Four sets of eyes looked up at me expecting me to deliver. I was down to 11,000 Yen in my wallet and while that may sound like a fortune, it certainly isn’t enough money to take with you to Edo Wonderland, the ninja theme park in Japan. The trip to this point has been an … Continue reading →

The post-woman working the counter at the Lahaina post office informed me that I could save twenty cents per package if I removed the metal clasp from my envelopes before I mailed them. I almost missed the information as it was in a deluge of monotone sentences strung together and interrupted only by spots of … Continue reading →

Hello All! My wife and I have spent the past week updating my website. Some things on my last version were broken. Thank you for those of you who let me know that my followers weren’t receiving emails when I was making a post. A few important things to note – If you used to … Continue reading →

You might have seen Shaw Shank Redemption a few years ago. In the movie a character named Brooks kills himself and writes a letter to his friends in which he tells them “get busy living or get busy dying.” He killed himself because he had been so accustomed to life in a prison that he no longer … Continue reading →