I was filling my gas tank, when an unexpected memory came bursting into my mind that made me laugh out loud. The woman next to me looked at me funny, then tried to pretend that we weren’t facing each other and standing four feet apart with only a gas pump …
A good friend of mine coaches 16U fast-pitch softball. She asked me to write a letter to my sixteen-year-old self in hopes to give some inspiration to the players as they move forward into a new realm of life. A rite of passage, if you will. To be fair and …
Today marks a special event. It is a combination of a new moon in N. America and a solar eclipse in S. America. Fun! So, what the heck does that mean? The astrologists’ professional opinion is that the new moon is in Cancer. And guess what? Yep, I’m a Cancer …
Have you ever heard the saying, “Have kids, they said. It will be fun, they said?” Let me tell you from firsthand experience—parenting is exhausting. As you may or may not know, I am on my second set of four-pawed kids in my life. This current set are the most …
It was recently brought me attention that I need to add more humor into my blogs. Honestly, since I am quite funny, I realize that yes, I should add more comic relief to the stories you read…but then, I wouldn’t be completely honest, my fine readers. The last few weeks …
Can we take a moment to talk about Greatness? We can? Perfect, because I’d like to explain why greatness isn’t so great. Let’s start with Alexander The Great. What makes him so wonderful? Some might argue he was a military genius, that he conquered country after country and marched across …
Let me start by apologizing, my fine readers, for my short leave of absence. I’ve been out of the country, otherwise known as, California. And while I had a few great ideas to share with you, my visit with old friends threw all my thoughts into jumbled crazy words that …
I had a dream once. And I’m not talking about the one with little fairies pouring hot tar over the dank castle walls onto evil three-eyed aliens who want to teach the village how to dance to techno. It was a dream that seemed as though it had been the …
I haven’t been accepted into the Astrophysics department at University of Chicago yet. As it turns out, first you have to apply. Apparently, they don’t just know that it’s my destiny to receive a Nobel Prize. Second, upon further examination, via the Science Channel, it also turns out that there …
I was raised in a family in which my parents always said, “You can be whatever you want when you grow up.” Do I need to mention that the statement had stipulations? Yes. I think I do. For instance, when I first started my freshman year of college, I …
