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August 30, 2009
Old Mr. Rios
Only a few blocks from my destination, I notice an old man hobbling along the footpath. His slow speed and awkwardness creates an obstacle for the handful of people who are out today, and they all detour around him so as to continue on…
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January 18, 2009
The Best Way To Wake Up
The sweet harmony of crashing waves slowly ease their way through into my consciousness. I spin on the bed, trying to coax another half an hour’s rest from the already stifling hot day. The early sun’s rays have heated the canvas annex to…
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November 10, 2008
Movies and Music
I have just finished watching a movie where the guy gets the girl amidst formidable odds and everybody lives happily ever after.
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February 8, 2006
Doing Business in South America
At the end of last year a survey came out about the processes and costs needed to start a business in over 150 countries. Run by the World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation , their Doing Business website revealed that…
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February 1, 2006
Reminders of Where I Am
It has been almost 2 years now that I have been living in Argentina and although life has changed a little from what it was in Australia and New Zealand, it is also very similar in many ways. Sometimes I simply forget where I am.
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November 6, 2005
People’s Attitudes to Other People’s Stuff
One of the things that really gets on my nerves is other people not caring about stuff that is not theirs. Here, in South America where money seems to be in such short supply, you would expect that people would be extremely careful with…
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October 12, 2005
What is GroovyGuppy?
What is GroovyGuppy.com? GroovyGuppy.com is a private website run by one guy. Its main purpose for existing started out being just as a means to communicate with friends and family around the world.
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October 12, 2005
Looking at True Riches
Jim Baker (on video) teaching students at a bible college in the United States started teaching on Revelations but was sidetracked down this issue of True Riches. What follows is my brief notes on what he had to say, based entirely out of…
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October 4, 2005
Quotes to make you think
While travelling around the web I ran into a few quotes that I thought were interesting enough to save because they make you think:
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May 12, 2004
The Learning Process
At times you may find that there is something in your life that has to change but it seems like it is taking forever to actually change it. “I still do the same thing”, you exclaim! “When am I ever going to change?”
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