Barbecued Pork, Fried Noodles, and Time Travel There is a café in Georgetown, Malaysia, that I have been to many times. Good food, good prices, and an old charm that comes with age. This was no brightly-lit,

Cognitive Dissonance - When Our Delusions Meet Reality From Wikipedia – (link below): In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort (psychological stress) experienced by a person

A Strange Encounter of the Random Kind I met a man a few nights ago, in the Chinatown area of Georgetown, Malaysia. We encountered each other at the Mona Lisa Cafe, an old-school Chinese colonial-era

Today I happened upon a story about a consummate liar and scam artist, Frank Abagnale. Throughout the 1960’s, he was a notorious fraudster, scammer and con-artist. At various times he posed as a doctor,

The Dress Back in 2015, a photograph called “The Dress” became an internet sensation. Some people saw it as white and gold, others saw it as blue and black. When I first saw it, I was 100% sure it was

A Present to End A Future High School Years ago in high school, I knew another boy, I’ll call him ‘Andy’. We were acquaintances, not close friends, but we were on friendly terms. His younger brother and

Various Places in the Libyan Sahara *Note - These were taken over a span of years with various cameras. Some were edited from the original. These were not meant to be professional quality. I am not a

The Dream That Came to Visit – A True Recollection Image Pixabay - Pezibear In My Teens Back in my teens, I started to have a series of recurring dreams, all similar in theme and substance, if not every

Attention all newbies, plankton and minnows and others - @malloryblythe is running an amazing contest right now, with very generous rewards. See her contest Here @malloryblythe is a perfect example of

When Little Moments are Big Events Part of a Contest sponsored by @malloryblythe. She is generously donating AT LEAST 24 SBD worth of #steembasicincome shares in honor of @curie and @newbieresteemday.

Dream Eater ...You dream that you are deep in a jungle.... Image - Pexals -David Riaño Cortés ... A savage predator chases you, and it is gaining. Tired and out of breath, you climb a nearby tree. The

Let Them Eat Dust Contest sponsored by @conradt in #steembasicincome Just a few days ago, someone made a very thoughtful and detailed comment on one of my posts. I replied in turn, and went to click the

Image Pixabay - IanZA Health For Life I have been interested in health, nutrition and exercise for many years now, to the point of being called a ‘health-nut’ in the past. I’m not that fanatical anymore,

I FED A HELPLESS CRYING KITTEN - TO A MANGEY HUNGRY STREET DOG Good Intentions Gone Horribly Wrong - A True Story Image Pexels - Krysten Merriman I have a fondness for most of God’s creatures, as many

A Random True Story After graduating high school at 17, I decided to take a year or two off to work and think about things. I ended up in western Canada, having been hired by a resource exploration company

Something Old is New Again When I think of the words ‘apprentice’ or ‘apprenticeship’, an image of an experienced, mature tradesman or artisan comes to mind, patiently teaching his or her young understudy

I have been on Kryptonia for 2 or 3 weeks. Yesterday I set my first task to be completed. A couple of hours later I checked, and 2 users claimed rewards for completing the task. I checked, and they did

Introduction to a Superhero among Plants It might seem like an exaggeration to describe a species of grass as magic, or being capable of performing miracles. But bamboo is no ordinary grass, it is one

U.K. Man Arrested for Possession of a Potato Peeler The Good, the Bad, and the Just Very Sad A man from Dunfermline, Scotland was arrested April 28, 2018 for carrying a potato peeler "without reasonable

Construction and Destruction The Flint. Michigan Water Woes "The Flint water crisis began with an April 2014 decision by a state-appointed emergency manager to switch the city’s water source from