I’ve had an interest in writing since my elemenetary school days.  This is how my life as a writer has evolved throughout the years. The Early Years I was selected to attend a Young Writer’s Conference in sixth grade.  The conference was geared to 4th through 6th grades, and since I wasn’t selected in 4th [...]

I did learn three things watching the National Championship game last night. Brent Musburger likes to use the phrase Honey Badger more than I like to eat Beef Jerky (trust me on this one…I am a big fan of beef jerky) No one outside of Alabama or Louisiana really even wanted to see these two [...]

Professional football – Wild Card Weekend This weekend, all of the home teams in the NFL playoffs won.  One game went to overtime with the new rules, but a quick touchdown made those new rules mute.  What did we learn from these games?  Well actually a lot.  First, apparently Tim Tebow can throw the ball.  [...]

Joran Van der Sloot is expected to plead guilty to charges of murder today.  He faces as much as 30 years in prison for the death of Stephany Flores. This means that Van der Sloot, still just 24, will be released before he turns 55.  Depending on the leniency of the judge, perhaps long before then.  This [...]

Here we are 5 days into the New Year. I’m still struggling with hangover #1 for the year. This New Year I had the joy of discovering a new scotch. I actually discovered scotch last fall on a business trip, but have been “acquiring” the taste for it. I now have fully bought and paid [...]

It was an interesting night in my home state of Iowa last night.  In the Republican caucus, Mitt Romney eked out an eight vote win over Rick Santorum.  The order of finish was: Romney Santorum Paul Gingrich Perry Bachmann Huntsman Cain I correctly predicted the 1-6 order of finish yesterday on another site of mine, Donkey [...]

First we will start in the NFL, where the last of the playoff spots were sorted out. We learned a couple of things in the NFL this weekend. Terence Newman is even worse than most Cowboys fans in my office thought. I have heard complaints about his lack of ability to cover himself with coat [...]