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Ghosts and Other Hauntings

San Jose, CA –

There’s something about eccentrics that fascinate us.

You know, those people that are just different.

They don’t quite comply with the accepted norms of society in some way.

Maybe in lots of ways.

Most of us don’t want to be one, but we still love to be entertained by them.

If you ask me, I think many of us envy them.

We are often burdened with trying to blend in with the crowd.

Trying to live and behave the way society expects us to.

And we respect and admire those among us who don’t care what society thinks.

It’s almost as if we see marching to the beat of a different drummer as an act of bravery.

An act of defiance.

Well, maybe it is.

Or maybe it’s more an act of fear.

I think it depends on the nature of the eccentricity.

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A Peaceful Hour in the Woods

San Francisco, CA –

There’s one detail that has always irked me about taking an organized tour.

I’m not talking about a tour of a specific place, where a guide is walking you through, telling you about details you otherwise wouldn’t know.

I’m talking about bus tours of cities, where you are going to multiple sights.

Yes, it’s a good way to see all of the highlights of a city in a single morning or afternoon.

But every place you stop and get off the bus, the clock is ticking.

You have a limited amount of time to see the sight before the bus takes off again.

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