Life has been insanely good lately. White rum and limes just go so well together. I have amazing friends in the US and here in the DR. And I have found Dominican friends, like real friends. Its amazing. Off to Jarabacoa to to some In Service Training tomorrow. I feel like I need it ( Read more... )

Hope everyone had a Happy Holiday! Did you Portlanders really have snow? We did (albeit dirty snow from a few days ago).

Peace.

Tajikistan Targets Witches ( Read more... )

Today at work, one of the boys was really pissed because I didn't do his laundry (it's not staff's job to do their laundry, and he didn't ask for an accommodation). So he got aggressive and confrontational first in the dorm, so I gave him a demerit for anger control issues. Then after breakfast he got all confrontational about the demerit, and ( Read more... )

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Does anyone know why my car is getting better gas mileage now, with a combo of city and freeway driving, with the heat and the defroster on, than it was when I drove it across the country in May, all on the freeway, using no heat ( Read more... )

Weddings are kind of a weird ritual. They are different throughout various cultures in different regions, but the theme is the same. Let's celebrate love... but I have been to 3 weddings this summer, and it seems that every bride cries at her wedding. Eva, does that happen at all the weddings you host? It's beautiful, but there's so much stress ( Read more... )

If you had to have sex with a world leader, who would it be ( Read more... )

I'm in Sarajevo. I'm in love with this city and I'm not coming home. I'm only sort of kidding.