Just a reminder that hit me today... when people are so sure they know all about you .... They are often 100% wrong.

On this Independence day I thought I would share this TV special from years gone by, featuring John Wayne.  I have been hearing one of Wayne's speeches from this at the amusement park for the past several days, but they never share the whole thing.  So here it is: It is especially worthwhile after reading … Continue reading On Independence Day…. →

Today's post is going to be a review of last night's viewing of Pippin at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, MO Usually in a drama or musical you have a hero, a sympathetic hero. Pippin isn't that. He's more of a whiner and complainer. "I'm so special and no one realizes it ... I can't … Continue reading Pippin — A review →

Today is a quick post/video about a home fix.  We have a dehumidifier in the basement. It has either a bucket you empty, or a place where you attach a hose and it goes to the drain. For some reason the place where you attach the hose no longer gets water -- it all goes … Continue reading Home fix-it →

Today's Post is a quick one with lots of pictures.  We have been painting the living room, one wall at a time, for the past few summers. This year we finished the last wall.  That dark burgundy with white trim is now billard table trim and cucumber crush. We also started one wall of the … Continue reading Summer Paint Job →

Monday I had a new biking experience -- one I wasn't trying to have -- someone tried to run me off the road. I was riding eastbound on N.E. Parvin Road, and was somewhere past the fire station when I heard a vehicle come up close behind me, followed by honking and then it swerved … Continue reading Run off the Road →

It wasn't supposed to be my  first triathlon. My arm had been twisted back in 2014 to compete in the triathlon, but then it got canceled due to threat of lightning. Which led to a funny circumstance. This time I was signing up in advance. The disappointment of not getting the change before made me … Continue reading My First Triathlon — Kansas City Corporate Challenge, June 21, 2015 →

Sunday was a new experience for me. As a Baptist by upbringing, this was the first time I had seen the Methodist system in action. Our pastor of nine years, the Rev. Gary Ponder Williams, was appointed to a different church, and we received the Rev. Choongho Kwon as our pastor. Just like everything at … Continue reading A New Era, and new experience for me →

NOTE: Day 2 without power, so doing shorter things instead of the longer ideas I have that require too much multimedia editing. As you can see from the graph below, the All Season Dining experiment is reaching a critical mass. My original idea was to reach the level of $1 per meal. We are at … Continue reading All Season Dining Plan Update →

This is one of those following in the steps of others type blogs. Today we are unplugged -- at home at least. Last night's storm took out power to thousands, and we are still the few, the proud, the powerless (electric, that is). Me, I work remotely sometimes, and so have had to pursue the … Continue reading Unplugged — not by choice →