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gratitude Archive

Good Advice Sticks with You

I’ve received a lot of advice in my life. Some good. Some bad. A lot mediocre. When I look back and think about what the best advice I ever got might be, I usually think of my teacher, Ms. Furlong, from high school. She taught my Freshman year World Cultures class and was the coach [...]

Father’s Day – From the other side of the coin

So, yesterday was Father’s Day.  It was my third as a father.  We were at the beach and Mrs. TKD cooked breakfast which included bacon from Hickman’s Meat Market in Rehoboth, DE.  It rocked!  I’d bought it the day before and they actually sliced it for me! After that we went to the Lewes Beach [...]

Road Bike

After two seasons of riding my Rockhopper with slicks, I’m beginning to seriously investigate road bikes.  I spent some time checking out a few lines yesterday afternoon.  I looked a few aluminium and one steel framed bike (Trek, Specialized, and a Jamis).  I was surprised to find that I really liked the steel framed Jamis. [...]

Spring, 2010 Style

And it’s sure been a cold, cold winter And the wind ain’t been blowin’ from the south It’s sure been a cold, cold winter And the light of love is all burned out It sure been a hard, hard winter My feet been draggin’ ‘cross the ground And I hope it’s gonna be a long, [...]

Call me a Curmudgeon – An argument against the Tip Jar

Call me a Curmudgeon.  Go ahead, get it out of your system, cause you’re probably going to disagree with me on this post. The “Tip Jar” has gotten way out of hand.  Everywhere I go, there seems to be a tip jar on the counter.  From Starbucks, to the local pizza joint, to the freakin coffee [...]