At first I thought my internet connection was down, but then I realized it was Google.  Well not all of it, butI am having a hell of a time getting different Google services to work here in Puerto Rico.

• IG is down
• Reader is down
• Mail is up
• Search is down - use the direct IP to get it to search
• Adsense is down - this link might be related?
• Finance is up

Now what… Continue reading

In the past I wrote about how drugs are easy to get in Puerto Rico.  Well I can say if it is a scheduled drug, make sure your prescriptions has all of it’s T’s crossed and the I’s dotted.

Last week I called the doctor to get a script refilled.  Today the receptionist called.  She said I could come pick it up after… Continue reading

It’s funny the expectations that you come up with.  When I moved to Puerto Rico I was expecting to hear all sorts of great Latin music.  Something like Salsa, Flamenco, maybe something like the Gypsy Kings, or at least something with some Spanish guitar.  To my disappointment I found out I was wrong.

I would have to say a genre of… Continue reading

Strangely, every movie that I have seen in Puerto Rico at a movie theater has always premiered a day earlier than in the States.  That’s right, if there is a big blockbuster of a movie, I can see it before you (if you are reading this from the States)!  It’s pretty fun to go see a movie and then call your friend… Continue reading

When my job gave me the opportunity to move to Puerto Rico they told me “Make sure you don’t do things on island time and make sure you give them some Texas.”  I really didn’t know what they meant.  I just said “OK, don’t worry.”

I now understand why the Texas facility treats the Puerto Rico facility the way they do.  Nothing ever gets… Continue reading

One thing that you will notice driving down the residential streets of Puerto Rico are the satellite dishes.  Everyone has them.  Let me take that back, I mean everyone has 2 to 3 of them.  For the longest time I had no idea why.  When I asked people most of them would tell me “because we get a bad signal”.

Then one day one… Continue reading