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Stories about playing in the rain.

I sit here sated, tired, happy. I reek of the trinity. Tonight we had what I tried very hard to keep from becoming a party. A party is a collection of people “having a good time” with a purpose. A

  Update, 1/23/2012: These posts get a LOT of hits from folks which is really cool. If you have questions or comments please feel free to post them as a comment below and I’ll do what I can to answer

Update, 1/23/2012: These posts get a LOT of hits from folks which is really cool. If you have questions or comments please feel free to post them as a comment below and I’ll do what I can to answer quickly.

*sigh* Remember in Dear Santa… I mentioned wanting a new knife? For those that (for good reason) don’t read every word that I write here’s the bit relating to the knife: Gerber Lockback Pocket Knife I lost my knife last

Pilots have a rule called “the three strikes rule”. The concept is simple. If you are getting ready to go flying (or already flying for that matter) and three things go wrong then cancel the flight. It doesn’t matter what

Some days in North Carolina you get up and it’s a day like any other day in any other place in the world. There’s work to do, expectations to meet, obligations both personal and professional to attend to and you’re

Dear Santa, It was me. There, are you happy? I did it and I’m sorry. OK? I was twelve and after everybody went to bed I got up and I ate your damn cookies. The cookies were dry so I

I like to cook. Occasionally. Luckily, I’m good at it. Occasionally. See, with me, cooking is about big things. I usually cook for holiday meals and invite folks over or just make a really big pot of something and… invite

From Full Metal Jacket: Pogue Colonel: Marine, what is that button on your body armor? Private Joker: A peace symbol, sir. Pogue Colonel: Where’d you get it? Private Joker: I don’t remember, sir. Pogue Colonel: What is that you’ve got