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  • Jimmy Buffett Songs on My Playlist

    Whi is Jimmy Buffett?

    I will say it, Jimmy Buffett is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. Sadly he is no longer with us, having passed away in 2023. He personified the laid back beach lifestyle and Island Escapisim in much of his music. He worked in Genres like Easy Listening, Folk Rock, Country, Gulf and Western. His fans are referred to as Parrot Heads. For such a prolific musician (30 albums with several certified Gold and Platinum) it is uprising he is not more well known.

    Jimmy Buffett Songs on My Playlist

    I always have a number of Buffett songs on my playlist (usually around fifty or more). I decided to go ahead and correlate a list of favorites by year and album. I am curios what other people think of his works, and which ones end up on their playlists?

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  • Living in the Philippines – Get Out of the Big City

    Introduction

    I was originally going to title this “Get Out of Manila”. Then I thought about adding “and the Manila Suburbs”. But I had an epiphany in that all big cities are pretty much the same. So “Get out of the Big City”. I am not saying stay away from cites, just the large ones. In the case of the Philippines cites larger than say 500,000. Unfortunately this takes a lot of tourist destinations off the list.

    Let me explain my reasoning. And this really has nothing tom do with the Philippines, and more to do with the nature of big cities. Basically the big city attracts all sorts of people for the wrong reasons. If someone comes to the city from the country, they really need to ask themselves how their skill set translate. For example there is not a large demand for farming skills in the big city.

    But I digress from my main point.

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  • Living in the Philippines – Climate is Everything

    Introduction

    To really experience the Philippines, like any place else, one has to stay for awhile. And that means dealing with the climate. Being between 20° North and 5° North latitude places the Philippines squarely in the tropics. Which means if you are like me, and spent the majority of your life at higher latitudes (45° North for me), the tropics can take a bit of getting used too. So let me try to explain the climate in the Philippines, at least as I have experienced it.

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  • Living in the Philippines – Situational Ruminating

    Introduction

    This the first in a series of posts focused on life in the Philippines. I have noticed a lot of information out there, some of which I can personally attest to as being in error or outright incorrect. So I decided to post about my experiences living in the Philippines. Please note that this is all from my perspective, my situation, and probably unique to the area I live in.

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  • Retired Techie Predicitons for 2026

    Disclaimer

    Here are some of my predictions for 2026. As before for 2025, there is nothing scientific or statistical about any of them. These are just my opinion, so feel free to disagree with them. I should also point out that these are things that interest or concern me.

    Also, as before, some of you may not like the way I phrase things. But then again I have never been know for being politically correct. So, as before, be forewarned, and go elsewhere if you are the easily offended type.

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