The Minneapolis Skyway: A Love Story
Anyone who’s every spoken to me for more than seven minutes knows that I reap the same warm, comforting feelings from the Minneapolis Skyway system as most people would experience on a quiet, tropical beach. Moving into a Skyway-connected building instantly transformed my outlook on Minnesota winters – in that winter was no longer my problem. As such, I hatche

A traveler’s guide to coping with detainment and bribery
This is a follow-up to my traveler’s guide to coping with arrest. Far less disturbing than being arrested

A traveler’s guide to coping with arrest
[International readers: though this piece was written for an American audience, I hope you'll find some portions of general interest.] Before I get started, I’d like to unequivoc

Slackerology: 5 Steps to Living Like a European in the US
Slackerology Theory: bringing home less disposable income and owning less crap can raise happiness and reduce stress. By this stage, I think my bias toward calculated Slackerology is p

Slackerology: The fallacies that keep us working like rented mules
Slackerology Theory: bringing home less disposable income and owning less crap can raise happiness and reduce stress. [I apologize. I know that last week I promised that this post would be about how to live like a European in the US, but as always, once I started writing, the post became ridiculously long and unwieldy, so I've had to partition it up. The tips to living like a European in the US, are, Buddha willing, coming next week.] Like many others, I strongly believe that the working/time off/compensation atmosphere in the US has gotten completely out of hand