Stutter Thy Not
I like when life teaches me a lesson. It’s even better when I learn it from someone I know, someone I love. Here’s a little story that I think is worth the read. For a…
No Longer On Top of the Food Chain
Like so many times in my life, I suddenly found myself out of work and looking for another job. It wasn’t that I was a bad employee, quite the opposite. I was a hard worker…
Afraid for Your Birthday
Here’s another river story with nothing to do with boats or rivers. This story is about a man afraid of his birthday. It took place at a Super Bowl party at my neighbor’s house. The…
Dangerous Road Tricks & Bad Decisions
Growing up in Indiana was fun. But the hardest thing to do before we were old enough, was how to secure beer for the upcoming Friday night. Fortunately, we were quite clever and adaptive. There…
Competitive Blood Donors
I bet you didn’t know this about me. I once was a competitive blood donor. Let’s unpack this one together… O-Negative. That’s my blood type. In the blood business that kind of makes me a…
The Whittaker 2000 Video Game
We have had a few garage sales over the years. I remember once selling some of my albums and somehow my copy of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (picture disc nonetheless) got in the…
Uncle Johnny Makes a Few Bucks
I got cousins out there somewhere in the wild that may or may not know this story. But it has to be told. My Uncle Johnny made a few dollars on my dad. I’m not…
Have You Ever Been Afraid of a Six Year Old?
Have you ever been afraid of a six year old boy? I have. It was a Saturday morning of shopping and hopefully a nice lunch out. We found ourselves in Schaumburg, Illinois in and around…
The Day My Wife Was Born
Many people don’t believe me when I tell them that I knew what I was doing the day my wife, Carrie, was born, but I do. Here’s a studio photo of me at 13 months.…
Biking Indoors is Never Good Insurance
In 1987 my wife and I lived in Hartford, Connecticut, next door neighbors to Mark Twain to be exact. Well, not actually Mark, but his New England home was just east of us on Farmington…