it’s not barbecued cuy, but I love the arroz frito over at Manolos. still, i don’t like that the staff allows street people to come inside and grift me when i’m eating.

This morning i wave off the usual suspects before a young boy stops in. when it comes to street urchins I’m a soft touch. i can’t blame a kid just because his idiot parents have pimped him out. read more»

another hard-working teacher is facing media scrutiny this week. this time it’s professor jorge enrique tapia who’s getting his salchicha lopped off.

crap pay, underfunded schools, a curious media, it’s not easy being a teacher in panama. you really have to love kids to do the job.

and you might think a life spent loving kids should count for something. sadly, it does not. those dogs over at la critca are reporting that the good professor has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for corruption of a minor. read more»

al gore won the Nobel prize yesterday. i admit i didn’t see that coming. i had cast my vote for Jenna Jameson. really, who’s done more for the world than jenna?

still, if she was tied up, or on a shoot, then al’s a decent pick. i haven’t seen his flick, “an inconvenient truth”, but it sounds plenty kinky. read more»