I sell stuffed animals for a living. I sometimes get requests via email asking that we distribute their new toy. Today's email was for us to help sell "a toy that can change the world." It was a farting elephant. Via a guy who quit his Wall Street job to follow his dream.
Call me a stuffed animal snob, but I’ve been in the bear biz long enough to know that a one-product … (more)
I'm a minimalistic kinda dude. So every few months, I look at everything I own and ask myself whether I really need it. It's not as simple as it sounds, is it? You start justifying why you own this, or that... pictures of loved ones, clothes you never wear, knickknacks from your last road trip.
Well, it gets much simpler if you ask yourself: "What would I keep if I had to pay $30 per month … (more)
The majority of memories from my childhood are of my mother (a single mom) going back to school to become a physical therapist. My younger brother and I constantly felt the onslaught of determination, struggle, and victory that marked such an endeavor. Between everyone's schedules, things were intense and fast-paced. Each morning, mom drove us to school (a 30-minute drive), and then went on … (more)
We come from a place where we count the days til nothing, til nothing, til nothing... We are running down the streets in our underwear… cause nothing ever happens here... Where everyone keeps off the grass, no littering, no loitering, no nothing, no nothing, no nothing.
I just read that in 2009, doctors wrote more psychiatric prescriptions than there are people in the United States. Since when did it become a bad idea to have feelings? Good or bad? We could learn a thing or two from kids on the subject. When my baby nephew Rocco realized that there would be no more yogurt, he was pissed. His emotions were exposed, raw, and angry—and he directed them … (more)
As science moves forward, more and more myths die. What religion had once held (and we all revered) to be an act of God is now explained by a few guys in a lab. And let's face it. Academia has a propensity to want to make real/not real calls on the … (more)
Look at your watch right now. Someone, somewhere has just committed suicide. Personal demons haunted that individual until the decision to walk out on life crystallized. Bullies, abusive parents, rape, molestation, disease, and countless other traumas could drive an individual … (more)
Only Jesus could walk on water, right? Well, not any more. This band of boys have defied the laws of gravity. It’s no easy feat, and some attempts are more successful than others, but for a few moments, these ‘liquid mountaineers’ seem to be more than human as they run on the surface of lakes.
The phone repair guy just laughed at me. He couldn’t check the line with the phone I owned. He made me go out and buy a new one. But I liked that phone. It contained memories of childhood. My pediatrician. The neighbors. The paper boy. My first kiss. It made me remember. My iPhone doesn’t do that.
Some learn from books. Some learn from mentors. Some learn by taking it to the street.
I have had more than a few moments where my life took a sharp, pointy, unexpected turn. Like today. I realized in a moment—by a glint in his eye—that my lover is a liar. Now, the world is different than it was yesterday. The vacuumed rug of my thought-to-be-blissful domesticity has just been pulled out from under me. My to-do list has rewritten itself. And I’m … (more)
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