I am the father of three kids. They are all adults now. As is probably the case with most parents, our parenting style and skills evolved with more kids added to the family. We tried to be as much by the book as possible with our first child. By the third child, we loosened up …
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God Bless Godzilla
I enjoy watching movies. I have passed this love of films on to my children. I have what is probably best described as eclectic taste in movies and I think my children have this as well. My wife called me at work one day when my oldest daughter was about 4 years old. While we …
Watch Your Language
One day when my kids were much younger, my youngest daughter, Mary was arguing with her brother, James, in our kitchen. I don’t remember how old she was but if she was school age, she hadn’t been in school very long. She got mad enough to tell him, “James, you’re an asshole!” My wife was …
Sweet Souls at Elvis Week 2019
Shortly after we arrived at Graceland, I saw a lady talking to three Elvis Tribute Artists. She caught my eye because of the picture of Elvis on the back of her dress ran from the shoulders down to the bottom of the otherwise black, floor length dress. While getting my picture with her I found …
Chicken Sandwich Wars – Phenomenon and Food Review
In the last month, Popeyes Chicken has introduced a new chicken sandwich. The sandwich is so similar to a Chick-fil-A sandwich that Chick-fil-A started a small feud on Twitter. That Twitter war got enough attention that people are flocking to Popeyes for these sandwiches in numbers large enough to create lines around their stores similar …
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To Tell The Truth
My oldest daughter and son were upstairs playing. They were very young. I overheard my daughter in a loud whisper saying to her brother, “Don’t tell mom or dad.” I was going upstairs at the time, so I asked them what they didn’t need to tell me. I quickly saw that a cup from my …
The Baby and The Beau Hunks
Growing up, I watched the Little Rascals and Laurel and Hardy films on TV whenever I could. These movies were made at Hal Roach Studios. Watching them as much as I did, I noticed the same music being used in all the films from this studio. Leroy Shield wrote these song and musical cues. The …
Baseball, BBQ, Furniture, A Fall and A Wallet
This story starts on Thursday, July 11 and there are several things that you need to know going in. Here is a list: I was on vacation from July 8 through July 12. I had taken off because of some of these other things that were happening. My wife started a project of refinishing our …
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Singing Karaoke in China
During one of the meals on my 2006 trip to China, I talked about music to some of the guys that we were visiting. They found out that I write and sing songs. I found out that some of our hosts were into karaoke. They thought that I would enjoy going to a karaoke bar. …
Street Confrontation in Hong Kong
In previous posts, I have talked about my weekend in Hong Kong in 2006. In addition to shopping for a Fake Rolex, I spent this weekend being attacked by monkeys and a handicapped boy. While we were still looking for a fake Rolex vendor, we were standing at an intersection next to the street market. The vendors had …