I was driving home from work this afternoon, following behind a large truck heavily loaded with firewood.  It was already cut into fireplace lengths, but not split.  We were on a highway, so we were driving about 55mph.  There was one vehicle between that truck and my car, and I was nervous about how closely [...]

My nephew has come to visit us for the weekend. I haven’t seen him in months, and I’m glad he came. I picked him up from the bus station last night around 9pm and we got home about 10pm. He slept in late this morning, but we had a nice visit before lunch. My honey [...]

I travel quite a bit.  So I’ve been thinking about getting an Airline Miles Credit Card that gives me airline miles on it as rewards.  The airlinecreditcardrewards.com website reviews and compares the three most popular airline miles cards and gives you the opportunity to apply for them from within their site.  So I’ll be checking out the cards [...]

Every time I turn on the news I’m hearing about the amazing hostage recovery operation that occurred in Columbia.  The details of the covert operation, infiltration of the organization that held the hostages and how the operation went down are simply amazing!  I was surprised to learn that some of the hostages had been held [...]

My girlfriend Cindy and I grew up together on the same block.  We went through elementary, junior high and high school together.  We double dated when our parents first started letting us double date.  We were each others “maids/matrons of honor” at each other’s weddings.  So I was very sad when she moved to Minnesota [...]