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Time flies when you’re having fun… It was 10 years ago, that I posted my very first blog. If you don’t remember it (ha!), here it is: So here we sit, 10 years later, and what has changed? In the … Continued

Sunday fun day. The first ever track meet for my son. He didn’t participate in Track & Field last year at school, but after another solid year of Cross Country in the books back in the Fall, he was asked … Continued

April 20th… 2 weeks since my Mom passed. Now normally, April 20th, or “420”, would be a day to celebrate; this day was supposed to be no different. We had our son’s school’s fund raiser this evening; we were planning … Continued

There are signs everywhere… One of me and my wife’s favorite movie is Fools Rush In; yeah, I know… sappy. I do have to admit, I do like some sappy movies here and there, and this is definitely one of … Continued

Back to life, back to reality… Monday the 15th was my first day back at work. It’s hard enough to come back to work after the weekend. The plan was to take off the week for my son’s Spring Break … Continued

What do I know about earthquakes? Growing up in Chicago, I had zero clue. I think the first exposure to earthquakes was during the A’s-Giants World Series; that was pretty wild. Seeing the part of the Golden Gate bridge collapse… … Continued

Going hand in hand with my current mood, I’m thinking of other times when I’ve been sad, and for the purpose of somewhat getting back to regularly scheduled programming, I go to my teams. Of course, with what has just … Continued

“Oh, Len, come down, and meet at the burial ground. They’ve undid the aerial, tore down the merry-go-round. This world’s all wrong, so let’s go where we belong. Pack up the stereo, meet at the burial ground.” This song came … Continued

You ever sit front row? I have. The first time I remember was a White Sox game, back in 1985. It wasn’t where our seats were, but back in the day, as the game proceeded, and the crowd thinned out, … Continued

“This morning, I woke up… feeling brand new, I jumped up…. feeling my highs and my lows, in my soul, and my goals, just to stop smokin’, and stop drinkin’, and I’ve been thinkin’, I’ve got my reasons, just to … Continued