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The Nintendo Day, Seussical

If this comes off as ranty then it is because I feel particularly touchy when it comes to the capacity for injustice in man. I’ve been preparing an article on Noriega and the 1989 invasion to Panama, labeled “Just Cause,” and that, tangled along with things happening at work and my personal life that I [...]

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“Trunks,” the Leftover Kid

It was Sunday night, and we were lounging about after a boxload of pizza and oversized drinks. We were waiting for 10:30 to come since that would be the moment we could walk into the dark movie theater and check out the latest exploits of detective John McClane in ā€œLive Free or Die Hard.ā€ The [...]

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PortoDiao.com Matador! Tutorial

Rejoice, dear fellows! Though fashionably late, Butter, Flip and other fine collaborators have finally finished what is the greatest video creation we’ve done yet: the video tutorial for PortoDiao.com’s MATADOR!: An alternate reality game created to make its participants soldiers of fortune, all of them set loose in the concrete jungle to hunt and [...]

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Deftones, Blank Ads and Cell Phone Cameras

Day 2 of my Carnival Diary still pending, I just wanted to come in here and rant a little; it’s a practice I’ve somehow put aside as of late and I’m slowly trying to get back into the groove. Without further adieu then, I want to talk to you about 3 things that marked this [...]

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Porto Diao Events for March 2007

Just a quick reminder of the events the Porto Diao gang has lined up for all of our readers and friends. There has been some rearranging in the House of Porto, mostly because this March 23rd marks the first anniversary of the dastardly charmer. That’s right, a year ago Quique and I bought a server [...]

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MATADOR! Panama’s first Alternate Reality Game (ARG)

So, today is Valentine’s Day. This post is gonna be short because I already ranted about this so-called ā€œholidayā€ yesterday; instead I’ve chosen to invite you to 2 things that Porto Diao has cooked up for you. Up in the brand-spankin’ new Porto Diao blog, we’ll be posting all of the special events [...]

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The Porto Diao Blog

Well, he had it coming…. Porto Diao has joined the blogosphere bandwagon with a brand-spankin’ new blog! That’s right, ladies and gents: now all the goodies the Porto Diao group has for you can be read about in a neat bloggy format so you don’t miss a beat on all things Porto. I’ve [...]

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Panamanians and Valentine’s Day

I want you to take a deep breath. Take a deep breath and think before you say anything. This rant is more of a worldwide scale, but Panamanians fall prey to these shortcomings so I’ll keep the focus on my fellow man; having said that, it’s pretty safe to say that a lot [...]

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Bloggers in Blog Radio (MP3)

This will be short and sweet because I’m still feeling the after effects of eating ridiculously spicy chicken wings and I’ll wrap this up here to put my ass in a bucket of ice-cold water: Last night an entourage of bloggers composed of Jorge Yau, Gonzalo Horna, Butter, Flip and myself were invited to Artefacto’s [...]

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Coheed and Cambria – “A Favor House Atlantic”

This sir re-awakened my appreciation for the New York prog-rock band Coheed and Cambria, and I’ve been having some trouble getting the songs out of my head so I’ll go ahead and post about them today. I hope you don’t mind. I first heard of them via this song, “A Favor House Atlantic,” and when [...]

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Zombie Walk Panama 2006 – A Recap

There was a point in the evening where we were at an intersection and I broke out of character to take a quick break from walking like an undead retard when I looked to my right to see a 3 – 4 cop barricade, completely stunned, their jaws to the floor as they saw the [...]

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Zombie Walk PanamĆ” 2006 – Último Comunicado

First of all, CLICK HERE; I spent a large chunk of yesterday sending the link to people I know and the thought of posting the thing here never crossed my mind til now… go figure. Once you do, if you’re still interested in coming to the walk then please take a read at the last [...]

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Memoirs: The All-Nighters of 2004

I still don’t know what I’m doing for tomorrow. The self-discovery tendency of days like these seems to be kicking into overdrive and that doesn’t really do well for me since I’m more vulnerable than usual when these times come around. My objectives are broad, yet clear: I want to have blackouts and I want [...]

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Panama and MySpace

I’m not as big of a consumer whore as I probably would be if I didn’t have some self control. I’m still a whore, though: as a result, one of my many ponderings when I went on a mini spiritual retreat to ChitrĆ© was to open up a MySpace page. Why, you ask? A simple [...]

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