My last overseas adventure took me to London, England, then south to Cornwall, then finally a short hop across the channel to Amsterdam before returning home. While I did indeed see and experience many lovely and interesting things, one of the most amusing was this sign:

It seems to warn unwary passers by of a mysterious [...]

Whenever I travel, whether to different states or entirely different countries, one of my favorite things to do is look at road signs. Public service signage in general is sort of fascinating to me, as it’s meant to be universally understandable, a true “lowest common denominator” form of communication. Also, it can often be quite [...]

My friend Sloan is a great writer. But if you are reading me, then you’ve probably already read him, so it’s likely that you know this. I was just reading his latest post, and the bit about his first marriage resonated with me. Hard. My ears are still ringing. I emerged from my own personal [...]

I was reminded of the pure, unadulterated joy and inspiration of this website after a friend of mine emailed to me a selection of images taken from the posters section. There are truths here. I think the poster pictured above is my favorite. Even though I am self-employed and therefore not subject to the purgatory [...]

I was looking around on the Inter Nets yesterday, trying for some reason to find synonyms for the word “message”. I discovered that one synonym for “message” is the word “poop”. So I’ve decided that from now on, instead of sending people text messages, I will be sending them text poops, the thought of which [...]