I was thinking about Shiny Happy People on my just completed trip of SF-Frankfurt-Paris-Helsinki-Paris-London-New York-SF (though two of the stops were just transiting). When I was in Stockholm and on the way to the airport, I had a talkative woman Swedish taxi driver who was just about the happiest person I have ever met. [...]

On Sunday, after min-numbing flights from the US to Paris and a normal amount of indignities, I arrived at my Paris hotel in the mid-afternoon on what was an amazing warm springtime day. Our meetings were set to start the following day (Monday) so I had a late afternoon and evening to get ready for [...]

With a vanful of fellow crazies, we set out for “The Relay” race with both enthusiasm, and trepidation as is normally found before a marathon or climbing expedition. A mixture of nervousness and excitement produce stories of past experiences and all the funny, bad things that happened along the way. Some highlights of the “untold [...]

This past weekend, around 200 crazy teams participated in the annual 199 mile (race) from Calistoga to Santa Cruz to benefit organ donations - called The Relay. Our great team, which was called Cheaper Than Therapy, came in 2nd in our age/gender group and around 26th overall - which is pretty darn good! [...]