If you happen to be a Facebook friend of mine, and have seen my status updates the past three days then you know I’ve been under the weather, suffering (miserably if I may whine some more) from some variation of the Death Flu and / or Plague. Now I will freely admit that I don’t […]
Remembering the week after 9/11
This past weekend marked the tenth anniversary of the utterly devastating terrorist attacks on our country. Retrospectives and remembrances were all over the TV, newspapers and internet — as they should have been. We must never forget that horrible day, or those that lost their lives. But with few exceptions, I saw very little mentioned about the […]
I Wish I’d Spent Less Time With My Children…
I don’t know this for a fact, but I strongly suspect no one has ever laid on their deathbed and thought, “I wish I’d spent less time with my children.” I have been blessed to have two amazing kids, both of whom are about to hit milestone birthdays. On September 11, my son will turn […]
Sometimes…
Sometimes knowing when to STFU is more important than spewing “content”…
Perseverance
In the 1992 Summer Olympics, Great Britain’s world champion sprinter Derek Redmond was favored to medal in the 400 meter sprint. His career had been plagued with injury, including having to withdraw from the 1998 Olympics just seconds before his first heat due to an achilles injury. The 1992 Olympics looked to be his moment. […]
An Open Letter to the World’s Biggest Douchebag
I have this friend that is in a nasty battle with testicular / brain cancer. For seven months this has been going on. A orchiectomy, several rounds of chemo, then a seizure, brain surgery, maybe some radiation thrown in there just for fun. The man has been through hell and back. Yet his positive attitude is […]
