I recently spent around 3 weeks in Vietnam. We explored from far north, to down south. It seemed the north was more traditional, the south more touristy and modern. Let’s start where we started, up north, just south of the China border. Bac Son Valley was the way I pictured all of Vietnam. Quaint....
Sept 20th, 1973 at the Houston Astrodome was a literal game changer for women. On this day 45 years ago Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the widely publicized “Battle of the Sexes.” There was a movie made a few years back with Emma Stone as King and Steve Carrell as Bobby Riggs,...
Does Anyone Know How Democrats Became Republicans? “I heard it was a myth! Those racist Democrats who elected Barack Obama as their nominee are secretly the party that opposed freeing the slaves – the Democrats are the party of the KKK!!” ~ Your Republican Uncle & Friends Since today is 9/11 and everyone will...
Senegal changed me. Have you ever been on trip that was so humbling and somehow motivational? I place that left you in awe? Those ten days were spiritual. It has been impossible to describe the ways in which the trip affected me. The recent death of Anthony Bourdain has left me musing about my...
When I think of memoir, “a little sucky” comes to mind. But this is not the case for Bryan Cranston’s, A Life in Parts. Not only was I in tears in the first chapter, I ran the gamete of emotions throughout the book. Educational and entertaining. I’ll admit, I listened to this book on...
A higher loyalty, a HIGHER loyalty, a higher LOYALTY… I’ve thought of the title of this book a lot over the weeks. Since I’m atheist, a few close friends chided me for reading it, calling it a holier-than-thou kind of book, which it’s NOT. They assumed the higher loyalty was to a celestial figurehead....
I hope one day I’m famous enough to be introduced by Neil Gaiman. (He’s really good at introducing people!) I’ve been a fan of his work for years, but none of them affected me quite like The View from the Cheap Seats. This is a great read for readers but an absolute MUST READ...
To be honest, I’ve never had an affair with Steven Tyler, in fact, I’ve never met him. That being said, he’s been a part of my life since… well I don’t remember a time in my life that he wasn’t there. During the latest Super Bowl fest, the Kia commercial Steven was in was...
Should I insist my children learns to write? With today’s modern technology, it’s natural to wonder just how important it is for a child to learn to write. The founding parents of our educational system were correct when they created the cornerstone for our school’s teachings; Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. By taking writing from...
Bitcoin Guide for Beginners is just that, a great, quick book that lays down the basics of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The title is a bit misleading, however; specifically the way cryptocurrency has been (not) performing this year. Making money in an hour could have been the way it was when the book was published,...
