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We were boarding 70 students for their high school prom, greeting them as they stepped aboard the boat. Most of the passengers had...

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Years ago, I was competing double-handed on a 28-foot boat, with the boat's owner driving. We had a fabulous start during a summer race...

I had the good fortune to grow up in school districts that offered shop classes. As an eager young man, the classes I took, the articles...

There is a popular YouTube channel called Kungfu China Master. The channel posts short videos, a minute or less in length. The content is...

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Four of us were asleep on the boat, quietly moored outside the Cabo San Lucas harbor entrance. It was midnight. In my sleep-distorted...

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In the 1990 movie, Joe vs. the Volcano, Joe agrees to jump into a volcano to appease the gods on a South Pacific island, after learning...