Category: adventure
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A Recipe for Adventure
…- Welcome to my life/world which is stable until…
- …something disrupts it, launching me on…
- …a journey into the unknown where I’m beset by…
- …progressive complications that ultimately threaten what I care about most until…
- …all is lost and I must…
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Rugby
I played rugby in high school. I was never particularly good, or even particularly passionate about it, but playing rugby taught me an important lesson that has stuck with me ever since.
Growing up, I wasn’t a traditional geek or …
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Creativity is a choice
It’s easy to make your creativity dependent on your environment. You can’t write that book until you escape to the perfect cabin in the woods. You can’t produce that song until you find the ideal recording studio. You can’t initiate… -
How to Kill a Dragon
…My friend Derek has a six year old grandson who came for a visit. They were exploring the basement together when the boy pointed to the door on the left and asked, “What’s in there grandpa?”“Canned foods and supplies
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I do
…I used to not believe in marriage. It always seemed to be a silly institution established by out-of-date religious organizations and later co-opted by secular governments. Why would a piece of legal paperwork affect the kind of relationship you have -
Uncommon Stock launches today!
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Available now! Wow! It’s been quite the twisty road getting here but Uncommon Stockis finally shipping. You can order it now from Amazon and other major retailers (if you want a print copy, please order through FG Press for
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Got any regrets? Burn ’em!
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Not a bad bonfire Dust storms rage across an apocalyptic landscape filled with brightly painted bodies writhing to the pulsing rhythm of electro beats highlighted by intricately orchestrated laser light patterns and roaring belches from a dozen military-grade flame throwers.
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Less and longer: a few words of wisdom on traveling right
So you’ve saved and budgeted for your trip and now it’s finally time to plan your itinerary. Six months of travel time stretches out before you like a magic carpet. So many opportunities to explore exotic locales! So much time… -
Gourmet desert camping in Nevada
Desert camping isn’t for everyone. Conditions can be harsh, especially for peak heat times in the middle of summer. Without natural sources of water and shade, dehydration and sun poisoning could easily happen. Extreme self-reliance is the best way to… -
Mango sticky rice in a climbers’ paradise
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Approaching Tonsai “For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.” —George Mallory, British
