There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. – Leonard Cohen

I am not sure how you feel right now about us humans.  Maybe you don’t have feelings and it is absurd of me to think about you feel. But this morning when I was waiting …

Drifting Back It’s cold out. 25 degrees Fahrenheit.  There are a couple of inches of snow on the ground.  As the snow continues to float down from the dirty cotton, forming giant, sprawling loaves of …

Life has been great, thanks to you.  You were the one to raise two brothers almost single-handedly.  (As much as you may disagree, Dad deserves a little credit even though he wasn’t around much.)  You …

Never-ending GPS-ing It’s just about time to take a turn on the road of life. I’ve been traveling for almost eleven months.  Taiwan is great so far after only 4 days of being in Taipei.  Nothing …

THE MAN IN THE ARENA By Theodore Roosevelt It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done …

– Carl Sagan At the end of this post is the Nepali fable with moral. 10th grade English class.  Assignment: come up with an idea that could solve two of society’s problems simultaneously.  It’s an …

I realized thus far I have put a lot of content out there in YouTube format.  This technique should help if you put in the time.  Next month you’ll be able to watch all 10 …

Before reading this post, please watch this TedTalk and use whatever adjectives you want to use to describe it because it’s absolutely ________ and ________! Traveling for 10 months is a good chunk of time …

I am right footed.  I used to play soccer.  Soccer was my ticket to attending one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation.  On grades alone, alone I probably would have been denied …

How healthy are you?  A good indicator of your health is your poop.  The time it takes for you to poop should only be a few minutes. Let’s talk about the shit I’ve seen.  Literally, …

Japan is a safe country now.  4-year-old toddlers walk the streets without any guidance from their guardians.  Hitchhiking with a bearded smile warrants no danger – 4 successful journeys without delay.  Guns are outlawed.  Though the …