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Pity the monstrous character (*), not

Posted in Panama, Reflections on Jun 10th, 2008

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Chiriqui
Highlands

An Innocent Character – Smacking wee balls – The Quetzal! – The asterisk

In the guise of an innocent character there lurks a fiend. Now we all know that 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but how many are aware that in ASCII it is the mark of the devil? For it is the code for the asterisk (*), a character that throws in doubt everything that precedes it. It is the uninvited person from Porlock that ruins a good theme, the movie that ends by revealing that the last two hours were a dream sequence.

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The fortunate man of Merida

Posted in Mexico, Reflections on Apr 1st, 2008

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Hot but happy

The role of fortune in our daily lives. A meeting with a nuclear engineer and a WW II vet.

“You are so fortunate to be able to take the time off for this trip” is one of the most frequent comments we get. We are fortunate, yes, for being born in relatively well-to-do families, for having trained in an area that is in high demand, for getting the lucky breaks that enabled us to hold well paying jobs and most importantly, for being so well matched that we enjoy taking long vacations together without stress or compromise.

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