Every good show on T.V. warns the viewers that the amazing, unpredictable, exciting and dangerous thing they are about to do should never be attempted by the rest of us. These are trained professionals. There is though one major flaw in their reasoning. The reason why these guys got good at what they’ re demo-ing,…

Last night was Halloween. For those of you unfamiliar with the holiday it’s a beautiful time of year where small children are encouraged to pretend to be someone else and come to the homes of strangers and ask for candy. Ironically the other 364 days of the year we spend telling children NOT to take…

Heard a guy whistling at the airport the other day. Americans used to whistle a lot more especially in movies. Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney, Jimmy Stewart were all whistlers and it even seemed particularly masculine. I don’t know when whistling stopped or why. Was it custom that died out because others grew annoyed at the…

How come every time we hear about someone getting cancer it’s usually framed under the  “courageous battle they’re fighting” banner? How are you being courageous simply by being diagnosed with a disease? The fact that you are searching for a cure and trying to remain positive while under dire circumstances isn’t called courageous, it’s called…

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