The New Look for Men
“Hon, you need a haircut,” my wife would hound me. Although I had one and liked to wear longer hair she insisted. I do not tell women when it’s time they should visit the salon.
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70-million-year-old Perfectly Preserved Baby Dinosaur Raises New Questions. A 70-million-year-old fossilized baby dinosaur was found. Then it was stored and lost in a Chinese museum for 10 years. No one knew what was in the unhatched egg until researchers opened it. To their amazement was the perfectly preserved embryonic skeleton of an oviraptorid dinosaur.
Read full storyA Clockwork Orange — 50 Years Ago Today
Stanley Kubrick’s Prophetic Vision of Today’s Violence. “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE” opened in the U.S. 50 years ago on December 19, 1971 (6 days earlier in the U.K.). The film was prophetic, controversial, divisive, disturbing… innovative, daring, and dynamic. It’s an assault on the senses.
Read full storyNew Year's Resolution - Immortality
Uncle Mito is set to challenge the oldest living man record. Uncle Mito is 120 Years OldPhoto by Author - Arlo Hennings. One of mankind’s greatest questions has followed us like a shadow since the dawn of time.
Read full storyEyewitness Birth of New Nation
Minneapolis musicians brave civil war to celebrate South Africa's move towards a democratic society. During South Africa's first democratic election and the end to apartheid. I was representing the A&M recording artist singer/songwriter Shawn Phillips. Little did Phillips know that during the South African cultural embargo. Imposed by the USA Government. He had grown into a mysterious, iconic, music legend for supporters against apartheid.
Read full storyTeen Runaway Ends in Court Trial (non-fiction)
Why do teens runaway from home? The most common reason that teens run away is family problems. He gave time travel a whirl inside one of the moving boxes left behind by his mom. Using a flashlight, he crawled into a packing box and designed the controls of his escape pod.
Read full storyThe Return of the Stay-at-Home Dad
My daughter's mother, my ex, died. The news stopped the flow of blood to my head. The funeral was to happen in 48 hours. I scrambled to find the quickest way back to Minnesota from Bali, Indonesia. I told my daughter to do the best she could with the funeral arrangements until I got there.
Read full storyA Peasant Who Saved My Life
I set about my day with renewed vision and focus. I am more determined to break down the barriers that separate me from my Balinese companions. I'd had little success at connecting with foreigners on this journey. It was important to me to build new friendships. My experience thus far with native or foreign. Or even fellow American expats - often left me feeling discouraged.
Read full storyAll he wants for Christmas is a Home
I met an old, brown-skinned man. His head had charcoal-colored eyebrows, silver-colored hair, and a white, scruffy beard. A half-smoked cigar smoldered in one hand, and he held a shot of tequila in the other. A red, blue, and green shawl wrapped over his shoulders.
Read full storyMy Wife is Not a Terrorist
I was on my way to find a gift for my daughter's birthday when my motorbike hit a hill of construction dirt. The accident sent me hurtling barelegged into the merciless jaws of the pavement. In a daze, I looked up from the street and saw a brown-colored angel standing over me. She offered a hand. The hand was that of Tuti, a lovely Javanese woman I had recently met online while living overseas.
Read full storyUnsung Hero Dreamt of Helping Children
I felt fortunate to get a long-term booking and looked forward to receiving my next guest. Anne-Marie. Months earlier, Anne-Marie had contacted me through Facebook, inquiring about renting my villa. We agreed to meet a few days later at the opening to the Monkey Forest in Ubud. When we first met, I learned that she was from London, was single, and had no children. She described herself as a seasoned traveler and a teacher on a pilgrimage.
Read full storyJourney to Nomadland
I woke up in jail with the jackboot of a SWAT team officer pressed down on my back. Choking from tear gas, grabbed by my hair, handcuffed, and thrown into the back of a paddy wagon. This was not a dream or an anti-vax demonstration flashback. I was under arrest for joining a homelessness rally. After all, America was great again. I worked as a business development executive and my employer bankrupt.
Read full storyFrom Altamont to Astroworld
My first experience at a live music crowd-chaos moment was in 1969. The venue was the Denver Pop Festival at the Mile High Stadium in Denver, CO. On the last day during the the band Zephyr's performance, 60,000 paid concert goers got a strong whiff of tear gas. Outside the stadium. The event came with gate-crashers. By the third day they tried their best to break in. The police drew a hard line.
Read full storyMy Daughter Versus the American Health Care System
“I’m sorry we can’t help your daughter,” the doctor said from an emergency room. “We are transporting her to a specialist ICU for liver and kidney failure.”. In the interim, her mother had drunk herself to death. During her depression and my absence, my daughter was drinking too. I learned later my daughter had been drinking for a long time. How long. How much I didn’t know.
Read full storyThe Expat Dream
Compared to 2020. The amount of American retirees has doubled in 2021. It's the Great Retirement Boom. Some think the uncertainty of the pandemic is putting the pedal to the metal. Live it up now while you can? Mr. and Mrs. Smith made bank on the housing market and bought a live-in trailer. Others wonder what a new life abroad could mean.
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