As many of you already know, I’m a fanatic of architecture styles and structures. Shapes, patterns, texture, and lines of buildings fascinate me. When I drive through Panama City, I’m always with my eyes wide open to detect a building with interesting lines. You have seen some of these buildings here. A structure that means [...]
Archive for September, 2009
The Bridge
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Bridges, Designs, Panama, Photography, Structures, Tourism on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft Releases a Free Antivirus Software Into the Wild
Posted in Software, tagged Antivirus Software, McAfee Inc., Microsoft, Microsoft Security Essentials, Software, Symantec Corp on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft Corp. announced its new computer security program was ready to download starting yesterday. Microsoft Security Essentials, as the free antivirus software is called, has been available in a beta test version since June. The software updates daily to stay current with the latest malicious programs, which can steal passwords or turn PCs into spam [...]
Photograph of the Day: The Taste of Honey
Posted in Photography, tagged Birds, Honey, Hummingbirds, Nature, Photographs, Pollen on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Veil of Sadness Covers the Country of Panama
Posted in News, tagged Democracy, Guillermo Endara Galimany, Mourning, Panama, Politics, Presidents of Panama, Sadness on September 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A black veil of sadness covers the country of Panama. Yesterday evening ex-President Guillermo David Endara Galimany died at his home after suffering a swift heart attack. He was 73. Endara, who governed from 1989 to 1994, died at his home in Panama City. His cardiologist, Dr. Sergio Solis, said the cause might have been [...]
Photograph of the Day: Narrow Alley
Posted in Photography, tagged Canyons, National Parks, Nature, Photographs on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Remains of the Panama Canal Ferry
Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, tagged Docks, Ferries, History, Panama, Panama Canal on September 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After the Panama Canal was built, the Isthmus was cut in half. Land access to the countryside was interrupted, and for many years, the Panama Canal Commission and the U.S. Army used tugs and barges to access the other side of the canal. During those early years, the Pan American Highway was still in the [...]
Joke: The Wheelchair
Posted in Jokes, tagged Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness, Drunks, Humor, Wheelchairs on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A man, whose level of drunkenness was bordering on the absurd, stood up to leave a bar and fell flat on his face. —“Maybe all I need is some fresh air,” thought the man as he crawled outside. He tried to stand up again, but fell face first into the mud. —“Screw it,” he thought. [...]
Photograph of the Day: Resting by the Waterway
Posted in Photography, tagged Fishermen, Hammoks, Panama Canal, Photographs, Rest, Waterways on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Different Thought Structures
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie: she accepts: they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again, they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither [...]
Purple Flowers
Posted in Photography, tagged Flowers, La Boca, Morning Glory, Nature, Panama, Photographs on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
During my recent foray into the Bridge of the Americas territory I stumbled into a patch of beautiful pale purple flowers. You know I’m not much of a fan of flowers, but these beauties captured my attention. I just couldn’t resist the temptation of shooting a couple of pictures of these exquisite purple flowers. I [...]
