Jarom Watts was living in Spokane, Washington, in 2009 when he started to gain some notoriety for some Guinness World Record attempts related to a unique talent – creating soap bubbles. He was successful, too, setting a couple of records, though they have both since been broken. But it all ...
By the time you read this, I will be on vacation in Mallorca, which means I am doing what every traveler does now: taking too many pictures, deleting half of them, then wondering why the sunset looked better in person. Today’s phone cameras have significantly improved over the years, but you ...
A few times a month, someone sits across from me and says it like gospel: “I figured I can pull 4% a year and be fine.” I never blame them for believing it. The 4% rule has been repeated so often it sounds like a law of nature. But here is what most people do not know about it, and what I ...
So, what happened next? To summarize, last week we left off where I had allowed a man claiming to be a hot tub repair technician into my backyard. After locking the doors, hiding a baseball bat under a blanket, and convincing myself I was probably overreacting, I went into my office to write ...
Maybe it was the domestic goddess in me that took over or the fact Scout Camp is in less than a week and the safety pins I’ve been using to hold on my boys’ badges may not hold but I decided it was time to thread the needle and sew. This was a costly mistake. It was two days later, ...
One of the great iconic — and ironic — pop culture lines comes from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. That's when — after a prolonged lightsaber between hero Luke Skywalker and villain Darth Vader that includes Luke having his hand severed — Darth Vader (voiced by the incomparable ...
