My last overnight train essential is something I’ve never packed, but I will next time: binoculars. I’ve probably had the thought at least once on every overnight train ride I’ve taken: “I want a closer view of the passing landscapes.” But on my last trip on the California Zephyr, I thought about it at least
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mariah Smith. It has been edited for length and clarity. After my youngest child was born, we were all in survival mode, and it felt like the TV was always on to keep my older two kids entertained. I knew I needed to do something about
Mark Cuban has pest-control tips for the AI age. Speaking at a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event on Friday, the entrepreneur and billionaire investor compared the threat posed by swarms of AI agents to cockroaches finding their way into a freshly treated house. “When I go talk to cybersecurity experts, I ask them all the time.
It was an hour into our hike through Southern Konnevesi National Park in Finland, and neither of my 7- and 10-year-old daughters was complaining. It was glorious. Normally, within the first hour, I would have already heard the question “How much longer?” One of them would also declare, “It’s boring. We’re just walking.” So what
“What a night!” “I barely slept.” “I don’t even know what time I went to bed.” The same statements can have very different meanings in different stages of life. My friends and I used to worry about where everyone was at 2 a.m. Now, we worry about whether everyone’s baby has pooped that day. Laura-Kate
My 16-year-old self had it all figured out: I wanted to live in a van and travel the US. Time did what time does, though, and practical lessons from older relatives slowly pushed those dreams to the back of my mind. Instead of saving for a Volkswagen bus, I saved for my first home, because
