I love games. Not the ones people in relationships play with one another, but board games, brainteasers and the like. From playing Hi Ho Cherry-O with my sister, Boggle with my grandmother, and word searches on my own in my youth, to playing Life with
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Like just about anyone over age 30, I miss album covers. I am of course referring to the big ones that covered vinyl records (LPs). The ones that cover CDs are only about 14% as big, and those that covered cassettes only 7%; this reduction in size since
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Technorati Profile It is a sense- and mind-altering dining experience that has enjoyed immense popularity in European cities, including the Blinde Kuh (Blind Cow) in Zurich where the concept was first started. And it can now be experienced at Opaque restaurant
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Sports are microcosms of human living. I watch my son wrestle in high school and see the beautiful sense of purpose it gives him, and the great lessons of hard work, team work, delayed gratification, winning and especially coping with loss. But I watch
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Technology that can actually render objects invisible. The paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Etch-a-Sketch. People come up with some very neat stuff. Then again, we tend to get so caught up in these works of people – not to mention getting
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Have you read The World's Oddest Jobs and Hardest Jobs & My Life as a Carrot Juice Technician Part I and the conclusion in Part II yet? That’s where I covered one of the most unusual and difficult jobs I ever held -- making carrot juice by hand for
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[Be sure to first read The Oddest Jobs, the Hardest Jobs & My Life as a Carrot Juice Technician Part I ] If what you do for a living defines who you are to some extent, then to some extent at the age of sixteen I became a carrot. You see, for about
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I was a Carrot Juice Technician. Before I get to that story, a few questions and some related thoughts for you to consider (and perhaps by the end of this piece you’ll also be motivated to share your comments and answers to these questions; everyone’s
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Below are the final photos from the three-part "The Point and the Power of Abandoned Places" short essay and photo series. After you have read the essay and viewed all 40 of abandoned places photos, I and certainly others who come to read this would love
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[Be sure to first see Part I of this Abandoned Places piece ...] Abandoned places. You’re driving in the country and they are there, some trying to hide behind overgrown weeds or in dark woods like the abandoned house in my Michigan story that concludes
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The country drive between the quaint town of Port Austin, Michigan and my in-law’s cottage near Port Aux Barques Lighthouse on Lake Huron takes twenty or so minutes. At about the halfway point on the drive a dense and dark patch of woods and weeds appears
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I’ll bet you need to enjoy life more. In particular, I’ll bet you need to party more. Perhaps that sounds juvenile. Nonetheless, the statement is actually especially true if your high school and college years are long behind you. It is even truer if you
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It is my observation that far too many people end up merely existing versus really living. Go to work, come home, watch some TV, go to bed, and the same thing again the next day. Shopping and chores and more TV on the weekend. A few holidays in between.
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