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

I was watching Bill Maher’s “Real Time” this past weekend that I had Tivo’d. He has a segment where he goes to an area and interviews them on who they are going to vote for and teases them on their reasoning. This episode he was interviewing Hispanics in a “Mexican area” I believe in California. Everyone… Continue reading

~ photo by DanAllison

Being a white guy from the States I don’t think I have ever really understood prejudice and racism like a Hispanic or Black guy has.  So it has been a little strange for me to live in Puerto Rico where there is some prejudice going on.  I don’t know if it is because I am white… Continue reading

-photo by minifig

When I first saw the video “The Story of Stuff“, I was thinking how could I write a story to incorporate it into my site.  The answer is easy.  It affects everyone, not just Puerto Rico.  I hope that it is a video that you don’t just watch, but you listen to.

It’s a quick eye opening video Continue reading

I have come to learn by living here some of the reasons why the world hates the USA. One of the reasons is that you say that you are an American! What? How is that bad? Well people in Latin America, South America, hell even Canada are all Americans. Why do people from the United States believe that Continue reading