1821, it didn’t have the resources to keep its independence, so it decided to annex itself to Colombia. It was not until 1903, that Panama decided it was time to separate itself from Colombia [...]
A Child’s Letter
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Children, Grades, Grandparents, Hospitals, Innocence, Letters on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Grandma: Mom told me you were in the hospital for tests. I hope you get good grades! XXX from your grandson, Eric, age 5
Photograph of the Day: Tower Above Panama
Posted in Photography, tagged Architecture, Buildings, Panama, Sky Scrapers, Structures, Tourism, Towers, Urban Development on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Gurgling Fountain at Via Argentina
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Fountains, Leisure, Panama, Parks, Parque Andrés Bello on August 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Every neighborhood should have a park. Parks are wonderful open spaces where you can go out and stretch your legs, read your favorite book, smell the flowers, listen to the birds chirping, take your pets out for a walk and so many other pleasant activities. Regretfully, urban planners often forget about the importance of parks [...]
Enhancing Your Productivity Using the Mouse
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Computers, Copy-Paste, Efficiency, Office Work, Productivity, Word Processing on August 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One of the most common activities while using a computer is copy and pasting. Hundreds and hundreds of seconds are consumed in this mundane computer task, specially using the computer mouse. Recently I read a comment on LifeHacker.com written byShakespeareGeek which tackles very well this issue of wasting valuable time while copying and pasting text. [...]
Photograph of the Day: Don’t Fence Me In
Posted in Photography, tagged Fences, Leisure, Parks, Photographs, Tourism, Via Argentina on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Buffalo Wings Flying Over Via Argentina
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Cafés, Chicken Wings, Entertainment, Food, Panama, Tourism on August 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As you probably know by now, you can find just about anything you’re looking for at Via Argentina-–even Buffalo wings. Of course, I’m not referring to the flying object, I’m talking about the chicken wings you eat. Nolan’s Place Café is famous for selling Buffalo wings amongst other food in Panama City, Panama. However, the [...]
Joke: Pissing on the Slippers
Posted in Jokes, tagged Aging, Erections, Humor, OldMen, Viagra on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An old man goes into a drug store to buy some Viagra. —”Can I have 6 tablets, cut in quarters?” —“I can cut them for you’ said the pharmacist,‘ but a quarter tablet will not give you a full erection.” —”I’m 96″ said the old man. “I don’t want an erection, I just want it [...]
