You board the ship as an observer. A researcher. An anthropologist of leisure. You have come not to participate, but to study the cruise passengers in their natural habitat. Armed with a raised eyebrow and a healthy sense of superiority, you begin your expedition....
Independence, Interrupted Some people thrive on uncertainty. They like the idea of not being tied to a schedule, not answering to anyone, not being locked into a 9-to-5. For them, that kind of freedom is the goal. The ability to improvise, to pivot, to take each day...
Unemployment means watching a lot of Youtube. So I have some more for you. Philly and Keely: no doubt some of you cynical bastards will find them annoying, but I ADORE this couple. Keely's laugh alone is worth it. Positive vibes and fun energy as this northern Irish...
Check the box.
Ahoy, Glibs.
Me? On a cruise? Hell, no.
Turkey?!
In the words of John Denver: Some people run on a mountain trail; Some like it wild and rough; Some like to fly and some like to sail; Some like the downhill stuff
Moar Linkings!
After 30+ years in Fortress DC, and having never been inured to the elitist bureaucratic Deep State bubble, I’m looking to find what is real about America for me. I feel like I’m escaping a cult of which I was never a member.
Who watches "live" TV anymore? There are many days in a row where I don't even turn on my TV, and the days I do turn it on, I rarely watch what the networks and cable channels spoon feed me. The variety and creativity provided by independent content creators on DIY...
It’s the absolute thrill of that one breakthrough that keeps the genealogist going.
First in a (maybe?) series of sketches of my favorite fictional characters.
Since none of us will be able to see a live Dick Dale show, I thought I would draw on my memories and YouTube to take you on a date to the Birchmere Music Hall, circa 2010…
It was a momentous first half of the year in the United States, 1993.
Bombers and Badlands
My close encounter with Devil’s Tower
I head for the Hills. The Black Hills.
My first vacation in two years begins
Years of research on my own genealogy pays off when my brother finally decides to find his own biological family