Sometimes I get the biggest pleasures or feelings of accomplishment over the simplest of things.
Today I purchased an inexpensive American novel in a Taipei bookstore for the same price as my night’s lodging.  I regularly spend more on food on a given day (and sometimes at a given meal) than I do for my lodging. This really
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I’ve been in Taiwan nearly a week and have really enjoyed the place. Believe it or not, there is more to Taiwan than factories making products for Americans! Who would’ve thought?
In all my travels, I look for cultural peculiarities. Many other travelers I meet are interested in shopping or in clubbing or in researching some
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Goal: Travel indefinitely around the Pacific Rim equipped with nothing more than a 15 pound backpack.
One of the things I really take pride in, is my ability to travel light. Other travelers use suitcases, multiple bags, or gargantuan expeditionary backpacks that look like they must weigh a hundred pounds. My
Last year I traveled 4.5 months
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Hear me out on this idea that popped into my head last night when somehow a couple of us started talking about wigs. I’ve read about women donating their hair for wigs, used by children undergoing chemotherapy or with other medical conditions. Well what about older women that still have plenty of hair, but are
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When is enough enough? When is something quality or excellent? Is there even really such thing as perfection? Does the level of effort put into a project always have to be high? These are questions I ask myself when working projects. Unfortunately, my actions don’t always correlate with my answers. Finding a healthy balance in
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Full disclosure: As I’ve posted numerous times, I believe that most ideas people have, including my own, have already been thought of or are mere modifications and improvements of existing ideas (i.e. building a better mousetrap). This idea is no exception, as the basis is something told to me and I used brainstorming to think
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Dear Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott,
I write this letter to minimize your effort in finding suitable teams for the Pacific 10 Conference proposed expansion. Here is your answer: Add BYU and Utah. Done and done.
Let’s be frank. We all know that the proposed augmentations of the Pac-10 and Big-10 (11) have more to do with money
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Max Hall, Brigham Young University’s starting quarterback, made some startling comments following his team’s overtime victory against the University of Utah this past Saturday. The senior tosser said “I don’t like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, I hate their fans, I hate everything. I think
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If Facebook has rules of etiquette, I have broken one called “Don’t post lengthy comments on your friends’ walls!” In the last couple weeks, I have posted some lengthy comments on my friends’ Facebook pages. Too lengthy…to the extent that they become more like diatribes than the short, entertaining updates for which Facebook is designed.
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After being home one month, I’m already itching to get back on the road, and that means lots of preparation.
Today I looked at an old camper for my pickup in the hopes of doing a budget road trip to all 50 states. My dad suggested we trade my rarely-used 7mm rifle for the camper (hey,
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