If I were a Billionaire

Five things I would do if I were a billionaire
Klaus Varley

1. Install a "Warm-Hot" knob in the shower. I would turn on that knob, then add Hot or Cold at my whim. But mostly it wouldn't require adjustment. Because I take my showers at "Warm-Hot."

2. Leave $20 tips at my favorite inexpensive - but delicious - Chinese, Thai, and Mexican restaurants. I could leave more, but I don't want to be treated like a king - I just want people to know I appreciate good service.

3. Hire my friends to live in the same condo complex. Application for complex: Are you my friend? If "no," are you cool? If "yes," do you want to be friends?

4. Buy the coffee shop / stage across the street from my apartment. Turn it into a cool venue for stand-up and singer-songwriters. Record the performances, put it online, make people famous.

5. Have a personal trainer to wake me up every day and make me do yoga, swim, run on the beach, etc. (I suppose, I don't need a personal trainer to do this, I just need to not be so damn lazy.)

This is too much fun to not be continued...

-KV

Walking backwards into the future

I didn't make up the phrase "walking backwards into the future." If you did, let me know. -KV

Most people look at the past as something behind them. They'll say, "well, that's all behind us now," as if we're walking wide-eyed into the future.

But there are some cultures that look at the past differently. They imagine us walking into the future, but we're walking backwards, keeping our eyes on the past.

To me, that just makes more sense. You can't look into the future; you can never turn around and see what's coming. All you can ever do is look back and hope you learned something as you take anther step backwards into the unknown - into the future.

-KV