Monday, October 13 is Sammy Hagar’s birthday. He’s 67 years young. For his birthday, Sammy has a gift for his fans – releasing a new album this week titled Lite Roast. There’s no new material on the album, but it is an all acoustic album – a first for Sammy. This is not the firstRead more
Baseball may have been my favorite sport growing up, but basketball was a close second. Matter of fact, I probably played and practiced more basketball from first grade through eleventh grade than baseball. Early on, I was fairly tall. This meant in basketball I mostly played the position of forward. A couple of seasons, IRead more
September 12th, 2014. My watch read 6:35am, and it was still dark. It was week three of marathon training and today’s run was supposed to be 17 miles at an 8:34 per mile pace. I ran 15 at the same pace the week before. So, I was cautiously optimistic I could hit today’s goal. ThatRead more
Twenty years ago, on September 23, 1994, The Shawshank Redemption was released into theaters. If you are somehow unfamiliar with the film, here’s the description from Wikipedia: “Adapted from the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, the film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends 19 years in ShawshankRead more
Last night my son and I had a first together. We dug a grave. It wasn’t one of those things you put on your to-do list for raising kids, but it can happen. CJ, our not so beloved Jack Russell died yesterday. He was almost 13. The breeder claimed he was a Jack Russell –Read more
A few years back, our family went to the movies. My wife and daughter wanted to see something that was a tad too girly for us guys. So, my son and I went to see Dinner for Schmucks with Steve Carell. It was was rated PG-13, and he was twelve. I didn’t know anything aboutRead more
I looked to my left into the cab of the pickup truck. I really didn’t expect to see the man sitting in the driver’s seat working on his laptop. I guess that brief surprise caused me to lose my focus. That’s when it hit me, that feeling of “Ugh, not again!” A couple of hoursRead more
Editors note: This is a guest post by Charlee the Dog. It originally appeared in Sept. 2012 on PalmettoStateRunner.com Hi, my name is Charlee, and this is my first ever blog post. Several months ago, I was a lonely, lost dog wandering the countryside. My fortune changed one day when I came upon a groupRead more
In about two weeks, I will embark on my next round of marathon training, as I prepare for the Kiawah Island Marathon in December. I registered for this way back in December when my friend Alan convinced me to take advantage of the super low early bird entry fee. When I first took up running,Read more
My first pet was a gift from my friend Richie. I think we were in second grade. Richie had a boa constrictor, which required live mice for food. Turns out, Richie’s older sisters became too attached to one of the mice. Saving him from a death sentence, Richie passed the little black mouse on toRead more