Consistently Inconsistent
Goddammit!!!! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry after one of my most recent outings. I’ve been playing rather well lately, shooting in the low 80s for the last several rounds. My ball striking is also decent with straight drives and crispy iron shots. Even putting seems like I’m using the correct end of…
The Egg, the Fire Department and the Internet
I am a griller. Always have been. And, up until recently, I’ve been a loyal user of Weber grills. Then came the egg… I stumbled across an ad for the Big Green Egg one day while browsing an online grilling forum. Naturally curious, I started researching what this strange device was all about and was…
Where the %#$@ Have I Been?
OK so it’s been a very long time since my last blog here and I’m truly sorry (mostly to myself) for the long hiatus. In my defense, a couple of big things have happened since I last posted. You may recall that I wrote a piece last year about our real estate saga and chronicled…
A Dessert for the Record Books
Baked goods are a rarity in my house. My wife is an excellent cook but bakes very infrequently. Maybe twice a year we get some kind of delicious dessert – cake, cookies, and, my favorite, brownies. A few weeks ago we decided we needed a good dessert to offset a mediocre dinner, so my…
Rage in the Machine
In honor of my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, here’s a piece I wrote about driving there a few years ago. Seems nothing has changed… Why is it that when some people get behind the wheel of a car, their brain turns to mush, their decision making skills go out the window and…
The Unicorn – A Real Estate Saga
I was born in a little town in northern Wisconsin that’s literally surrounded by thousands of small glacier formed lakes. The first place I ever came home to was my grandparents’ small cabin on Stearns Lake. I spent at least one week (usually many more) there every summer until I left for college. The…
A Big Pain in the Ass
I’ve always loved pedal powered things. Whether it was my first Big Wheel, my orange Huffy two wheeler with the banana seat, or all of the other numerous bicycles I’ve gone through over the years, I’ve always felt at home atop a bike. I even worked in the bicycle business for a good portion…
Furry Little People
We have dogs. Two of them. A yellow lab and a golden retriever. They’re dogs. Keep saying that over and over again. Dogs. So why, then, do we think of them as furry little people that live with us in our house? We certainly treat them like people. We talk to them. Buy them…
Vacation Golf
I love vacation golf. It’s relaxing, low stress, more fun, and best of all, different from every day golf. Vacation golf is always played in good weather, in an interesting locale, on a new course, with different players. So why, with all of those added variables, do I always seem to play better on vacation?…
2 Weeks at the Lake
This is a piece I wrote a few years ago about summer road tripping and fun at a lake cottage. It’s that time of year again, so I thought I’d repost it. Enjoy! We are currently on vacation at a rental house on Hayden Lake in North Idaho. Being out here in the…