…Maybe it’s the fact that I couldn’t remember a time when it wasn’t winter; perhaps it’s simply because I’d been feeling stagnant lately.  No matter what the reason, the fact was this: I needed change. And when I say “change,” I mean the good kind: the uplifting, awe-inspiring, and {just in case} the easy-to-switch-back kind.  [...]

I cringe when I hear the word “potential.”  I hate it.  (I don’t use “hate” very frequently.) For as long as people have been judging me, I’ve been told I have a lot of “potential.”  I have the potential to excel at basketball and volleyball; I have potential as a writer.  Well, guess what?  I [...]

All MINI™ images from here. With Tamra Camry out of commission, and Thor as my current chariot, I’ve been spending more and more time thinking about my dream car.  [Sorry, Thor.  You're a decent guy and all, but...you smell.  Like a dirty old Ford truck.  And I'm pretty sure Poor Kyle drove you to makeout [...]

What do you get when you mix icy Canadian freeways, an Arizona driver, a Tamra Camry, a fool behind the wheel of a Dodge Caravan, and a guardrail? Note: This is not my own picture.  Some other poor Tamra Camry suffered from a similar fate as mine, and I swiped the picture from here. The [...]

Guess what happened to me today? A woman looked me in the face, and asked if I am pregnant.  Just like that.  “Are you pregnant?” What could have possibly given her that idea? Weird. Thankfully, I’ve been growing some pretty thick skin since I moved to Canada (must be the windchill factor), and I was [...]

Remember Steve Fossett, the Millionaire Adventurer who died in a plane wreck in September of 2007? It’s okay if you don’t; my own head was kind of exploding when it was being reported, so I didn’t hear anything about it until a year later, when they finally found his remains.  I never met the late [...]

…the prospect of sleeping in the backseat of a Ford FYadda50 doesn’t even phase you: Though the “morning after” experience is not nearly as glamourous as one might imagine. As you may know, Poor Kyle and I are seasoned road-trippers.  We’ve bunked out in the truck on more than one occasion, and I was looking [...]