How NOT to succeed in business (and one reason I don’t play Farmville on Facebook)

I grew up on a very small farm. My dad was a bank officer by day, farmer by night. My first paying gig was as a chicken farmer when I was 8 years old. I had 10 hens that I fed and collected their eggs. I decorated egg cartons and sold fresh eggs to all …

“My folks crashed in Roswell and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.”

To really appreciate this story, it helps to know the people involved, especially my father. I will try my best to provide a proper amount of backstory. My father is one of the calmest, laid back, practical people I know. He is not excitable, as evidenced by his willingness to continue to teach me to …

Celebrity Hoarders and other things that should not be seen in High Definition.

So, it appears that Lindsay Lohan is a hoarder. It was on “The Insider,” so it must be true, right? Maybe that’s why she came out of the closet, there was no room left in there! At any rate, my mind immediately turned to the idea of having a special “Celebrity Hoarders” show. As if …

Random happenings and the train wreck that is my thought process.

After much gentle prodding, along with some thinly veiled threats, I’m going to attempt to set up a blog. I have no idea what I’m doing, so wish me luck and be afraid. Very afraid. The thought of being gracefully humorous while trying to figure out the technical end of this is frightening, but is …