Bob Villwock

Something I’ve always wanted to do

With  a little luck and good timing, and with many thanks to my friend Jeremy and his friend who works at NASA, I managed to get the whole family to Kennedy Space Center last week for the launch. I have wanted to do this for about 29 years. In fact, today is the 29th anniversary [...]

Experiences make us happier than possessions

New research from SFSU suggests that to maximize happiness for your money, you should definitely opt for the vacation, or the concert, or some other non-tangible experience rather than a new car or some other thing. Seems obvious if you think about it all, I suppose.
On the other hand, I’ve also been carrying around in [...]

Jammin’

I like it, but I’ve never been a huge fan of reggae music.  Even so, that some of my most fun travel memories from all over the world have had Bob Marley for a soundtrack has not escaped my attention.  Last weekend I found myself in Jamaica with the bachelor party gang.  By the way, [...]

Ireland

Thanks to everyone who was cheering for Jane Rivar (and me backing her up) at the Song of Peace Contest in Tipperary Town, Ireland this past weekend. We’ve been having a great time, and our performance was really fun and touched a lot of people. We took fourth in the contest. The [...]