
Back in the day, hitchhiking was a legitimate means of travel for the young, broke and adventurous. It turned out the skills I acquired to make it from one town to another made for excellent rules to move me along life’s highway.

Back in the day, hitchhiking was a legitimate means of travel for the young, broke and adventurous. It turned out the skills I acquired to make it from one town to another made for excellent rules to move me along life’s highway.

Have you noticed how people fall in two broad categories: those individuals who share themselves after careful consideration and those who come to us totally unfiltered? Bradley, a longtime friend, belongs in the first category. I definitely fall in the second.

Title: Sheepdog
Purpose: Keep the wolves away
Priorities: Protect the lambs, round up the strays
Qualifications: Courage and speed
Evaluation: The head count in the morning
Compensation: A pat on the head

There are so many lessons to learn about human behavior at an airport. Today I’ve invested some “bonus hours” in a cozy terminal in Des Moines, Iowa. Three hours after my flight was supposed to take off, I’ve created an interesting and evidence-based list of human behaviors: