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The mentality in which you embark on a motorcycle journey can make the difference between whether you’re a highway star or on a highway to Hell. As a motorcyclist, your advanced control over your vehicle should be matched by your commitment to your own safety, as the drivers around you are not likely to know…
Read MoreIt’s inspiring to consider how impressively mankind has advanced since the Stone Age—in this enlightened era, we have mechanical can openers, electric irons, and cars we don’t have to propel with our own calloused feet. Yet, for all our technological innovations and modern conveniences, human behavior as a whole has not always kept up with…
Read MoreAccidental drowning is the 5th leading cause of death in the United States, taking 390 lives and leading to 5,200 emergency room trips each year. These accidents may take place on outings or individual excursions, in fair weather or foul, in large bodies of water or minuscule puddles. Those that do not result in death…
Read MoreA bicycle in dangerous disrepair is like a flighty steed: you might gallantly suppose you can handle the challenges, but you stand a good chance of ending up on the ground before it comes time to dismount. In either case, you are better off choosing a steady mount than risking life and limb for lack…
Read MoreThere are few things more naturally intimidating than a huge, speeding locomotive: you can’t steer the thing, it takes forever to stop…in short, it’s an inexorable force composed of metal and nightmares. However, in spite of its formidable appearance, too many people fail to appreciate the hazards associated with adjacency to a train or to…
Read MoreEveryone has their flaws and foibles: Some people detonate windows with their piercing laughter; others seem to trail dirty laundry everywhere they go; still more responsive to any sort of criticism with, “I know you are, but what am I?” However, no one has a monopoly on annoying habits. It isn’t possible for a single…
Read MoreHe ain’t got no distractions Can’t hear those buzzers and bells Don’t see lights a-flashin’ Plays by sense of smell Always has a replay ’N’ never tilts at all That deaf, dumb, and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball In the 1969 rock opera, Tommy, a blind, deaf, and mute boy attains fame and…
Read MoreA musical number in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying—“A Secretary is Not a Toy”—addresses the problem of mistaken beliefs about the functions of certain occupations. The lyrics to this number clarify to the upper-echelon businessmen envying pretty secretaries that it does not matter what their secretaries look like, since all they’re supposed…
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