In the year of our Lord, two-thousand and one, a young, moderately energetic, marginally idealistic, undeniably handsome young man (me, obviously) graduated…

Remember in middle school and high school when the guidance counselor made you take one of those personality quizzes that supposedly identified where your career interests may lie? Answer questions one way and you were destined…

Grandpa Bob’s annual childhood vacations started at 4:30 in the morning…

There are no shortage of towns and individuals who lay claim to the founding of Decoration Day, or Memorial Day as it is now known, and frankly I have no insight into which claim is better than the others. But, I have lived in…

In my previous blog entry I mentioned that I planned to write another post this weekend, as I was “bachelor-padding it up.” Little did I suspect…