This weekend my son Josh turns 30 years old. He's the middle of my 3 kids and has grown up to be a fine young adult. I was 25 when when he was born and 5 years ago when he turned 25, I created a post on an old blog that I'm going to recreate today: Once upon a...
I have some very mixed feelings about this. I like the places that offer a free no-obligation meal or desert to veterans as a salute and thank you. I detest the places that slap a veterans day sale on their latest promotion. Really, what does a mattress sale have to...
Today is voting day in the United States of America. No matter what you think or believe about the state of politics these days, you have an opportunity to vote. Problem is, not enough people will vote today. Even worse is the lack of simple knowledge about the whole...
I know, I know it's Halloween and Scary Stuff is supposed to happen. But this post isn't about Halloween. It's about life in general and our attitudes. It's easy to have a negative attitude when we see things that aren't going well. And it's also easy to rant and...
A friend of mine, Andie is her name, recently started her own company after bouncing around at a few different positions the last few years. When we first met, we both had been with our employers for a number of years and then ventured out to try new things. Andie...
Save the date: Saturday October 25th I, along with the help of several others are organizing a Leaf Raking Project that morning for a few hours in a Fort Wayne neighborhood in the 46805 zip code. We will gather at Klug Park and spread out in teams in the Frances...
It was 6 years ago that I wrote this on one of my original blogs and it still applies: One thing you have to do is learn the language that your partner speaks. My wife and I both speak English, but it goes deeper than that. When she says, "The trash in the kitchen...
It's Tuesday evening as I sit at my laptop writing about the cat that almost wasn't. The cat is the 3rd cat that my wife and I have had over the past 13 years. His name is Napoleon. We got him a couple houses ago, around 2004 or 2005 from the animal shelter. He was...
Framily is a made up word that was used by Sprint in their cell phone ads. It's Friends and Family. Or maybe Friends that are as close as Family. I like that better. Do you have a best friend? Do you have a best parent? How about a best sibling, cousin, or...