Escapades

I was invited to speak to a group of students in former enemy territory and I had to make a decision whether to accept. In high school, I played basketball…

There’s a trend going around nowadays where people share highlights of their lives from the year 2016.  If I participated, one moment that you definitely wouldn’t see would be my…

Every year as August 3rd approaches I’m always asked the same impossible-to-answer question, “what do you want for your birthday?”  I often avoid this question because my mind doesn’t usually…

When I found out that my favorite bakery would be closing its doors, I immediately decided to visit one last time.  The only thing is—Johnny Cupcakes isn’t a bakery at…

An unintended side-effect of living in my dream house is that I never want to leave it.  I’ve turned my home into a place where I genuinely look forward to…

With the 2028 Olympics coming up, I’d like to propose that we add two new events to the lineup: fastest Amazon.com order and most pictures taken— because I’m sure that…

Each year I receive my “Spotify Wrapped,” which gives me a summary of my music listening habits throughout the year.  Although it’s exciting to see that I listened to Phil…

The last week of the year is the most important and most tedious week of my year.  That’s because I’ve made it a regular practice to spend the week between…

I’ve always had a lot of things on my “to-do one day” list. This included projects that I wanted to start, places that I wanted to go, and things that…

“After adding the branches on the side, your painting should start to look like this.” I looked at her painting and then I looked at mine. Then I squinted as…

I just returned from a four day adventure in Los Angeles with my compadre Jordan and it started in the most riveting (bad) way.   I travel a lot, so…

Can you turn $5 into $100 in two weeks?? Well, I know some people who can, and they’re my kids! Well, not kids that I own, but kids that I…

When I was in 5th grade, I asked the most popular girl in the grade to go with me. If you’re not familiar with 90’s sayings, “would you go with…

I’m going to skip directly to the exciting news: I’m giving a TEDx talk next week!! I’ll get back to that. First let me introduce you to 15 year old…