Software Development in Lima, Peru
As I outlined in the article, Live in Lima and Work in the USA, a viable path to accruing wealth is to obtain a top paying job while living in a low cost area. Lima, Peru affords you the opportunity to have big city perks, at rural area cost of living. However, the question remains, …
Live in Lima and Work in the USA
If you peruse mainstream media articles on personal finances and average wages, chances are you’re going to come across some income numbers that don’t make any sense. For example, according to the 2014 US Census Bureau Annual Social and Economic Supplement, the mean household income of the US was $72,000. For people living in Southern …
Cyclists are Pedestrians
I wrote this article a few years back for Silent Sports, but the topic hasn’t gone away. These days Lima is becoming a city of bicycle lanes, so you’re hearing a lot more people grumble about cyclists. However, I contend that most people have been programmed through our social institutions to have an unreasonable prejudice …
Why You Should Join Audible
I’ve been an audible subscriber for about a year now and it’s a service I really enjoy. Where I live, the radio is pretty much garbage, unless you like listening to the most recent release of Taylor Swift ad nauseam (which for me is a quarter way through the first time). So, I much prefer …
Seek Medical Treatment Abroad
Let’s face it, the price of health care in the United States is immoral. I’m not even exaggerating when I say that, the whole point of the US medical system is to milk as much money as possible from every citizen. It’s comical that US citizens still think of their country as the “Land of …
The Existential Horror of Assigned Movie Seats
Back in the good old days of living in Lima, Peru, a guy had nothing to worry about. You could wander the streets dreaming to yourself blissfully in English without a care in the world. All the advertisements and billboards are in Spanish, and if you don’t know Spanish, they’re easy to tune out. Ditto …
Johnny Rockett and the Beautiful Six
I grabbed Johnny Rockett and the Beautiful Six completely on a whim because I saw it was being offered for free on Amazon, and I have to say, it was a pretty solid little pulp adventure. You can kind of think of Johnny Rockett as a Han Solo type rogue, who gets involved quickly with …
Who Is Sicario 2 For?
There’s a lot to say about Sicario 2, the sequel to the 2015 film starring Emily Blunt. I remember coming away from the first installment thinking that I needed to watch the film again. My impression was that even though Emily Blunt’s character was supposedly the star, she was really just getting jerked around by …
Influencer Marketing For Book Promotion
Anyone who has tried to market a book has come across the issue of finding a functional, cost effective marketing strategy. There are plenty of promotion services out there, and if any of them could guarantee one dollar and one penny of sales for every advertising dollar spent, the issue would be solved. However, most …
Peru and the Pennsylvania Connection
Inexplicable bonds are sometimes forged by virtue of the Expat community in Lima, Peru. Whenever you live in a foreign nation, you are on a constant quest for the familiar. There are times when you develop a hunger simply for sitting and speaking in English, discussing themes rather than explaining the rudimentary proceedings of the …
Avoid Peru’s Extreme Digital Cinema
I decided to take my family to the Incredibles 2 because they’re all big fans of the fantastic four and are disappointed that only the Incredibles manage to bring that heroic super hero team effectively to the big screen. We’ve been staying at the in-laws place out in San Miguel, and the closest cinema is …
Jockey Plaza and the Music of Silence
Back in around 2009 when I was working in La Molina, I had the joy of taking an hour long combi ride every day. The route went down Javier Prado, and right past Jockey Plaza. I can’t remember the details of why I was returning late one evening, but it was right when Andrea Bocelli …
