One summer in college, I went to Los Angeles to spend the week with a few friends. One of them helped open my eyes to the many wonderful uses of peanut butter. I had only believed that you could use peanut butter for sandwiches and crackers until this point. Shawn showed me that it could […]
As a kid, I had a tremendous advantage. My parents had already raised seven kids so they didn’t have much willpower by the time I came around. I didn’t grow up without discipline, but it seems as if they simply gave up trying to maintain an advantage in certain areas of life. One of these […]
My wife and I have had a tradition of traveling for our wedding anniversary. We have had some really great trips, but fell off the wagon the past few years. Since our 15th anniversary is this October, I wanted to resume the fun. Luckily, we have had a very flexible definition of when an anniversary […]
I have a problem. Well, I have a number of problems, but one of them is with my health. Things like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart disease run in my family. That means I have been on medication for my cholesterol for a few years now and have to be careful about what […]
All good relationships have to come to an end. I know this is for the best, but I thought we had another five to 10 years to go before things fell apart. I remember how one word came into my head when we first met – hot. I was unsure at first, but eventually managed […]
One of my biggest problems is that I don’t always learn from my mistakes. Generally this doesn’t affect anyone else, but I inconvenienced the rest of my family on Labor Day when we decided to go out for lunch. Holiday weekend really provide ample opportunity to do whatever you please. We had already put together […]
Every day on my commute, I drive past a farm in northern Maryland. You can’t miss it. It’s the one with all the buffalo. Twin Springs Bison Farm not only serves as the home to the big animals – which really aren’t buffalos, but I like to call them that – but it also has […]
Sometimes, I don’t know what to make of what goes on in this crazy world of ours. Things just keep heading in the wrong direction. This has nothing to do with the economy or pig flu or anything like that. I’m talking about chicken here. Did you hear that KFC has come out with a […]
With a new administration in place in the nation’s capital, we have heard a lot of talk about unity in recent weeks. I hope everyone joins me in trying to make this a reality regardless of what political party you belong to or who you chose on Election Day. And I know just the way […]
We witnessed a very special piece of history on Tuesday with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the Unites States. He spread his message of change and hope and unity in his inaugural address. But I think he needs to know that the most important step toward unity is right under […]