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Ask for What you Want – The Art of the Ask

Warren was on the bridge in hopes to steer the ship.

Editor’s Note: This is part 2 in an 8-part series on How to Live the Good Life. Interested in more? Sign up for our Try New Things email list. We’re going to help you walk the talk! Asking for what you want is something we all do far too rarely. We wonder why “great” things don’t fall in [...]

Life Really Does Begin at 40

Warren at 40

Today I am celebrating my 40th birthday.  Last year I wrote a post reflecting on my life but this year I thought I would do something a bit different and flash forward 40 years to invision what life looks like from 80. Today I turn 80 years old and looking back I realize I have [...]

Long term travel – It’s Not all Waterfalls and Volcanos

Betsy in Zumba

We went on this trip for the experiences, ALL the experiences. We have shared some of our adventures on the blog but only a fraction of what we do ever makes it into prose. The truth is that we are not always out on the go hiking to a glacier or running around town trying [...]

Renewing My Imagination Thanks to Willy Wonka

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“We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams” Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy Every few years I give my imagination a kick by watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  With Betsy out of town this last weekend, I decided to dive into the wonderful, odd, and fun world that Roald Dahl [...]

I Need “More Cowbell” to Embrace Life

tattoo interpretation of Dali's Anthropomorphic Cabinet

This weekend I got my first tattoo and I absolutely love how it turned out.  I fully realize that a tattoo is not for everyone and there is sure to be a group of people that question my choice. However, I am determined not to let other people decide what I will do with my [...]

Many experiences have shaped my life

warren on the log

One would think that riding naked in a parade would be enough sharing for a year.  However, I realized after Betsy wrote her post last week giving you a deeper insight into who she is that I have yet to provide you with a similar back-stage insight into Warren Talbot.  Be warned, it is scary [...]

The naked truth about being comfortable in your own skin

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There is something about covering your body in paint and biking through a crowd of 40,000 people that requires a bit of conviction.  Or lunacy. Saturday was the annual Fremont Solstice parade celebrating the beginning of Summer. The parade always kicks off with a couple hundred cyclists donning artistic statements and nothing else, and the [...]

Question everything and embrace the possibilities

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw Why don’t we question more things in our lives?  Most of us tend to take on the beliefs and ideas of how to live our lives from our family and the environment we grow up in.  However, without questioning it seems [...]

Take the first step: Jump from a plane

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Taking the first step towards a dream can be terrifying, overwhelming, and exhilarating.  I always knew this, but as I stood at the door of the airplane this weekend looking out at 13,000 feet of empty air between me and the ground the importance of this point was crystallized.   Reflecting on my first sky dive [...]

I don’t wanna grow up

Photo by tangent

In 1991 I was a sophomore at Texas A&M University when I made the decision I did not want to grow up.  The concern was, maybe if I did, I would not be a Toys R Us kid.  Now, how in the world could I let that happen? My passion for the toy industry began [...]