Lessons from being a Dad

My son turned 21 months old earlier this week and in the past 21 months I have really enjoyed growing into a Dad. Some of the things I have learned: I can make song lyrics kid appropriate in mid sing along (Leroy Brown is the baddest man in the whole damn darn dang dog town) even … Read more

Playing in the snow…

We took Landon out to play in the snow. He loved standing on top of the snow piles. He even helped shovel the driveway. Help I cant see! We even built him a snow slide.

Digging Out

Here are some photos of me digging out my driveway. Someone left their BMW parked in front of my house (and in the middle of the street). I wonder if Finders-Keepers are in effect during a blizzard? That is an 8 foot pile of snow. There is a three foot deep ditch behind my mailbox. … Read more

Our Blizzard

We are in middle of the first blizzard in Mid Missouri since 1982.  At that time I was 2 and my wife was -3.  So this is the first blizzard either one of us can remember. I was getting cabin fever from being inside for five hours so I decided to go out side and … Read more

Please Steal Me!

This time of the year I am getting dozens of pieces of mail  that is full of personally identifiable information so I can figure out how much money I owe Uncle Sam.  Yesterday my local credit union won my “Did they really just do that” stupidity award of the year with this sticker stuck on … Read more

Force Facebook To Use SSL

If you have a Facebook account you should really take a minute next time you log in and activate Secure browsing. Enabling it is extremely easy:  Log into your Facebook account and then go to  Account > Account Settings > Account Security > Change > Click the “Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) whenever … Read more

Beyond Belief by Josh Hamilton

                         Beyond Belief is my second of twenty books I am trying to read this year.  I really thought this book was going to be more of a “Coming to Jesus” book and less of a true biography. I was wrong and am glad I was. This book deals with in details a lot of … Read more