If there is one things that the kids love, its sleeping on cots! Christmas can be a busy time at my parents house, so we just make room wherever we fit. The real magic of this gathering is just being around family. There is comfort in long talks into the night about the state of … Continue reading “Christmas in KC – 12.22.2011”
I was invited by a friend to join the 8th annual Mopar ride. The ride is memory of Chris “Mopar” Hasty who died in a motorcycle accident in 2004. The ride took the group of around 100 bikes to the accident site. At the site, many performed burnouts and revved our engines loud in remembrance. … Continue reading “8th Annual Mopar Ride”
If there is one thing that this world is not short of, its quick weight loss plans. We are flooded with pictures and video of hard bodied individuals with before and after scenarios. If you can just follow this one plan through, you too can loose 50 pounds and 19 inches across your whole body. … Continue reading “Business Process Re-engineering, A Business’s Quick Weight Loss”
Introduction Computers are becoming a commodity in today’s world. It is becoming more difficult not to have one than it is to have one. Many people have more than one computer available to them, especially when you include the mobile devices that are becoming ubiquitous in our society. Very few of the people who operate … Continue reading “A Look At The Growing Need For Anti-virus Software”
On Thursday night, the day before, I made up my mind and decided what I wanted to do. I had Friday off while the wife and kids had school and work. I had a whole day free and to myself, my job was to make the most of it. I had asked my paddling friends … Continue reading “Mississippi Paddle – 4.6.12”
I sold something on Craigslist last night and had to meet the buyer early this morning at a gas station. Since its a perfect day out and the item was small, I decided to ride my motorcycle. I pushed it out to the street about 6:15 am before I started it. The weather is nice … Continue reading “A Quiet Ride Into Work”
I’m the super happy proud owner of a new Hobie Adventure 16 kayak. Danelle and I took a test paddle last night with Perry of St. Louis Sail & Paddle. He was fantastically patient with us and brought a ton of boats out to the lake for us to try. Now I have a boat … Continue reading “A New Boat”
It was Saturday evening and Danelle came to me quite excited. She had that look in her eye like a kid waiting to go into a candy store. I’m not sure I have ever seen her with that look in her eye before. There was something urgent that she wanted to tell me. She started … Continue reading “Burning Bandit – 12.18.11”
We took a family trip out to the Melvin Price Lock and Dam. It is the 26th lock and dam on the Mississippi river located in Alton, Illinois. Since I’m constantly fascinated with the rivers, I decided that it would be a nice family trip. We needed something to do and they have free tours … Continue reading “Melvin Price Lock and Dam – 11.5.11”
In the days leading up to Halloween, we had to look at costumes. Corvin and I both liked the one below, but ultimately didn’t buy it. I think we looked good. But we were afraid that Lillis would come after us! We had an old piano in our garage and decided that it was time … Continue reading “October – 2011”