
December 24, 2014
Baby Jesus 2014
Looks like I’ve settled into my ANNUAL blog post schedule. Sigh. Well, it’s been a busy year. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. It’s time for our 7th annual Where’s Baby Jesus? — a Christmas tradition at our house. Here are links to some past years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013. We have quite a […]

September 16, 2014
Whole Lotta Roy
Someone named Roy (who I don’t know) called my number 9 times over 6 days in July 2012. On one of these days, he called 4 times! Even after calling and leaving 6 messages, on his 7th call he throws in an “I love you” at the end. He called 2 more times then never […]


December 21, 2013
Baby Jesus 2013
Wow, it’s December 21st already! Well, you know what it’s time for….yes…..time for our 6th annual Where’s Baby Jesus? — an annual tradition at our house. Here are links to past years: 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. So this year, Collin decided it was time for Baby Jesus to ride donkey back again just like he did in 2008. […]


March 28, 2013
New Facebook App Idea
It’s March 28th in Northeast Ohio. About 150 days into the big chill. Winter’s last gasp. And here is my idea for a new Facebook app. It’s called Newton’s First Law of Spring Break. Sir Isaac Newton radically changed our understanding of the Universe with his Three Laws of Motion. His third law of motion […]

December 5, 2012
Top 10 Misheard Lyrics: Deuce or Douche?
Update December 2012: Springsteen was recently interviewed and says he changed Manfred Mann’s original lyric from “cut loose like a deuce” to “revved up like a deuce” yet admitted the reason the song went to #1 was because people heard “wrapped up like a douche”. This was the one moment in the history of the […]

November 30, 2012
My “Pick 5” Stock Experiment, 6+ Years Later
Over six years ago, I decided to choose 5 companies that I liked and buy their stock. I didn’t spend any time researching the companies I chose. I simply chose companies whose product or service I liked! Here are the companies I chose: Netflix (NFLX) Ebay (EBAY) Comcast (CMCSA) Tivo (TIVO) Google (GOOG) It’s been […]

October 9, 2012
A Birthday Request
Dear Friend, I’m about to turn a year older. And hopefully, a little wiser. I saw this video and learned that almost a billion people on our planet still don’t have access to clean drinking water. Take a look at this short video which kind of brings this “home”. I’d like to do something about this. So this year, I’m giving up […]
July 11, 2012
When Parents HeyTell
I can’t decide if this is pathetic or a clever attempt at communicating with my teenage son.