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Monthly Archives: November 2014
What Now?
The National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition is over. The school year is all but over. The wonders of Matagalpa have been explored. Thanksgiving has been had at the Ambassador’s Residence. What now? What do I do, with respect to work, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Work
Tagged Ambassador, Ambassador's House, Ambassador's Residence, America, commercial sex worker, commercial sex workers, domestic violence, embassy, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, HIV, León, LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, pool, prostitute, prostitutes, self-esteem, sex worker, sex workers, swimming, swimming pool, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, turkey, United States, United States of America, US, USA
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A Thanksgiving Gift
Of course I wish I were home for Thanksgiving. Nothing would be better than a beer at the Peekskill Brewery with John and other friends tonight, followed by seeing my Aunt and Uncles’ new house in NJ tomorrow. However, that’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog
Tagged 95, ambasador, beer, Bob Dylan, dinner, Dylan, embassy, home, I-95, I95, Interstate 95, Old Crow Medicine Show, Peekskill, Stephen Kellogg, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, storm, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving travel, Travel, turkey
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My Work, Other Than Teaching
Mostly on this blog when I write about work I write about teaching. And it takes up most of my work-time. However, I would like to do more of other Volunteer activities, and in fact I do do some. First, … Continue reading
National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition
Last Wednesday through Friday was the National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition, which is the culmination of a year of work for Small Business Development Volunteers, teachers, and students all around Nicaragua. I didn’t have a team competing. My students had … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, conference center, electric keyboard, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, hotel, hotel and conference center, keyboard, Managua, motivated, motivation, music pedal, networking, Nicaragua, pedal, Shohola, Spanish, tea
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A Requiem for Matagalpa
This last week and a half I’ve felt like I’m back at my old job. Last Monday I pulled a round trip to Managua to work on a few talks I would be giving later in the week. On Tuesday I … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Travel, Vlog
Tagged airplane coach, breakfast, bus, bus ride, bus rides, business travel, cheese, coffee, coffee harvest, coffee picking, coffee plantation, contra, contras, corn, corn tortilla, corn tortillas, cuajada, entrepreneurship, food, fresco, gallo pinto, guirila, harvest, ice cream, Italian, Italian food, Jean Baudrillard, La Dalia, León, Managua, Matagalpa, on the road, pejibaye, pizza, plantation, President Reagan, Reagan, Ronal Reagan, terrorist, terrorists, tortilla, tortillas, Travel, visit, Work
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Stopover in Honolulu
Incidents of Travel Past is still going strong. This time, I get “Lost” on a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. Yes, Sydney to LAX. In late 2012 I went to Australia for the first time. I spent New Years … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past
Tagged airline, airlines, airplane, Australia, camp, Camp Shohola, flight, flight cancellation, Hawaii, Honolulu, LAX, Los Angeles, Lost, Oceanic 815, Oceanic Airlines, Pacific Ocean, Shohola, Sydney, United, United Airlines
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Blog Corps
I recommend that you go check out my site-mate, Isabel’s, blog: Chabelita in Nicaragua The password is PeaceCorps911. I like Isabel’s writing. She is also the nearest living American to me, in the world! She lives right down the block. … Continue reading
Posted in León, Technology
Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, camp, Camp GLOW, development, friend, friendship, GAD, gender, gender and development, Girls Leading Our World, girls' camp, GLOW, link, password, read, reading, site-mate, Tumblr
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#SimbaInMatagalpa
Matagalpa http://t.co/SQ5Pn9c1Qb — Eric Insler (@EricInsler) November 17, 2014 Hostel in Matagalpa is booked for Friday and Saturday nights #SimbaInMatagalpa — Eric Insler (@EricInsler) November 19, 2014 If all goes well #SimbaInMatagalpa tomorrow — Eric Insler (@EricInsler) November 21, 2014 … Continue reading
Matagalpa
One of the departments of Nicaragua is named Matagalpa, and it is chock full o’ Volunteers. It is north of León and is fairly mountainous. This is the land and the hills that crawled with Sandinista rebels and then contra fighters … Continue reading
Shit, Christmas Music
Unfortunately, they listen to Christmas music here in Nicaragua too. Nicaraguans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so once Halloween passes it is Christmas-time here. 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade Christmas-time. Which is a real shame. Christmas isn’t really a big deal here. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Travel
Tagged anniversaries, anniversary, atheist, backpack, beanie, Bluetooth, Chanukkah, Christmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas decorations, Christmas music, earbuds, Easter, gift, gifts, Hanukkah, hat, headphones, Jewish, job, Nicaragua, Onituska, Onituska Tigers, rugged professional, shoes, Travel, Tumi, ultrabook, wanderlust, wool cap, Wordpress, Work
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