We went to the movies

On Saturday, after Ily got home from school, we went to the Real Cariari Mall in Barreal to see a movie. Ily wanted to see a comedy, and that sounded fine to me. We sort of wanted to see Inkheart (Corazón de Tinta) since Ily likes Brendan Fraser (she can watch any of the Mummy [...]

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Drama on the Crater’s Rim

On my first Saturday here (Feb 16) I went on a field trip to Poas Volcano with Ily’s philosophy class, for class presentations. I participated in a skit on Marxism (written by Ily) with Ily & her colleagues – I played a priest selling indulgences, hearing confession from a rich girl, a poor girl, and [...]

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Great New Blog!

There is a wonderful new blog on WordPress, of special interest to Central Coast citizens, cyclists, and all those interested in freedom and articulate written expression.
It is called Xasáuan Today. Check it out. I think you will like it.

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Second Thoughts Rant

I had never heard of http://cafe-de-flore.com/ before I received their email yesterday. I made a web site for my friends, never thinking a small cafe in an obscure city in Costa Rica could be mistaken for a world-famous location thousands of miles away in Paris, France.
(Though their fame may be a result of believing their [...]

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Coffee Houses of Flowers

I got an interesting letter today from a French legal firm, casually accusing me of fraud and bad faith, over my registration of the nearly-generic domain name cafedeflores.com
I immediately took the domain name off-line, in part to demonstrate my intent to comply with the law, and also partly out of fear. Now I’m having second [...]

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