Almost Busted in Three Kings
Some stories are fun to share and others simply need to be told. This one is the latter. Am I proud of it? I’ll let you decide. Let’s unpack this one… It was 1982 and…
New Cleats Does Not Make You a Better Golfer
I started late in life learning the ever-frustrating game of golf. Some kids learn it very early and by high school are performing in leagues and mastering the most basic skills of the game. I…
Flippers and Stilts
My dad volunteered for an unusual mission when I was a teenager. His childhood friend, Chuck, and he belonged to a group of divers that retrieved bodies from boating accidents at Cedar Lake, Indiana. Chuck…
Caught Smoking
Like any curious teenager, I took up smoking, in a classic scene, three young boys walking down an empty railroad track in the wintertime. Literally, on a dare I took my first puff (menthol) and…
The Bad News About Butch
Sensing danger is a survival skill. If you have it, you may live long. If not, well… I guess you aren’t reading this. Years ago before we were married, Carrie and I went to a…
Super Glue and Eye Drops
Here’s some good advice, never store these together. The consequences could be disastrous… or could they? I met a girl through a friend of a friend. I’m halfway to Kevin Bacon on this one, an…
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…