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Not Everyone Sucks
Which relationship has taught you the most about yourself? View all responses My current wife has probably taught me more about myself than anyone else ever has. Mostly because she somehow convinced me that trusting another person doesn’t automatically end with everything catching fire. That was not exactly an easy lesson. I spent enough time…
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Petty Comes Calling
If you could start a new business right now, what would it be? If I could start a new business right now, I already know what I’d do. Revenge for hire. I blame Dirty Work. That movie planted the idea in my brain that maybe there is a legitimate market for people who have been…
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Best Eating Habits
What are your best healthy eating habits? View all responses Honestly, having diabetes changed the way I look at food. I’m also on a GLP-1 medication for my diabetes, so I already have a pretty good reason to pay attention to what I eat. My basic rule is simple: low sugar, high protein, and plenty…
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What Could Go Wrong
What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done? View all responses I had never owned a camper. So naturally, I bought one and decided the first trip should be from Ohio to South Dakota and Wyoming. Because apparently buying a camper and taking it halfway across the country for its first trip was the logical…
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The Second Job Died
How do you make time for self-care? There was a time when “self-care” wasn’t even in the vocabulary. For over 50 years, I pretty much did what I was supposed to do: work. Work more. Make money. Pay bills. Repeat until you forget what the hell you were doing it all for. Free time was…
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Home Is Where We Park
What’s a place you visited that felt like home? The place that feels most like home isn’t a city, a house, or some postcard bullshit people spend thousands of dollars trying to convince themselves is relaxing. It’s my camper. My travel trailer. Four walls on wheels that can be dragged somewhere else whenever we get…
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47 Years Later
What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life? One thing I wish I had started doing earlier in life? Traveling more and actually enjoying life instead of constantly worrying about work, what other people thought, and what I was supposed to be doing. I spent a lot of years listening to…
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Fiction Can Wait.
If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be? There’s a question going around: if you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion, like a Pokémon or some fantasy creature, what would you choose? Easy. I wouldn’t pick anything…
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Larkin Wasn’t A Failed Police Dog
What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you? The kindest thing someone ever did for me wasn’t some grand heroic gesture. Nobody saved my life or handed me a suitcase full of money. They gave me a dog. Our dog Larkin was being trained to become a police K9. She was supposed to…