Author Archives | Brian

Big Trees and Spooky Woods

Humboldt Redwood State Park, California

There’s something humbling about being in the presence of creatures old enough to remember the Dark Ages, especially when they grow taller than the Statue of Liberty and thicker than a city bus.

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4th of July Parade, Ketchikan, AK

Ketchikan Alaska 4th of July Parade

Happy 4th from Everywhere

Niagara Falls Fireworks

Niagara Falls Fireworks

Baby Mountain Goat

Baby Mountain Goat

Juvenile mountain goat at Glacier National Park, MT

Soylent Green for Travelers

Soylent Green

My very first thought upon reading Rob Rhinehart’s plan to entirely stop eating food in favor of slurping self-made nutritional drinks was that it’s just one more example of how the world is full of weirdoes.

Eating is, after all, one of life’s great pleasures. It just might be the greatest human pleasure.

Think about it. Not even sex elicits as many orgasmic moans of delight as does food. Hell, you don’t even have to eat the stuff to get that response. The mere smell of a well-prepared curry has the power to send me into a full-blown When Harry Met Sally. What sane person would want to give that up?

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