The Joys of Home Ownership

 
We have a very common gas hot water heater.  It’s an on-demand one that heats only the water that is being used at the time.  The water comes in, the gas burners ignite, heat the water as it passes through.  You can get various capacities.  Ours is 11 liters (3 gallons, roughly) per minute, more [...]

Some Other News About Honduras

This just came in from Eric Jackson’s (The Panama News) feed.  
 I’m not sure what the Council on Hemispheric Affairs is–seems to me I’ve heard of it before–but Jackson seems to think it’s legitimate enough to quote, especially since it concerns Panamá.  It’s been known for several days that the Martinelli government has announced, almost [...]

Breaking News!

This coming Friday, Ricardo Martinelli, the President of Panamá, will be throwing the first pitch out in a New York Yankees baseball game!  all part of NY’s celebrating Hispanic Heritage Week.  I guess he’s the warm-up act, because Sonja Sotomayor will also be doing a ceremonial pitch during the weekend!