Arenal Volcano & Hot Springsn

This weekend Ily and I went to the town of La Fortuna to visit the hotsprings at the base of Arenal Volcano. We stayed at a place called Los Lagos Hotel. They had a swimming pool and some hotspring pools. It was a nice trip, nice to get out of the city for a couple [...]

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Inspiring Words

Yesterday I was talking with a colleague at work. The conversation was about how to have a good life, how to live. Living for me has been a process of learning to see reality as it is, rather than as how I want it to be, or think it should be. More than anything else, [...]

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A Fine Day at Work in Costa Rica

Yesterday was another day of reading the web, looking out the window, going to lunch, going home. Another day of going to work and having nothing work-related to do. But I am there, and that is what counts. I am available to work whenever it is needed. When someone needs me to do something, I [...]

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Didn’t have to use my umbrella yesterday

This morning started out clear and sunny, then got cloudy. Right now it is kind of half overcast, a bright gray day. The power went off briefly this morning, making everyone on my floor groan in one voice. It’s weird, even though the power to all our computers went off, the air-conditioning kept up its [...]

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Identity & Celebrity: Another Long Post

Identity is a fundamental part of reality. I would define identity as the intrinsic reality of any given thing, its essence and appearance taken together. My definition of identity is part of me, and contributes to my identity. I could look up someone elses definition of identity, and my definition might change slightly. But would [...]

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