Fire up the transmogrifier and we’ll see you out there I discovered Bill Watterson’s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes in elementary school on a family—a copy of Something Under the Bed is Drooling suddenly appeared on the floor of my family’s minivan. The book’s foreword made a lofty promise only a kid would take at […]
Good advice from a few people who’ve been there and back again. In 1974, Kurt Vonnegut asked the graduating classes of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, “What should young people do with their lives today?” Like any good graduation speaker, he answered his own rhetorical question: “Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is […]
Of All the Multi-tools You’ve Made, What’s Your Favorite: The one I carry today — the Leatherman Charge TTi. How and Why Did You Invent the Leatherman Tool: Here’s the story in a nutshell. In 1975 my wife and I were young and took a budget trip to Europe. We bought a used 1969 Fiat […]