One of the most frustrating things that can happen to a telescopic fishing rod is it getting stuck in a joint. This can happen for a variety of reasons, but is usually due to corrosion or dirt, mud, or sand in the joint. Better safe than sorry: Try to keep […]
The last time I saw the white corrugated box with the flimsy stickers attached to it was at the US Airways check-in counter in Mexico City. My wife and I had just arrived from Acapulco on Mexicana Airways and had changed our airline to US Airways to complete our trip […]
Legend has it that during the 150 years of Turkish occupation of Hungary, the Ottomans (Turks) stormed a Hungarian town and local bakers, who started their work early in the day, were able to raise the alarm and thus helped defeat the enemy invasion. To symbolize their victory, the bakers […]
Knowing the stories of our ancestors makes them come alive for us. Isn’t this one of the greatest attractions of genealogical research? They tug at our imaginations and inspire our admiration: without their incredible courage, we would not be who we are. We all have them: stories passed down in […]
Whether you are an advertising or marketing student, an entrepreneur, or a business professional, prepare to learn about one of the most basic and functional tools for marketers that is still widely practiced today: SWOT analysis. Like many subjects in school that students seem to avoid (learning the quadratic formula […]
If only Byron Katie could come to MY Families Thanksgiving dinner! Thanksgiving, Christmas Hannukah, whatever dinner you have with your nearest and dearest and those you can’t even believe are part of the same bloodline, don’t you wish Byron Katie could be there making the work and single-handedly spreading all […]
While Bearded Collies are known for their roles as show and working dogs, the breed has also been seen on television, in movies, and in catalogs. Some of the credits that can be attributed to the breed include Shaggy Dog, a 2006 Walt Disney comedy with Tim Allen. Agent Cody […]
At the beginning of the year I looked at the list of events and tried to find one that would fit my training plan. This is harder than you think, especially since I’m training for a marathon right now, so most of my weekends are taken up with long runs. […]
Arriving in Ventimiglia, our first real border stop from France (Monaco was also on the way) into Italy, I was pleased to see a clear difference between the Italian locals and the French I had left behind. It’s true that there’s a real sense of Mediterranean life along the Côte […]
Too many men today struggle with self-defeating thoughts about their masculinity. Most of us are victims of the common things of daily life; mundane, repetitive and extremely lazy. Our society is highly dependent on technology, and many of us have lost touch with that primitive, animal-like being within us; our […]
