No Reservations
I don’t do heroes. They’re just not my thing. I would be lying though, and boldly, if I said Anthony Bourdain was not one to me. I still struggle immensely with where I am headed in this industry. I’ve always felt scatterbrained about it, and while stand up is...
Feed Your Puffling
I watch a lot of documentaries, mainly of the wildlife variety. They help me keep things in perspective sometimes, and jerk my leash a little when I think I’m having a bad day. It especially helps on the days when I’m lying to myself about how I did “everything I...
Until All the Dragons Are Dead – Sample Chapter
The following is a chapter from Until All the Dragons Are Dead, a collection of stories from my travels. Waiting for the Sun I have seen more of the Middle East than I ever expected a kid from a small town in Southeast Texas would see. I won’t pretend that my time...
Tengo Otro
It was a touristy area, which was neither my style nor hers. Still, we dug our toes into the sand and picked at lobster as the dark waves of Tamarindo Bay broke under the stars. Behind us an obnoxious woman ignored her dinner and instead prattled on about the politics...
Burn the Ships
It was the year 1519, give or take. I’m not a history professor. Hernan Cortés was tapped by Diego Velázquez, Governor of Cuba, to lead an expedition into the interior of Mexico. You may or may not know the story. At some point before the launch, Velázquez got...
Everything is Too Much
If they give away super powers, you won’t find me in the Omniscience line. The internet is like having every possible thought all at one time, and this constant access to information and opinion ruins the experience a bit. While I’m admittedly dating myself here, I...
Fish Birds
I have a crazy obsession with octopuses. Nothing is more unusual to me, like they were designed in a Build-a-Bear by some fearless kid. "How many arms?" Eight! "What?! You're only building one animal here." Yeah, so? And put suckers on them. "That makes literally no...
Roatan, Honduras
A few snippets from a recent trip to Roatan, off the coast of Honduras. It's home to one of the most pristine reefs in this hemisphere, and is home to just about every form of sea life imaginable. At night in particular, it's easy to run into an octopus. *I highly...
Qatar
I don't believe these have been posted anywhere but here. It was an unexpected side-trip, but I got to finally venture out into Doha. From the corniche the skyline is nothing short of epic, but it's still totally worth jumping on a dhow boat for a closer look.