I’ve always been a big watch guy. I still remember going to the department store to buy my very first watch, a Swatch Watch (yes, I’m dating myself). After that, I’ve owned, sold, and traded digital Casios, Seiko automatics, and [&h...
Don’t be a caveman. On the evening of December 18, 2004, in the southwest of France, Jean-Luc Josuat-Vergès wandered underground caves of an abandoned mushroom farm and got lost. Josuat-Vergès arrived at the abandoned mushroom farm when he g...
There it is again, the dreaded “software update” notification that pops up on the right-hand screen of my computer as I type away. It seems that almost everything I interact with requires a constant update. Whether it’s my smartwatc...
If you’ve ever watched a kid’s cereal commercials, you’ll see little leprechauns, tigers, rabbits, or other cartoonish figures hocking sugar-loaded cereal made chiefly of refined carbs. If you’ve listened closely, at the end o...
Over the years, I’ve owned many different kinds of cars, from Honda’s to Porsche and Cadillacs to Chevy. Regardless of the make or model, I’ve learned that a few fundamental maintenance issues must be addressed for a vehicle to func...
There’s a story of how Menenius Agrippa, a famous Roman consul and general, once recounted a fable in an attempt to appease an insurrection of the Roman commoners. The issue was that people were growing agitated and angry at the […]...
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an 1880 novel by American author Lew Wallace. It’s a story about the life of a young Jewish prince named Judah Ben-Hur and how his quest for revenge eventually turns toward a life of […]...
A few years ago, there was a movie that spoke volumes to me. It was The Tree of Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick. This unconventional film challenged moviegoers and me to stretch our minds and souls as we […]...
There’s an inspirational story out there of a small village on a rocky seacoast, where storms often battered, and seas were ever treacherous. Unfortunately, many ships crashed onto the rocks by the storms, and the lives of many sailors were [&h...
A few years ago, I had the privilege of meeting one of the most inspiring men in my life. His name is James Drake, and we met at a time he spearheaded a city-wide outreach. After he presented his grand […]...