This Still Cracks Me Up

I am a Genius.  A different kind of Genius, to be sure, but a Genius none the less.  My dog is a Genius as well.  In fact, though his name is Bear, I call him Genius.
He does Genius things all throughout his kingdom.  His kingdom, of course, being the backyard.  A large yard it is. [...]

Honk ‘Em Down

This past weekend, my dad reminded me of a funny saying from my Granny.  Granny has been gone now for 12 years – actually she has been “gone” for more like 15+ years as she had Alzheimer’s for the last several years of her life.
Pre and post Alzheimer’s, Granny was always saying something funny.
On [...]

Video of the Day

It’s been a couple of years since I have heard this song. Something made me think about it today and I found the video online. 
A lot of secular pop, rock and country music lyrics aren’t what I find useful. For some reason, these seem to be…
http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-cagle/26282/what-a-beautiful-day.jhtml

The Gold Chair

I am a sentimental person. Probably to a large fault.  That said, it is who I am, I recognize it, and try to deal with it.  One of the challenges in being sentimental, however, is that I have a hard time letting go.
For example, while I was in college, my parents gave me the “Gold [...]

Water is great, until its not

I just finished reading an article about how the sale of bottled water is declining. Mostly due to people realizing that they can drink from the tap for a whole lot less money.  It appears that during $4+ per gallon gasoline days, $4+ per gallon water is too much as well.
Water is great, until it’s [...]

Election Interest

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/june/17.22.html

Election Year Politics

 
Usually, when the term “election year politics” is used, it is with a negative connotation.  As if politics in non-election years is better.  The underlying theme, though, seems to be that politics is bad.  But is it?
Certainly, many of the participants in the political process – “politicians” – are bad actors. But does that make [...]

Barry Manilow – Still Going After All These Years

I was flipping through the channels this evening and paused on the local PBS station.  Barry Manilow was singing and people in the audience were going wild.  Not just old people, like Barry (he’s 65 this year), but even younger people were dancing and seemed to be having a great time.
Barry doesn’t look 65. [...]

Tornado in an Outhouse

I’m sitting here this evening watching the weather on TV. Tornados are potentially on the ground a few miles away.  I am reminded of a tornado experience several years ago.
My first job out of college was working for the Boy Scouts.  Job #1 with the BSA was to be the Aquatics Director at summer camp.  [...]

Travel

A couple of weeks back, I tried to get home from Green Bay, WI through Chicago O’Hare and St Louis (American’s routing, not mine).  Due to a business need, I ended up needing to delay departure from 0905 on a Friday to after 1200.
I tried to change the departure time. No problem with changing, only [...]