This post discusses illness and medical practice in the Philippines. I have three health things that I’ve been juggling on this trip, food borne illness, a lousy cold, and some wonderful tropical “crud” that has attacked my skin. Today I finally got the “all clear” from the doctor; no pneumonia. My cold is getting better…
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Review: Palermo Restaurant
Palermo has been around for forever in my hometown. I never think about it when it comes to Italian food, even though I have been there 3 times prior. It is a family-owned restaurant that clams to make Italian food from scratch. Let’s get to the review! Blogger Note: on this trip we were in…
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I told my girl that I wanted a burger and a beer. I’m not much of a drinker but it just sounded good. We hopped in the car and drove for about 20 minutes to somewhere I’d never been before. We parked next to a McDonald’s—not a good omen—and then went for a walk. We…
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I’m about ten days into this trip. Here are a few observations thus far. Getting a visa extension to stay here was easy. The hardest part was the demand that payment be made in cash. The cost was just north of 4,000 pesos ($66). I needed to complete a form, pay a fee, and then…
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It occurs to me that Aaron Park might not be the smartest crayon in the drawer when it comes to administering his blogsite. So in a spirit of glasnost, I wish to offer a tutorial to help him do the right thing. As you know, if you accidently delete the icon for Microsoft Word from…
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CRA President John Briscoe has announced his resignation. Per succession rules in the Bylaws, Executive Vice-President, Tom Hudson will be the next President. In a letter to Hudson and copied to the Board, Briscoe wrote I will work with you for a smooth transition. I understand that per board rule my resignation cannot be effective…
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There are a lot of new readers wondering what is all the controversy happening in CRA and asking the Rodney King question, “Why can’t we all just get along?” Here is a summary to date. The factions break up into two camps with some folks in the middle wondering, what’s going on? In the first…
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I typically don’t try to dismantle someone else’s blog posts but this one deserves such a response. Below is the blog posted by Aaron Park yesterday, April 20th. The setting is this, Aaron is adding his comments to the announcement for the May 30th CRA Board meeting called by 22 Board members. KEY Original meeting…
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CRA President John Briscoe refuses to comply with California law related to records published on Internet by Park brothers. Briscoe has refused to inform CRA members that their names, addresses, bank account numbers, signatures and other personal information were published on the Internet on Friday. The data continues to be available on the Internet even…
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Round one of the CRA dust-up results just came in. CRA Board 1 Park Brothers 0 Vote totals Yes 28 No 31 Abstain 1 The proposal for a July 25th Board meeting was defeated. Clearly it was outside the margin of cheating or some votes might have been tossed to change the outcome. Aaron Park…
