I just came back from a journey. I adopted Luca, a 100-pound standard poodle, in Palm Springs, California, and drove him back to my home in Dallas. The trip took my co-driver and me 20 hours over two ...

I receive, on any given workday, upwards of 100 or so emails, although receive probably isn't the right word. Rather, they clank into my inbox from all manner of tryhards who "hope this finds you well ...