I am sitting here in Fargo and it is rainy and cold. It is very similar to my past weekend up at Snowbird. As we drove up the canyon over the weekend to enjoy the second to last weekend of the Oktoberfest celebration, we were a little excited with the anticipation of hiking back into …
Category Archive: Miscelleneous Ramblings
Oct
06
Sep
28
I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!
I went to dinner last Saturday with an old classmate/roommate that I hadn’t seen for over 20 years. It was interesting catching up and seeing how different we both turned out and how much of our old selves are still there as well. Becky looks the same but has changed and, well, basically grown up. …
Sep
10
Labor Day – Labor of Love
Steve and I just celebrated our 16 year anniversary. Considering our past, this is a great accomplishment. I think it is really a great feat because we have no children. Often children help you stay together through the rough patches but we managed to make it through the rough patches on our own and we …
Aug
20
America’s Greatest Idea
I was watching David Letterman last night and he had on as his guest the documentary film maker Ken Burns. He is probably best known for his WWII documentaries. He has a new documentary coming out at the end of the month on PBS – “The National Parks; America’s Best Idea” It was great to …
Jun
08
Fly As Eagles Fly
I just got home from my nephew Tyler’s Eagle Scout Court Of Honor. Above is the slide show I put together for him. I am very proud of him. So many young men come so close and never achieve this and others don’t even try. Tyler is the first of my nephews on both sides …
Apr
13
Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
I don’t want to throw out too many Youtube videos but this was pretty good. Britains Got Talent: Everyone was pretty much pre-judging Susan Boyle before she even had a chance to open her mouth. Maybe there really is a lesson to be learned here. I too am guilty of jumping too quickly to judgement …
Apr
06
This Is The Place
So I was recently reading some Facebook updates and noticed that there was a little bit of Utah bashing. I am going to hope they are only referring to Utah drivers and not Utah in general. Utah is a pretty great state and a pretty weird state all in one. However, it is a very …
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