When depicted in movies, adventures feature an assortment of fantastic action sequences that would immediately kill the protagonist if ever attempted in real life. Movies do this because physical action is the form of adventure most easily captured by a camera, but it is bullshit, like this staged photo of me in a submarine at a WW2 museum. Real adventures are abstract, psychological journeys better represented by written stories, but which are hampered by privacy requirements, skepticism, memory, and the creative license of the author. They are a series of choices, lessons, and characters you sleep with along your path to a deeper understanding of yourself. So here are some of my stories which I'm finally writing down.