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A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. “Not very long,” answered the Mexican. “But then, why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?” asked the American. The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family. The American asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your…

One Day Trip – Latin America, Japan, China

…ant Street. My favorite place to visit here is Vital Tea Leaf which offers free tea tastings.  Often times tourists are put off by the price of tea and quickly leave.  This is REAL tea from China and is completely amazing, so no, it is not cheap.  But, actually it is not very expensive either.  The tea is priced per pound and is often about $100 per pound.  Yet, a pound of tea is a LOT of tea!!!  I usually only buy a quarter pound and it lasts me…

There is nothing wrong with not having a higher education

…onal calculations (as in nation building, social engineering, modernism and its belief that, given all the facts, the right solution to any problem can always be calculated). In fact it might as easily be associated with the pre-modern, pre-democratic, society ruled by aristocrats and only free male land-owners’ voices were heard. Share this: Twitter Reddit…

Random Irrelevance

…ght to express our ideas without fear of retribution (usually). America is free and we can better ourselves more easily than in most places. This is what I love about America. However, as I found out when I went abroad, there were certain aspects about America that were not taught to me in Americans schools. Whole periods of history were skipped over if it might paint America in a bad light. Many countries condemn Japan for referring to the invasi…

Solipsism, Politics and Facebook

…h something light, something funny.  Then as you speak more and more you become more comfortable and throw out EVERY SINGLE THING THAT CROSSES YOUR MIND INCLUDING SUBJECTS YOU WOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WITH IF IT WERE AN IN PERSON CONVERSATION AND SOME OF YOU WRITE IT ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS WHICH IS HIGHLY AGITATING! Now being an election year and the state of politics being as it is I find more than a few political statements being thrown about onlin…