I’ve now had my own podcast for eight months and, I don’t mean to blow my own horn here, but most episodes have well into double-digit listeners. Before that, I was co-host of a podcast for two years, where I did virtually nothing technical. Naturally, I now regard myself as…

I invited knower of many things, Tim Leffel, to be on my podcast this week to talk in depth about the state of travel blogging in 2021. This came about because Tim published a post called “Ideas Matter, But Successful Travel Bloggers Get The Work Done” on his Travel Writing…

A few years ago, someone saw this Vlad The Impaler comic strip, thought of me immediately, and sent it to me. This has occurred several times a year ever since, most recently just a couple weeks ago. So, I have finally decided to share it with you. Those of you…

Because I am a very busy person, drowning in social engagement invitations, I have watched literally hundreds of van life videos over the past six months. Many of these videos are walk-throughs of conversion/camper vans, and utilizing this not quite but kinda first-person experience, I believe I have pieced together…

First of all, how was your pandemic? Spirit-crushing? Zero stars? A little cloudy? Well, at least we can finally entertain the idea of a vacation outside of our home, yard, and if you were a risk-taker, the nearby park. This hasn’t been a reality for more than a year and…

Based on the befuddled feedback and the “R U OK?” messages I’ve been getting from friends and family since I announced my intention to transition to living in a van, it seems that a “How does living in a van work?” post is in order. (I’ll save the question of…

Can you identify the real Dracula’s Castle from these pictures? This week marked the 124th anniversary of the novel Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. (The 125th anniversary is going to be a real banger, I bet.) To mark the occasion, I’m going to provide you with priceless information that will make you…

It’s not every day that a new form of transportation comes along, never mind one that’s also delightfully environmentally friendly. I speak of the Airlander 10, a Hybrid Air Vehicle (HAV), the first new commercial airship developed in almost a century and 84 years since the Hindenburg canceled airship travel…

I know, I know. We’re only two weeks into this blog’s 17th theme pivot, this time back to travel stuff (and no BS) and club passing juggling is waaaay off topic. It’s my blog. I’ll do what I want. But if you’ve been around here before, you know that juggling…

This is my public declaration, so I don’t back out (unless I quietly delete this later), that I have run the numbers and formulated a plan to retire at 50. OK, it’s more accurate to say that I can retire at 50, just as soon as I complete an admittedly…