Independent Adventurer Gifts

"Mom said I could do my own packing, no strings attached, and then asked if I had remembered my floss."

"Thanks all the same, but I'm heading west."

'She knew we'd try to talk her-out of it.'

Dear Prince - slayed dragon myself.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

Remember how you advised me to get a dangerous hobby to build up my self-esteem and impress people? Well, all the dangerous hobbies were already taken. You wrestle alligators

'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.'

Shoot For The Moon

“Look! We’re on the naked cam!”

'I'm not sure my heart could take the excitement.'

'I don't think you can claim for this as a substitute car ...'

"It's even more controversial than uber. It's a driverless taxi."

'Quite nice here, when the tide goes out.'

Desert Planet

A man with a rake on a desert island

Three years ago during a special episode of the Ask Sadie™ show, our resident octogenarian asked readers for advice about how she could deal with her midlife crisis. You should try a radical makeover. When I hit midlife, I dyed my hair, got some tattoos, and dropped 75 pounds. My husband barely recognized me when he returned from overseas. He was not happy with my "new self," so I divorced him rather than change who I'd become. It was the best decision I'd made since I cut my thieving mother out

Gwendolyn found herself deep in the Lake district,

Napoleon marches off alone

"We're taking separate vacations this year."

'The reports were right...he's using tools!'

'Pity you never have learned to sail...'

Man in woods sees sign, 'No Trespassing', next to 'Go Ahead - Make Our Day!'

Oh my goodness, you're right - I've only been hiding from myself!

Darlene, you want to go for a walk? Sure. Just a quick one. House of Java .net. Of course. A casual walk. That's it. We'll catch up. Then have drinks, dinner, then fly to Vegas for a quick nuptials. I'm actually mostly kidding. I actually almost missed your persistence.

Desert Island Raking

Solo North pole expedition - 'Bugger!'

Driverless Car

'Well, we made it.'

A woman reads a romance novel.

"To be perfectly frank, I much prefer the solitude of the desert to the busy city life..."

"For my birthday, my parents are giving me a driverless car that's always home by 10."

Voice of GPS: 'Recalculating...'

"I know we just met, but let's go stroll in the rain, kiss passionately, and profess our love in a spontaneous, coordinated dance."

'You will either come down with a strange disease or go to a costume party.'

'I started freelancing because I didn't like working for other people. Of course, they didn't like me working for them either.'