I remember going to a ridiculously expensive Japanese restaurant in Las Vegas. Usually, I only want to eat sushi at Japanese restaurants but we ended up also ordering noodles because the sushi was insanely expensive while the noodles dishes were merely ridiculously...
I recently opened my first account with Chase Bank. As part of opening that account, I made an initial check deposit. Today, I received a letter saying that deposit is on hold because “the deposited check is not consistent with the account’s normal...
Whenever people asked me, “How are you?” I used to have one of two frequent responses: – “I am fine.” – “Busy, busy.” I found both responses to be unsatisfactory. So recently, I decided to change my response to,...
I just had one of those ironic experiences that are funny in retrospect. I was in Berlin to speak at the World Peace Festival. While I was at a subway station, a thuggish big blonde white guy tried to intimidate me into giving him money. He got uncomfortably close...
Summary: Very disappointing. A lousy cruising experience on a badly-managed ship. Details: I love cruising, but I didn’t always feel this way. About 15 years ago, I took a cruise on a Star Cruises ship and did not like the experience at all. I decided then...