Co-workers brave my look and dress like me for their Halloween Costumes Each year as Halloween approaches my co-workers begin to get all excited about what costumes we should wear. There is a team theme developed and everyone is expected to participate by wearing a costume for Halloween. Everyone except me. I really don’t get [...]
I celebrated my 53rd birthday this past Monday. And you know there is a reason for the highlight on the word celebrated. I have what many might find weird about how I feel about celebrating one’s birthday. I kind of don’t. And I even find those that make such a BIG deal about theirs to [...]
I’m giving up, or so it seems. I was cleaning out a box today and found some notes I had written for a future blog post on the topic of things I said I would never do, or say, or give up. And here we are in 2010. These are some of the things I [...]
September 20, 2010 – Mt. Bierstadt hike, Colorado Mt. Bierstadt is a Front Range Colorado 14er. It’s elevation is 14,060 feet. It is considered one of the easier Colorado 14ers because of its gradual and well built trail. I was fortunate to be able to return to Colorado this month and hike Mt. Bierstadt with [...]
(It was almost a year ago on my last visit to Colorado that I took the opportunity to “hike” Pikes Peak again, sort of. I descended the 14,110 foot mountain as ascending it was out of the question. I thought it time to put my adventure up here as my visit this year is approaching [...]
It has finally arrived, I’m 50. 50! Twenty-nine for the twenty-first time! Looking at that number is surreal. What comes to your mind when you look at “50″? So what is planned? Well, actually nothing! LOL Kind of pathetic in a way. But on the other hand, I decided not to make the day itself [...]
A friend sent an email today with some pictures in it. They bring back a few memories. And what better time to be a little nostalgic, with just 25 days prior to a half a century worth of memories. At first, I didn’t know what this was. It’s a 45 RPM spindle. It allowed you [...]
