The rock group, Kongo, sang about me in their song “Come With Me Now”. “I've wasted time, I've wasted breath I think I've thought myself to death.” I overthink everything. For example I’m thinking about the word “everything” in the previous sentence. “Everything” is too inclusive. Better choices would have been “most everything,”… Continue reading An Overthinker’s Thoughts About Signs
Moose blocking your trail? Wait patiently, keep your distance, and step behind a tree. Bear halting your hike? Speak softly, back up, and ready your pepper spray. Boulders falling at random? Read warnings, drive forward, and cross your fingers. I waited patiently for a bull, cow, and calf moose to clear my path at Isle… Continue reading Rocky Risks
Planking? Frozen Chooking? I missed a few social media phenomenons lately. Where was I in 2010 when Australians went all rigor mortis and photographed themselves in odd places? Jay-Z and Eminem knew about it. They sited planking in their songs “Gotta Have It” and “Rap God” respectively. (I know this because I read it in… Continue reading Make Fully Dressed Spontaneous Pole Dancing the Next Phenomenon
Major Rules of Life are well known. Therefore I believe it’s best to self-monitor adherence to them. My Minor Rules of Life are not as widespread, and I’m compelled to . . . well, spread them. Off the top of my head three Major Rules are “honesty is the best policy,” behaving like the “indeed… Continue reading Spread the Word about the Minor Rules of Life
