If you are sending your teenage boy to a personal trainer /strength coach and the coach is having your kid perform "gimmicky" exer...

I was thinking about my father today. He passed away last June at age ninety-one. When he was dying, he said to me over and over, "This...

I was just outside with my puppy, Tank and his Uncle, Rebel and I was thinking that today sure was strange. It was just a weird day.  Today ...

Thanksgiving was always a cool holiday in my house growing up. My favorite Uncle, Uncle Mike, my mother's brother, would come to visit w...

Going solo.  Going on my own.  A long time ago I learned to look over a situation before opening my mouth.  Walking alone.  Covered in emoti...

Oh, man. My buddy Steve has a Black Labrador puppy that he wants me to get. It's Rebel's nephew. Oh, man.  But do I want a puppy? Oh...

It seems that all I ever do is yearn for days gone by, or rather the way it was in the "old days". I guess that one would call tha...

I went to the beach over Labor Day weekend with my 12 year old son, Max. We usually sneak away together once a summer. The wife has to work ...

There are some poor people out there. It really sucks to be poor.  I have to admit that I have been amazingly poor before.When I was a stude...