I had my last cigarette five years ago today. Even now, there are times when I have a craving . And when I do, I remind myself that I am no longer a smoker. That isn’t who I am anymore . Sounds overly simple, doesn’t it? No looking at how…
What’s So Civil about War Anyway?
My good friend, and Civil War era historian, David Connon, will be giving a number of presentations around Iowa, then heading to Milwaukee and Chicago in the next two weeks. I have listened to his presentation of “Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and the Iowa Underground Railroad” before and I came away…
No, I didn’t win Mick Jones’ Guitar
Watch this video on YouTube In 2008, Ben, Zach (neighborhood kid) and I competed for the grand price of Mick Jones’ guitar after the Foreigner concert in Hawaii on New Year’s Eve. We fell short of our goal, but used this experience to become better air-musicians. Great find, Ben! I…
Beggar’s Night, Iowa’s Halloween for Children
Here is a repost from a year ago. Call it laziness, but I like to attribute this to the neighborhood I live in, that has filled out in the last year with new neighbors from out of state. And since they are unaccustomed to the Iowa ways, I wanted to share…
You got to have standards
Just when you finished picking up the dog poop
Best Episode of The Office EVER!
Jar Jar Wars
On the other hand, maybe I’ll skip this year’s Star Wars movie… Watch this video on YouTube
Fetch!
If you think about it, the first person to take a dog’s favorite toy away and throw it as far as they could was probably just being a bully.