One advantage of a long haul flight is it provides a chance to catch up on some of the latest and greatest movies. These days virtually every carrier offers an In Flight Entertainment (IFE) system build into the seat-backs of…
Did you know there are 43 huge sculpted busts of all the US Presidents (except Obama and Trump) that are rotting away on a random farm in Southern Virginia? Just so happens I was in the area yesterday and found the…
I travel the world for work… I explore the world for fun. My job takes me just about everywhere in the world. I’m the VP of Sales and Marketing for a technology company (we sell crane simulators and other high-end…
My maternal grandmother, Geniece Andrus Smith, passed away a few days ago on June 9. It wasn’t a surprise… but then again there’s always a little shock when you finally hear the news that a loved one has died. As…
Look around… the world has changed quite a bit in the last 25 years. We’ve got computers, smart phones, the Internet… and all sorts of technological conveniences that our parents (and grandparents) never dreamed about. While the conveniences are nice… I contend…
“There’s no reason why the truth should get in the way of a good story”… I think that’s an old saying I once heard from my grandfather as he was talking about Paul H. Dunn. Funny thing is that my…
Last October I made a trip up to my Grandparents house in Idaho. Upon arriving I went downstairs to drop off my bags when I immediately realized something was different. It took just a couple of seconds to detect an…
If you’re hungry and looking for something to eat… you can put down your smart phone and turn off the navigation system in your automobile. You see… just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west……
I’ve always admired those with a good sense of humor. Being able to laugh, and especially being able to laugh at yourself is a remarkable talent that is often overlooked. Not everybody has this talent! Without the ability to laugh,…
There are a lot of weird things you can see on this planet. Sure, there’s some unusual physical and geological attractions (Bryce Canyon and Goblin Valley come to mind) but I’m thinking more about humankind. There’s some weird people on…
In this era of social media people say things they occasionally regret. It’s so easy these days to spout off…. then just revoke everything by deleting your post, comment, or tweet. Isn’t that just an easy cop-out? Say something inflammatory……
I believer that each of us is HARDWIRED at an early age. No… not with everything single trait… but it’s amazing the tendencies we just naturally have so early on. My oldest daughter Abby asks a million questions… just like…
Remember John Edwards… the aspiring politician with the expensive haircut? All politics aside… I had a theory about him… I never posted it… but lets just call it the SCUMBAG THEORY… It goes something like this…. It’s one thing to…
There’s an old riddle… “If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is there to hear it… did it make a sound?” If you Google that riddle, you’ll find a variety of different answers and theories. Some people get…
Funny how we rewrite history in our own minds. Whether it’s in business, or (most often) in our personal lives… I’ve come to believe it’s human nature to remember things differently then they actually were… it’s almost as if our…
Funny how some words have very different meanings to different people. I’m thinking particularly about words like “FRESH” or “LIKE NEW” what do they really mean? My theory is that these words can subconsciously mean different things to us depending…
Yesterday morning Laura and I took the kids down to the Juvenile Diabetes Walkathon at Wheeler farm. We had a good time and it was a lot of fun for the kids. My sister is diabetic and I also have…
Quick lesson my son… You’re only two… I love you with all my heart … and I’m not going to FORCE you to eat your BREAD CRUSTS. Someday you’ll reach manifest destiny with your PBJ’s… for now… I don’t mind…
Over the past week or so… my wife and I have watched 5 of the 6 Rocky movies. Yep… summertime TV is pretty bland… but thanks to Spike TV and our trusty DVR… we’ve had ourselves a ROCKY MOVIE MARATHON….…
Why are politicians always in parades? Seriously… how did the two become connected… and whose idea was it? Does anyone really get excited about seeing a city councilman sitting on the back of a Chrysler Sebring waving to the crowd?…
I love the NBA playoffs… every year Laura and I watch the playoffs… every year our team, the Utah Jazz, get eliminated… and every year we root against the Lakers. One theory I’ve always had is that you can’t be…