When bottled water first hit the market, I thought it would never sell. After all, only an idiot would pay for something you could get out of the tap.

Well, I was wrong.

According to the International Bottled Water Association, bottled water sales in 2012 totaled $11.8 billion. That was just in 2012. Bottled water has been on the market since the 1980s.

This made me wonder about other items that made no sense on the drawing board, but have succeeded anyway.

The first ...

I miss the days of Velveeta and ripple.

As a younger man, I considered myself a connoisseur of the finer things in life. Used Oldsmobiles, girls who parted their hair like Farrah Fawcett, and the occasional drink.

By occasional, I mean any occasion.

The late ’70’s were about as much like “That ’70s Show” as the ’50’s were like “Happy Days.” However, in the midst of all the manufactured nostalgia, what these two shows portrayed had a grain of truth to it.

We drank ...

Everyone should have a dog. There’s a reason that dogs are called man’s best friend. Unlike people, dogs give much more than they take. A dog only wants your love, attention, a pat on the head and ...

I was bound and determined to find John Moore. It was Christmas Eve 2009. I was new to Facebook and didn’t quite understand exactly how it worked, its potential or what it would one day become. But ...