I first heard about NoNoWriMo in 2004. At the time, I was a freshman in college and “was already working on a novel, so why would I take on another one?” So, maybe I had a point that year. I think I was still working on the same novel that next year, so that was…
The travel accessories we have today were only available to your grandpa in Asimov novels. From cameras that instantly upload photos to a safe spot in the cloud, to your noise canceling headphones that silence the cries of airplane babies—it is hard to know if it’s the trip requiring the gear or if your cool travel gear is inspiring your trips. Either…
I bet guys would put their phone number as the tip if it didn’t cost millions of dollars. Guest Post by Mark Haley If it weren’t for a small Miller High Life sign outside of the front door, I wouldn’t have known I was walking into the right building. As it was, I walked into…
“This is the neighborhood where wild bandits cruise the street on stolen ponies, and even the cockroaches are running something illegal on the side.” Packing for Travel: What to bring to el Third World. When you travel to the third world, you will be faced with–WHO’S TO KNOW WHAT!–No one–not even the friendly Oracle on…
Then there is a moment of clarity that illuminates what you must do. It is not time to write a poem. Not time to take in the nighttime scenery breezing by the drive from San Salvador to El Tunco. It is not time to think back over the past week and pinpoint where misguided thoughts…
Mombasa is blue surf and white sands where a few dollars will allow one of the many visiting tourists a camel ride on the beach. Ashleigh Bell originally came to Kenya as a tourist, during a break in Hong Kong where she was studying international law. Having spent time volunteering at orphanages in Asia, she…
Roger and Willow came like campfire moths to the two blazes placed a few feet apart from each other, a lint-flick from the main road. Roger did the introductions. Willow threw herself to the ground and rolled from side to side. Above us, an island of night clouds melted the moon into a mist of…
Yes, this is an interesting headline coming from me, someone who has been raising money for various charities for the past seven years. But consider the following story and the lesson tied to it and reflect upon what that means when it comes to donating money to charity. Donating Time and Money to People Versus Donating to Charity…
Who Put The Basic in The Basic Bitch? If you missed the “Basic Bitch” boat, the Urban Dictionary defines a basic bitch as “a bum-ass woman who think she the shit but really ain’t.” Bum-ass was a word we never covered in homeschool, so I looked that up in the Urban dictionary and found that…
Since May of this year, Morgan Tyler Davis, 23-years-old, has been traveling from state to state on a mission to visit all fifty. He’s supporting himself entirely off his music and novel. He busks, plays for tips, sells books, trades books sometimes for a meal and survives off people’s kindness and his own brand of intrepid…
