I’ve always been a complete jerk about audio speakers. Hand me control of one and watch me turn from a normal person into a musical show-off within seconds. “Listen to this obscure 80s metal band!” I’d yell while my poor date winced. “They combined speed metal with classical influences!” My date nodded politely while plotting… Read More »The Music Test
An old man walked along the beach and noticed a young boy. The boy was picking up starfish stranded by the receding tide and tossing them back into the sea. Intrigued, the old man asked what the boy was doing. “If the starfish are still on the beach when the sun gets high, they’ll die,”… Read More »The starfish story
When Max was at his lowest point, battling demons that nearly drove him to end it all, an abandoned puppy named Chica gave him a reason to keep going. And when a car tragically struck Chica, leaving her broken on the road, it was the kindness of a total stranger named Kenny that made all… Read More »Kindness for a kid on his knees in the middle of downtown Indianapolis
It’s easy to think of Jeff Bezos only as the billionaire founder of Amazon. But like all of us, his character is shaped by the small moments and interactions that make up a life. When Bezos was 10, he was on a family road trip with his grandparents, rolling around in the back seat and… Read More »It’s harder to be kind than clever
