What makes us happy

Arthur C. Brooks’ book “Gross National Happiness” was mentioned a few days ago on World On the Web. What I found interesting was the statement that his research shows there are three basic things that make people happy: meaning in their lives, control over their environment, and success in creating value in the world.

How […]

Proof of the Now Generation

Many folks are celebrating the release of the iPhone 3G next month as a great price drop. The 8GB iPhone drops from $399 to $199, and you get the higher speed (if you use the phone in a 3G network area—generally large urban areas). Few look beyond the initial buy-in cost and calculate the total […]

Island Lake

After breakfast we drove east on highway 20 to very near Emigrant Gap and took Bowman Lake north to the Carr Lake trailhead. Only the last bit of the road was dirt, so a passenger car could make it.

Island Lake

We hiked just a short ways in to Island Lake, where we found […]