Maybe it's just me but for most of my life I never really stopped to think about heroes. I mean I had all kinds of sports heroes I guess, but I certainly didn't think of these people, athletes, or whomever as heroes. When I was young I enjoyed Saturday morning cartoons and the Super Friends, but that wasn't realistic to me. There were cowboys from TV shows and black and white movies that I wished Continue Reading...
24, Then and Now
Yesterday my oldest son turned 24 years old. I was 24 years old when he was born. So, it got me thinking about how long ago that was, and just how much has happened in that time. It truly seems like a lifetime ago. To my son, I only knew what I knew. I didn't always know what to do. I made a million mistakes. Never has a moment passed that I haven't loved you. I'm as imperfect as I ever was, but Continue Reading...
Draw the line and make the best of it
I sat down to write this piece, or at least get it started no less than five times in the last week, so as to recap the last three weekends of our hockey season. The last three weekends consisted of the Granite State League Playoffs (I was not present), the Mass Select Playoffs, and then Tier II Sectional's (I missed this one also). I will get game sheets for these games, at least I hope to, so Continue Reading...
If you could make anyone in the world stop talking …
This is a re-post/update to a post I did back in November. After having just dealt with a primary here in NH, I thought this might be worth posting again. Seriously, watch and listen to the commercials for these folks. He or she whom markets themselves the best, raises the most money, and positively influences people in a fixed amount of time, they are the ones who get elected. What about the rest Continue Reading...