A flooring contractor. Probably tile specialist. I hear that job is hard on the body. So, had I passed the man in Home Depot, I may have taken him for such a worker, with his knee brace and tennis elbow strap on his forearm – had I even noticed him at all. His stringy,Read more
So tell me what I said I’d never do Tell me what I said I’d never say Read me off a list of the things I used to not like but now I think are OK -“Do It Anyway,” Ben Folds Five Growing up in Taylors, South Carolina during the late ’70’s and early ’80’sRead more
Ah spring…more like Ah-choo! spring. The older I get, the worse my allergies become. Unfortunately, with the pollen in the air and the weeds growing faster than the grass, it is time for mowing and yard work. I dread it. Funny how things change. Once upon a time, landscaping was a hobby. I even tookRead more
Well, here we are. The Christmas season. For some, a season of joy. The decorating, the shopping, the memories of Christmases past are a real charge. For others, not so much. The decorating, the shopping, the memories of Christmases past can be a real downer for them. Bells will be ringing the sad, sad newsRead more
Sammy Hagar’s birthday was earlier this week. This is part two of my Sammy tribute. To see part one, click here. Sammy Comes to Town In 1996, Sammy and the Van Halen brothers couldn’t get along and Van Hagar came to an end. Ever the hard worker, it wasn’t long before Sammy released a newRead more
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
I was born to run I was born to dream The craziest boy you ever seen I gotta do it my way Or no way at all -“Turn Me Loose”, Loverboy You remember those 12″ round pieces of vinyl with the grooves in them? We called them albums, but technically they were Long Playing recordsRead more
Now that I’m a parent of a sixteen year-old, I shake my head when I think about young Stacia. At 7am, on the first day of school, August 1984, Stacia was the first passenger to board bus 550 for the trip to Northwood Middle School. She was in 6th or 7th grade. That was myRead more
From the “Do you really think about this stuff?” file… REO Speedwagon let me down in 1985. How did such a rockin band of the late seventies/early eighties crash in burn in my personal opinion? They had a #1 hit with Can’t Fight This Feeling. They’d had one #1 before with 1981’s Keep on LovingRead more