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Sure Enough to Plant Evidence
I’m almost done watching Making of A Murderer. I don’t know how it ends yet, but it’s not much of a spoiler to say that it opens with a story about a guy, Steven Avery, who was wrongly accused of rape and served eighteen years for it. The evidence was only a shade more substantial…
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When The Taxi Driver Didn’t Rip Us Off
Our ship docked in Dubai today. Very often the ship docks so close to downtown that you can walk, but sometimes you have to take a bus or taxi into the city center. The Dubai port, on the other hand, is pure insanity. We got out and found ourselves in a giant parking lot with…
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Zai Jian 2015
Well, there goes another year. Every time a new year rolls around, my initial impression of the past year is that it was pretty uneventful compared to previous years. Then I go through my blog archives and think about what has happened, and I realize that it has been, again, a pretty monumental year. First…
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Zai Jian 2015
Well, there goes another year. Every time a new year rolls around, my initial impression of the past year is that it was pretty uneventful compared to previous years. Then I go through my blog archives and think about what has happened, and I realize that it has been, again, a pretty monumental year. First…
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Zai Jian 2015
Well, there goes another year. Every time a new year rolls around, my initial impression of the past year is that it was pretty uneventful compared to previous years. Then I go through my blog archives and think about what has happened, and I realize that it has been, again, a pretty monumental year. First…
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Zai Jian 2015
Well, there goes another year. Every time a new year rolls around, my initial impression of the past year is that it was pretty uneventful compared to previous years. Then I go through my blog archives and think about what has happened, and I realize that it has been, again, a pretty monumental year. First…
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How to Nail a Long Layover
When I’m booking a flight, I don’t search by shortest duration, I sort by longest. My favorite flights are those that include one or more really long layovers during the day in an interesting location. Earlier today I hiked up Diamondhead, ate a Hawaiian burger, waded into the ocean at Waikiki, and visited the Honolulu…
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Why I Only Travel with Ten Pounds of Stuff
Whether you think I’m a minimalist or maximalist isn’t important to me. In some ways I am quite minimalist, but in others I’m the opposite. I have a lot of teaware, for example. Way more than I really need. But when it comes to packing, I don’t think there’s much debate. I pack very lightly.…
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Assets, Experiences, and Indulgences
Nothing makes my way of thinking about it the one correct way, but I think of money spent as three different things: Assets, Experiences, and Indulgences. I do this because it helps me create rules and guidelines for how to spend my money so that I can do well in the long term without having…
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The Uncertainty of Life
Steam rises from my little glass teapot. It’s the fifth brewing of the Tung Ting Oolong, so it’s a little bit weak even though the color is still a clear gold. Employees of the tea shop are in front of me, an older couple across the way, and a single girl behind me. In the…
