This week 02-03-15 “Pork and Pearls” In 2008 we had "Mack's French Laundry hoity toity super fancy dinner", 50 people having dinner, 14 courses, 28 people in the kitchen. It's a strange experience for people who come to an event like this for the first time, they think they are mostly making a donation to the church and having a pretty good dinner for an hour or so. But it was nothing like that. That realization probably comes around the 4th course. You've just had... Read More

This week 01-27-15 I think I'll make a good Cheerleader I got an invitation a few weeks ago to be a Miami Dolphins Cheerleader. I was kinda surprised because I didn't think they had male cheerleaders. I went to their web page but it was all girls, maybe I'm going to be the first? I also thought that maybe they thought I was a girl and I got it by mistake. I know lots of girls that have simi-male names like Bobbie, Billie, Sam (short for Samantha), Willie (short... Read More

This week 01-20-15 Underwear and Boots For almost 20 years we've never had a problem with freezing pipes in our house. In the few places where pipes are exposed I've got those wires that you plug in and wrap around pipes that keep them warmish. And the most important thing we do is always remember to leave water dripping if it's going to be below freezing. We remembered that until 3 weeks ago when it was 14 degrees. I got up about 5am walked in the bathroom and turned on... Read More

This week 01-13-15 The Easy way out I was talking to a friend of mine last week about getting people to be their best. I used to teach Title 1 Math (remedial Math) in Jr High school and I had kids all the time who thought they were stupid. People had told them that all of their lives and so they lived up to it. Turned out most of them were just as smart as anybody else...  One summer a friend of my wife's asked me if I would tutor his daughter in High... Read More