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Five years ago Chris and I closed on our first home. We were so proud of our jewel, our palace, our home. We were very detailed in the selection of our home… we thought. This blog is the good, the bad, and the ugly of our home building experience. I want everyone who reads this [...]
[Read more]Babe Ruth was a legend in his lifetime. He played in the major leagues from 1914 with the Boston Red Sox until he retired with the Boston Braves in 1935. His glory years were spent in New York where he helped to win four World Series wearing the navy pinstripes. He is known as a [...]
[Read more]Dogs are the greatest of all pets and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a pup to call mine own. Well, that is not completely true. My parent’s first Doberman Pincher was a few years older than me. Bull was a black and tan male who rode in the back of my [...]
[Read more]Is it coincidence that in the same decade that the President of the United States was a former actor, the Hollywood studios put out many cult classics! In the eighties VHS movie rentals and microwave popcorn became the pop culture norm, and made going to the theater mundane and somewhat boring. No matter what was [...]
[Read more]I have lived a good life up unto this point. I have surpassed my life long goals as a child. I have my pilot’s license and I graduated from college. Yes, I am not rich or famous, I haven’t been to space, and I still can’t spell but my life is good. But those things [...]
[Read more]We all have names, even our pets have names. Growing up on a farm, the rule was never give a name to something that might be on the table later. So I named everything including my pet calf, Red Ribbon. Even at a young age I was ok with mediocrity. If I would have been [...]
[Read more]There is a Dr. Seuss book by the title of Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Early on, I thought it was a threat by my parents alluding to jail time. But that isn’t the case. For me the phrase has come to describe my life to this point. I have been to some amazing places [...]
[Read more]What do a dolphin, platypus, and naked mole rat have in common? You may answer they are all mammals, but the answer I am looking for is intelligent comedy! The term intelligent design is simply a fancy way of saying someone smarter than all of us is out there calling the shots; but goes short [...]
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