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  The College Education Bubble Is Coming To Its Logical End.

  This past weekend a grown, 30 year old man shot his father over unhappiness with his allowance according to reports in Associated Press as ...

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  Life Is Short According to Michael Simons.

  Nothing is more important than family. Be sure to tell the ones you care about that YOU LOVE THEM.  You never know how much more time you ...

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  Costa Rica Retirement – Three Men And Nearly A Rip Off!

  However, Hombre 2 returns with Hombre 3 - they drill holes through the floors and hit the water, not the technique we expected but it ...

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  Costa Rica Retirement Living. What makes it so unique?

  I suspect those same monks would have been even happier in a sun drenched Costa Rican garden watching their fruits, vegetable, flowers, ...

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  And A Very Happy New Anus To You Too!

  It's the thought that counts and since I make silly mistakes in Spanish every day - even after ten years of living here - I wanted to make ...

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  The Latest FATCA Propaganda & Atrocities

  It's been a while since the whole FATCA charade has annoyed me enough to spend more time writing about it, but recently, a series of events ...

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  Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Tamarindo: Fiestas, Fireworks & Grapes

  Writing about where to specifically celebrate New Year's Eve in Costa Rica is a bit of a challenge -- because on December 31st the entire ...

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  Free Spanish Lesson 30 Dancing & The New Year.

  If you turn on la televisión in Latin America, or in the United States to a Spanish channel, chances are that verás baile, baile, y ...

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  It’s Official: The Worldwide Bail-ins Are Coming

  On November 16, leaders of the G20 Group of Nations -- the 20 largest economies -- made an important decision. The world's megabanks now ...

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  Living Near Lake Arenal. “Tucked away in the greenery that surrounds Lake Arenal.”

  One of the reasons why living in Puerto San Luis on Lake Arenal Costa Rica, is so accommodating is that, while it feels like you are tucked ...

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