Mack's Corner

Big Bird I was at the Make-A-Wish office a few years ago fixing one of their computers and they asked me if I could find a home for Big Bird. They had used BB to grant a wish, but he/she (whatever Big Bird is) was a little scratched up and they couldn't use him again. So I said sure, I'll find him a  home. Well, it turns out that Big Bird is really BIG, life sized, as big as me. So I put him in the passenger seat, put his seat belt on and drove off looking to see if... Read More

"In the weeds" Valentine's Day, it can be lots of fun or lots of stress, especially if you forget. I hated Valentine's Day growing up because we always had to get those little valentines for every kid in the class. Teachers thought it was cute, but giving a valentine to some kid that wanted to fight every day at recess didn't seem right to me. Then there was always some girl that thought you were in love with her, maybe my mom was in love with her, she wrote all... Read More

Truck Rocking Somebody was telling me about their mom, who lives up north somewhere, having a snow drift at the bottom of her driveway, made by the snow plow. She started backing down, thinking she could jump it or something and ended up with her car parked on top of it and the back wheels up in the air. That reminded of something stupid that I did once. I was working at a Young Life camp in Colorado for a month as a work crew boss. The camp is pretty high up on a mountain. After... Read More

Isn't it ironic Sometimes everything I do is ironic. My wife had a bunch of her friends, 30 people, over for dinner so I asked a few of my friends over to help. We worked hard, cooked, served food, washed dishes, scrubbed pans. We had a great time, way more fun than the people who came for dinner. I was working outside in the rain, thinking I was going to be wet all day, I hate being wet. When I finished I was covered with mud. I looked like a 16 year old with a new 4 wheel... Read More