The Bloom is Off the Wild Rose in Pura Vida Land (0)
4/19/12 •
Tweet If you and I ran our household like the government of Costa Rica, we would be living in a box under a bridge (provided the bridge is still standing… many bridges in Costa Rica are way past their life expectancy). I live in Costa Rica and I am staying to watch the parade. We [...]
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The good old days of customer service (1)
1/15/12 •
Tweet I was thinking yesterday about the good old days, when customer service was more than a hollow mantra and really meant just that… service for the customer because, after all, we need and use a service and like to be appreciated for supporting one service offering over another. The old memory banks allowed me [...]
What to Wear New Years Eve 2012 (Comments Off)
12/30/11 •
Tweet New Year Eve 2012 is just around the corner. Oh my! 2011 took a long time to finish, eh … but what’s taking even longer is probably the time it takes to decide on what to wear on this New Year Eve. I mean it’s no ordinary New Year Eve, it is 2012! The [...]
The Abuse of Women in Iran continues: the Tragedy of Sakineh (1)
12/27/11 •
Tweet The savage women-hating government and hypocritical un-religious religious establishment of Iran continues to abuse and torture women in Iran. The following is an update from The Telegraph on the status of the life of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, yet another woman who suffers in Iran. We’ve waited for a year to hear a news update [...]
Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (1)
12/27/11 •
Tweet Tom Cruise – is one name that brings out the true image of an action hero in our minds. And Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol? Well … it’s one movie that completes that action hero image with the most amazing action scenes filmed on Tom Cruise. So you all probably have an idea of what [...]
Tom Cruise – crazy or beyond brave? (1)
12/24/11 •
Tweet I’ve got to admit that I’m not exactly a fan of Tom Cruise, but I’ve seen several of his movies and vaguely known all along what he’s been up to via Tom Cruise news. There’s always plenty of gossip, stories about him and his wife, Katie Holmes and daughter, Suri. Knowing about Tom Cruise [...]
In the Land Of Blood and Honey (1)
12/21/11 •
Tweet A Creditable Account of Love and Tragedy in the Bosnian War By all accounts, Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ will be a success both with critics and audiences when it releases in select theaters across the United States and Canada on the 23rd of December this year. The [...]
Remembrance Day (Comments Off)
11/11/11 •
Tweet It’s the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of the 21st century. Today is Remembrance Day or Armistice Day and Veterans Day, whatever you wish to call it. A day for remembering the poor young men who sacrificed their lives for the evil politicians of the previous century. We are [...]
Johnny Depp and his Rum Diary (Comments Off)
10/25/11 •
Tweet Johnny Depp. He’s been a presence in my life for my whole life and everyone else of generation. Who doesn’t know Johnny Depp? He’s one of those actors that have stood out and lasted throughout the decades, regularly appearing in movies I have seen not by planning, but merely by chance. Edward Scissorhands, Charlie [...]
And so Gadhafi is Dead (Comments Off)
10/23/11 •
Tweet And so Muammar Gadhafi is dead which wasn’t really much of a surprise. It was only a matter of time before he was found. He was found in a sewer near his home town of Sirte, just like a rat – the word he used to describe the citizens of his country. The fact [...]
Update on Zainab al-Hosni (1)
10/07/11 •
Tweet An update our article on the fate of Zainab al Hoseni. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch had reported that Zainab Al Hoseni had been found dead, tortured, burned and decapitated in a morgue in Syria. A young woman had been tortured, burned, and killed by Assad’s gangs. The body was difficult to identify [...]
The Ides of March (Comments Off)
10/07/11 •
Tweet I’d been looking forward to seeing The Ides of March since it premiered at both the Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals. The Ides of March, written, directed and starred in by George Clooney is a political thriller also starring Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. This new movie is bound to [...]
Working Shirts (1)
10/02/11 •
Tweet Many people ask why this online magazine has the name WorkingShirt. It’s a cool name, so I’ve been told by a few people whose opinion counts. Our online magazine has been around for quite a while, since 2007, in fact. People have naturally asked, how I came up with the name WorkingShirt. To tell [...]
Hiking in Iraq (1)
9/28/11 •
Tweet I might be the only one thinking this, but hiking in Iraq doesn’t seem like such a great idea. If you search the internet for the term “hiking in Iraq,” the first listings in search engines such as Google, basically say, just don’t. It might be dangerous. Duh! So, it goes without saying when [...]
Anonymous: Operation Syria (Comments Off)
9/26/11 •
Tweet Excellent video by the Anonymous operation to take down Syrian government websites. Many say: Good work! Keep up the good work. Good job. Serves the Syrian government thugs right for the abuse of human rights in Syria. God grant the Syrians peace and justice. President Assad will eventually have to face a court of [...]
For Zainab Al Hoseni (Comments Off)
9/25/11 •
Tweet Today, I learned about the death of Zainab Al Hoseni. A young woman of Syria, 18 or 19 years old. Tortured, burned, and killed by Assad’s gangs. The blood of Zainab Al Hoseni is on the hands of Assad of Syria. I cannot write more right now because I am so horrified. She was [...]
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