When he found out he had to stay on campus for  winter break he imagined he'd be alone in a ghost town. He was a little bit disappointed when he found there were in fact people walking around, driving around, and that most of the businesses were open. Sure there...

As a kid, a box of cereal felt so large. Like each box could last months. When I'd see my mom open her wallet to pay for groceries I'd see multiple 20 dollar bills and think she was mean for not buying me the toys I begged for. There was...

He didn't come from any successful place. The richest dad he knew growing up sold  sand or  gravel for a living, he still doesn't remember which one it was. But through coincidence or whatever, by the time he reached his late 30s he knew three people who were worth at...

The walk back to the office was probably the first decent part of his day. Things weren't perfect but he didn't feel terrible. Maybe that  whiskey was actually helping after all.

On the way, a bigger,  blue collar man was walking in a rude manner, forcing the oncoming pedestrians to have...

After leaving her job, she didn't view time the same. Instead of using the 24 hours she began segmenting each day into six markers. There was no concept of seven o clock anymore.

This was her system:
The rooster crowing in the morning -- 1. The coffee -- 2. The first meal...

The ground moved enough over the years to break the  concrete . And now the grass grew in between these divides. His father lamented that they didn't go for the  cobblestone driveway look instead. He made him come outside and pick out the crabgrass using their glass, and they'd spray ...

Almost everyday, my favorite cafe in college drew a crowd. The only days it'd lay bare were holidays when almost all the students went home. Besides that it was a squeeze, and I'd often have to share a table with a 'stranger' during peak hours.

I did my work at the...

"I don't get it. Why do you drive all the way down there. Come on tell me the truth, you're seeing someone. No? Well then you really just like that  cafe ."

"Yeah. Simple as that."

"But there's so many cafes around here. What can be so special about that one? Maybe...

When people find out I'm a  bodyguard they are surprised. They expect a bodyguard to be 6'5 270 pounds or something, but that's not always the case. I mean I have coworkers who are that size or even larger, but those kind of bodyguards act as more of a signal...

He helped  dentists become more effective. That was what he did, though others called him some kind of consultant title, but seeing as he didn't like being associated with consultants , he chose not to take on that title openly. Instead he preferred to tell people that he helped dentists.

One...