Below is my true story (actual journal entry) of the stupidest and most dangerous thing I’ve ever done in my life. I was working as a civil contractor in Iraq (at Baghdad Airport) 6 months after the war started.
I was 21 years old (and looked like I was 16). My best friend (co-worker, who was […]

When I was 16 I was an exchange student through the Rotary Youth Exchange program. I was from Wisconsin and sent to Bangkok and living with a Thai Family. One day (at a big family event and gathering) we were all sitting at a dinner table at a nice restaurant. I had no idea people […]

I live in Thailand (although I am an American) and my home is not in a touristy area. A couple months ago I drove by a gas station to see a homeless foreigner sitting hunched over, clearly starving and alone. Well, I’ve seen this foreigner sitting in the exact same spot for well over a […]

We were pretty broke growing up. Broke and bored. We lived in a crappy apartment and had nothing to do. One day I told my 11 year old sister I would pay her $1 to jump off our second story balcony. It was pretty high- I wouldn’t have done it. After a […]

For my 18th birthday I decided I wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. If you have never gone skydiving you will never understand the rush of it all. I was to do a static line jump. This means I jump out of the airplane alone with a rope tied […]

When you see a sunset there is a lag from the time the light passes into your eye to the time your brain decides what it is seeing. This time is thought to be nearly instant, but it is not instant. Your senses, sense before your brain computes. Everything your brain computes has already happened. […]

I come from a family of hardcore gamblers. My grandma once came back from Las Vegas with a sling on her arm. Apparently she pulled the one armed bandit too many times.
I started sneaking into casinos at age 16. Blackjack is my game. I use a special betting strategy- I call it the […]

It was a Sunday afternoon. My friend Kurt and I met for lunch. We kept talking about our upcoming trip to Vegas. We were scheduled to leave that Thursday and return 3 days later.
“This food tastes like **** and this service is horrible.” said Kurt. “Just wait for Vegas, lobster and prime rib every night!!” […]

I’m not sure if there is training for ultra sound reader people. If there was I’m sure one of the rules would be to NEVER say “uh-ohh”.
My wife, myself and young old daughter were sitting in the dark hospital room looking at the blank ultrasound screen. The tech started the procedure and seconds later […]