Silas Marlow is 57, makes his living restoring vintage typewriters out of a cinder block workshop behind his bungalow in west Asheville. His biggest flaw is that he’s carried a grudge against casual socializing ever since his wife left him for a 28-year-old SaaS sales rep eight years prior, going so far as to lie … Read more
Our eyes may lie to us more often than we think. Optical illusions are seen in everyday life. Viral Strange will list some pictures that really need a second look. Our eyes may lie to us more often than we think. Optical illusions are seen in everyday life. Viral Strange will list some pictures that … Read more
Understanding Women Starts With Paying Attention For years, conversations about dating and relationships have been filled with myths, confusion, and overcomplicated advice. Some men act like women are impossible to understand, while others pretend there is some secret formula to attraction. The reality is much simpler than that. Women are not mysterious creatures from another … Read more
Our eyes may lie to us more often than we think. Optical illusions are seen in everyday life. Viral Strange will list some pictures that really need a second look. Our eyes may lie to us more often than we think. Optical illusions are seen in everyday life. Viral Strange will list some pictures that … Read more
Elias Voss, 59, has restored over 1,200 vintage fishing reels out of his clapboard garage shop in coastal Oregon since his wife left him for a traveling surf instructor eight years prior. He’s the kind of guy who never says no when the local PTA asks him to run the crab leg station at the … Read more
Rico Marquez, 52, ran a vintage fishing reel repair shop out of a 200-square-foot nook on Astoria’s boardwalk, the air always thick with machine oil and salt, walls lined with dented Penns and Shakespeare reels people dragged in from attics, garage sales, even shipwreck salvage. Eight years prior, his wife packed a duffel and left … Read more
Rafe Sorenson, 53, retired U.S. Forest Service hotshot crew lead, sits hunched over a grease-stained paper plate at the Bend VFW’s Taco Tuesday, wiping sour cream off his calloused knuckles with a scratchy napkin. He’s only here because his back has been too sore to split wood all afternoon, and the tacos are three bucks … Read more
Rafe Mendez, 52, retired smokejumper turned backcountry firewood delivery owner, had already tucked his keys in his pocket three times in the last 20 minutes, ready to bolt the county end-of-summer barn dance before anyone could corner him into small talk about fire season or his ex-wife. He’d only shown up because his old jump … Read more
Moe Rainer is 52, makes his living restoring vintage campers and travel trailers out of a cinder-block barn 10 miles outside of Marion, North Carolina. He’s got a scar slicing across his left eyebrow from a 2019 accident with a rusted awning spring, and his worst flaw is that he’s spent the seven years since … Read more
