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Learn to Sail LA’s Official Tall Ships (For Free!)
My love of tall ships goes back a ways, but given my recent research dive into the great tea races, it’s taken on an outsized…
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Roughly 5,280 Reasons America Should Have Gone Metric A Long Time Ago
Defining Our Terms: Metric vs. Ye Olde English If you’ve been to elementary school in the United States, you’ve encountered the metric system. As you’ll…
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Re: Philanthropy, Thoreau Got It Wrong
Dear Henry, I’ve recently read your book Walden and would like to share my observations with you, if that’s alright. I’m sorry to…
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Where to Find Your Next Favorite Book
As good old-fashioned bookstores become more and more yeti-like these days (i.e. difficult to find, smelly and temperamental when cornered) it can be tough…
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(The Lack of) Sleep & Parenting
My wife and I were happy to welcome our second child into the world last week (*applause*). This has, of course, given me reason to…
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Why I’m Running the LA Marathon (Again)
This will be my fourth time to run a half or full marathon to raise money for clean water projects in Africa. The distance doesn’t…
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Thoughts On Serial Season 1: A Podcast Post Mortem
The first season of Serial is the most popular podcast of all time. With over five million downloads, it far outpaces anything that’s come before…
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Some Final Thoughts on 2014
This year is about to come to an end. Just a few hours left and it will gasp its final breath. We will count down the…
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How Raising a Toddler is Not Unlike Living in Jurassic Park
There are so many things that I love about being the father of a toddler. Toddlers are wonderful. They are also scary. The “terrible twos”…
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A Dispatch to the Future: Horses, Robots, & The End of the World
What I am writing in this post has already become irrelevant. Writers have an uneasy relationship with time. They often aren’t appreciated until they cross their…
