It’s easier than you think. — When I graduated college in 1997, I loaded my car up and drove straight to Los Angeles, driven by the desire to try to find success as an actor. I did what most want-to-be actors do when they get to Hollywood: put together a headshot and resume, send it to…

A collection of all the audio recordings played in court in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial. — Tapes played are broken up into six segments (I-VI). Timing of transcript is tied to a compilation video available here. SEGMENT I Johnny (00:01): I feel that the, you know, I wanna say something to you that it was okay. That’s that’s the promise you gave me a little while…

I worked for a publicly traded wireless telecommunications company in the 2000s where I actively participated in a fraudulent billing scheme introduced to me by my manager and coworkers. To this day I live with the regret of having perpetuated such a scheme, but in fairness to me, the environment…

Osprey Rafting has been an anchor of the Leavenworth, WA white water rafting community for 25 years — Averaged statewide, the 2014–15 winter (spanning October to March) in Washington State was the warmest on record, with temperatures 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Despite near-normal precipitation in our region, the warm temperatures caused a disproportionate amount of precipitation to fall as rain instead of snow in the mountains. Lack…

The unexpected thrill of sneaking into live music events without paying — They often say that necessity is the mother of invention. The first time I ever snuck into a concert, it wasn’t so much to do it out of novelty as a means to an end — I didn’t have a ticket, and I wanted to get inside. While I’m sure…