Lesson Learned: I had a love hate relationship with summers. I loved the fact that we were no longer in school but I knew that on the very first day of summer I’d be getting up at the crack of dawn put my long sleeve button up shirt and head out to the cotton fields, […] Read more
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February 1, 2017
Sometimes I feel down, overwhelmed, frustrated, elated, happy along with a whole other mix of emotions that come and go with this human condition we call life. Today, however, I can’t seem to help feeling grateful. Why? Because I’m not a slave, I wasn’t born into a caste system and I have free will! What?! […] Read more
June 24, 2016
Get my NEW BOOK: My Spanish SUCKS! 101 Simple Mexican Dichos y Refranes for People on the Go. A quien no le gusta el sabor dulce y rico del quiote. Lo malo es que muy poca gente sabe de donde viene o como se hace. Pero ahora vamos a ver como se hace este quiote […] Read more
June 12, 2016
Let me tell you something you already know — you’re kinda weird. I’m weird. Everyone is weird. Some of us are weirder than others, of course. What I mean is that society has a way of pulling us in the same direction. The pressure to conform and go with the flow is so massive it’s […] Read more
June 9, 2016
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beeeeeeeeeep. My ride was here. As I gathered my small duffel bag from the living room floor, my first thought was man Armando better lay off the horn, he’s going to wake everybody in the neighborhood. It was early morning as I stepped out into the cool summer breeze. The sun was […] Read more
June 1, 2016
I’ll be very honest. Growing up, I did not like menudo. I didn’t like the smell, the texture or the taste but it was more the smell, I really didn’t like the smell. Menudo is definitely an acquired taste. Matter of fact, many of the foods I eat now I didn’t eat growing up. Foods […] Read more
May 31, 2016
It was the summer of 2008 and I was just six months into my new sales career at a furniture store in the booming West Texas town of Midland Texas. That’s when I met a tall, lanky pale white guy with blue eyes in a Mexican cowboy hat and pointy ostrich skin boots. On the […] Read more
May 9, 2016
I began this blog just a couple days ago as a way to keep track of my thoughts, my journey and maybe give someone out there a light bulb moment. And selfishly, I think it would be cool if 100 years from now one of my great, great, great, great grand kids reads this blog […] Read more
May 3, 2016
When you begin to believe that your are meant to live your greatness, you also begin the journey to a life less ordinary. Let’s get started. Saludos […] Read more