Have you ever... - cruised in a towboat towing barges down the Ohio River? - visited crop circles? - attended a live sex show in Amsterdam? - been in an emergency landing in a commercial airliner? - interacted with a serial rapist at his desolate hunting grounds? - been moments away from eating feces-infused pancakes? - waded naked, thigh-deep in a lake infested with water moccasins? - had Kris Kristofferson flirt with you? - drunk wine that had a dead cobra in the bottle? - been lost and alone in a dark Bangkok alley? - rolled down a mountain backwards in a hearse? - done what a bear does in...

Three times I have been the editor of a Mensa (r) newsletter, and those times happened to coincide with changes in my life. This self-indulgent little project is a way for me to preserve my thoughts from those times. I also included a few essays.