My Life as a Country Song
I loved my office in The Ice House! It was actually the old Beverly Hills Ice House, which had suppliedContinue Reading
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I Faced the Machine Gunner
One of the most challenging classes Freshman year at Cornell was M. Gardner Clark’s Comparative Economic Development class. It comparedContinue Reading
The Vultures Work Here
After a great first day in Zinder, Niger, in sub-Saharan Africa, I woke up very sick early the next morning,Continue Reading
Facebook Before Technology
Freshman year at Cornell I joined Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the National Service Fraternity affiliated with The Boy Scouts. Through,Continue Reading
Opportunity is Sometimes Thrust Upon Us
On the Saturday morning when it was time to drive me to my first day at Cornell, my father wasContinue Reading
It’s forbidden! This is a military base! LEAVE
It was awesome arriving in Agadez! I had started across the Sahara on a whim in Algiers 15 days agoContinue Reading
Border Guards: “Please wait until we finish bathing…” Tamanrasset to Agadez
My Japanese friend Hiro (whom I met the day before) and I checked into Algerian Border Control and Customs atContinue Reading
The Noise Police
My friend and Cornell fraternity brother Steve and I were having lunch at Le Petit Four sidewalk cafe at SunsetContinue Reading
Hijacked to Cuba, Or Getting the Most of an Unfortunate Situation
My flight from freezing Ithaca, NY left early on my Christmas Break to Florida in 1968. We arrived early atContinue Reading
And Then the DC-10 Tail Engine Exploded
In November of 1989, I was flying on a DC-10 from LAX to Chicago with a short layover in MinneapolisContinue Reading
