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I always imagined that my life would be much better without a job. It turns out that it is. It's much better. It's so much better that I never want to have another job again. The job that I want is no job. This doesn't make me a bum. It makes me the opposite of...
2020 has been a banner year for me. I'm realizing my dream of living in Mexico and learning Spanish. I live right, smack on the Pacific Ocean. I hear the waves crashing when I fall asleep at night, then I wake up and ride them. I finally learned how to surf here,...
My voting ballot is stuck in the mail in Mexican customs. I have until Nov. 3rd to mail it in. The chances of me receiving it before then are slim to none. It might take weeks to get here. It might never get here. To say that I am hurt, angry, and disappointed is...
Learning To Surf I've spent 2020 almost entirely in rural Ghana and Mexico. I've been bitten by some mosquitos during that time, but no bug bit me as hard as the surfing bug. I live a 10-minute walk from the Pacific Ocean and have been learning to surf over the past...
Last night I got sick to my stomach from smoking too much weed cumulatively over the past several weeks. This was the second time this has happened to me, so I took some time to reflect on why this happened and why I felt compelled to smoke weed until I became...
Everyone loves a good shit-your-pants story, and I almost had one this morning. I have to shit first thing every morning, usually between 6:00 and 7:30 a.m. I don't have an alarm clock. I wake up when I have to shit. That's how I know it's time to start the day....