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How Religion Can Help Keep Your Backpack Safe

By Earl, on June 7th, 2010 | 25 comments

When it comes to protecting our stuff while traveling, such methods as chaining our backpack to our train seat, using a PacSafe when leaving our bag in our hotel room and hiding our valuables in random places, go a long way in easing our minds. We certainly don’t want to take any chances as the thought of having our computer, camera, favorite sandals and boxes of extra contact lenses stolen remains permanently in the back of every traveler’s mind.

Just like home [...]

A Night Of Miracles In Cancun

By Earl, on February 21st, 2010 | 15 comments

I’m not a religious person. At all.

In fact, even though I was raised Jewish, the closest I ever came to regular religious practice was shortly after my eleventh birthday when I decided to become Amish.

My parents had just taken my sister and I on a vacation to Pennsylvania and after spending three days in Amish country, I thought I had discovered my calling. About an hour after we returned home to Boston, I gathered the family together in the living room [...]