Discovering the unique charm of Ramune, Japan's iconic carbonated drink I had marble soda for the first time last night and I loved it. So the gimmick is there is a marble inside the soda...get it...marble soda? The marble doesn't actually come out of the bottle, but as you're drinking it, you think you'll swallow it. You can see the blue marble about 3/4 of the way up the bottle in the photo above. What...
Clever Observations and Universal Truths The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail. If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. How come it takes so...
Measuring life not in years, but in moments that matter Don't let life pass you by, try and savor the special moments in life. I am 11,588 days old, and you may have had more or less days on Earth than myself. When you look back at your life thus far, how many special moments come to mind? If you are struggling to think of something, you may want to alter how you are living...
Finding Meaning in the Most Overlooked Crayon OK, now that I have a child, I remember wondering about things I haven't thought about in a long time. My son Tyler likes to draw, well, scribble for now, and the other day he was drawing, and he pulled out the white crayon. He scribbled with the white crayon and looked perplexed why it wasn't producing color on the paper. This leads me to ask: why do...
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday morning. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other....
Here is an email I received earlier in the week. You know I am a sucker for animal stories so here is one that is perfect for Mother's Day. All moms need a helping hand... Something really cute happened in downtown San Antonio this week. Michael R. is an accounting clerk at Frost Bank and works there in a second story office. Several weeks ago, he watched a mother duck choose the concrete awning outside...