During my first two and a half weeks riding the rails across Asia, I experienced the unexpected sides of China & Mongolia and the charming beauty of Siberia. On the way, my tour passed many more places where I would have liked to stop and look around. Sadly, unless you have an unlimited budget of time and…
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When I found myself out of a job this year, I decided to take the opportunity to go on some epic trips. None was more so than riding the Trans-Siberian railroad from Beijing to St. Petersburg. Part One in the series about my journey covered the tour from China to Mongolia. By the end of…
When I knew that my job was being eliminated last year, I sought out some epic travel ideas that the free time and severance pay would afford me. My road trip across the U.S. in the middle of winter was ambitious, occasionally scary, and ultimately astonishing. If I had stopped there before becoming a productive member…
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is no doubt one of the most difficult professional accreditations to achieve. Studying for the four-hour 200 question test gave me flashbacks to my high school days. Trying to cram as much knowledge into my skull as possible to get a good score…
The simple genius of the 48 Hour Film Project is that it forces you to make a movie. It’s easy to sit around and think to yourself, “Hey, I should get off my ass and make a film.” It’s much harder to find the time, energy, motivation, and moxie to do so. The 48 Hour…
The week before I was scheduled to fly to Portland, a riot took place in the city center. Some extreme nut cases on one side of the political spectrum decided to confront some hardcore juicebags from the other. I never really considered canceling my trip, but it did make me wonder what I would find.…
Last month, I wrote about how Disney’s trend of releasing mainly sequels and ‘re-imaginings’ demonstrated Hollywood’s sad loss of creative risk. Proving that a picture really is worth a thousand words (or 1,165 of them to be exact), this meme has gone viral in the last couple weeks: Judging by the disappointing box office receipts…