Hello, My Name is Kevin Schwarm
A free spirit's take on work, life, travel, & consumerism

This blog post is referencing the Business Insider article on March 26, 2021, entitled, "Nikki Haley Says Biden Weak on China After He...

An attempt to provide some interesting stories and events from my days of sometimes engaging in reckless behavior. Etiquette can be...

A Recent News Article with Some Commentary: Swiss voters approved a ban on full facial coverings including niqab (veil for the face,...

What a diehard Trump supporter may say now about Trump, the insurrection, and the stolen election. (Plenty of Satire, a dose or two of...

(It's not always about how you start, but to be successful, you have to finish strong.) MICHIGAN VERSUS OHIO STATE A few days ago, in Big...

Four key geographical characteristics influence climate. They include Latitude, Elevation, Topography, and Bodies of Water. My focus in...

Beach Pics & Familiar Stranger, Chuck Chuck I’m often on the beach when the sun decides to call it quits for another day. During that...

Gulf of Mexico Waves Over the years, I’d probably visited Florida's Gulf Coast at least 6 times and during each visit, the Gulf was quite...

Introduction Part of our family has decided to quarantine in Clearwater Beach since December 14th. Coming from Chicago, we’re fortunate...

My brother and sister-in-law are interested in driving from Wisconsin's capital to Florida. Their daughter will be on board, so with...

Two quick articles, one on football and a really good trash talker, the other is politics, I'm not quite sure I know which institution...

Unexpectedly, our glass dining room table broke in our condo in Florida. Because we’re not full-time residents and are new to the area,...

Compiled a list of short articles on my experiences and thoughts of visiting Italy a few years ago with my wife. My goal for this post is...

Just to set the stage, I grew up in the 60s and 70s on a long block filled with kids my age. Without computers or cell phones, one...

Definition: Identity politics is a term that describes a political approach wherein people of a particular religion, race, social...

While painting at home or working in the yard, I typically enjoy the company of the audio nature to keep my mind occupied as I go about...

About one month ago, I had to vacuum our largely white, shaggy rug in our family room using a Dirt Devil. I quickly noticed that...

IMPETUS BEHIND AMENDMENT 4 Desmond Meade, who was convicted of a felony and later earned a law degree after his release became involved...

Athens and Crete Youth hostels were quite inexpensive in Athens so I spent a week deciding how to proceed for the last two months of '82...

Satire (Noun): the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in...