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The Unexpected Joy of Motorcycle Riding
I may have to add an asterisk to the saying that buying things can’t make you happy. I bought a motorcycle, and I’ll be damned if it hasn’t made me one percent happier than I used to be. Then again, we all know that spending money on experiences can make you happy. A motorcycle isn’t…
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A Random Week in Iceland
My favorite way to travel is to land in a new country with no plans whatsoever, improvising as we go. That’s what we did in Iceland. I’ve always wanted to go to Iceland, probably because it’s remote and I perceived it to be a weird place. With clever routing you can go there for free…
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Playing in the World Series of Poker as an Underqualified Amateur
To my left is Barry Schulman, the owner of CardPlayer magazine, and a professional poker player. At the next table over is Jennifer Harman, considered to be one of the very best limit hold’em players in the world. As the dealer starts flinging the cards around our table, Jennifer stands up. She’s just been busted…
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Why I Don’t Read Your Blog, And Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Read Mine
Roger Bannister ran a four minute mile in 1954 because he didn’t know that you weren’t supposed to be able to run a four minute mile. If he read running blogs, talking about how impossible it was to run a mile in four minutes, he probably wouldn’t have done it. I don’t read running blogs.…
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Eating Dirty Food as a Clean Eater
I’m sitting outside the Viking Museum in Oslo Norway. The museum is closed, but the little ice cream stand in the otherwise empty parking lot is still open. I’m on my third ice cream. Eating ice cream in Norway is about as nonsensical as it gets. The ice creams are the crappy kind you find…
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Five Rules to Make Friends with Influential People
I’ve been putting off writing this post for a long time because I haven’t quite figured out how to write it and not come off as arrogant. When I’m stumped for a blog post idea, though, this one often swirls around in my head. So I’ll do it today and risk coming across as an…
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Tynan vs. Wild
Almeria turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Our crew, which has grown to nine or so as we’ve made friends aboard the ship, woke up dutifully at 8 in the morning in order to be the first off the ship. Back when I was in the land of plentiful internet, also known as the…
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A Day in the Azores
I’m not generally the easiest person to wake up in the morning, but on port days on cruises, I’m up before the old people. It helps to have free access to the best alarm clock invented– free scheduled room service. Such was the case today, when our ship stopped in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores.…
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A Comedy of Errors
For reasons you’ll soon understand, I’m barely coherent enough to think, let alone write. I had a few ideas for posts to write, but since I don’t currently have the wherewithal to do them justice, a summary of the past 24 hours of my life will hopefully give you a bit of entertainment. 10:00am It’s…
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Getting Better All the Time
I think and hope that regular readers of my blog will appreciate the variety of posts I throw up-random stories, travel tips, big life ideas, etc. I live a happy and fulfilling life, and the idea is that if I make my ideas and thought processes public, over the long term, people can take bits…
