1. Movie I watched… We watched the movie Air, the movie about Nike’s surprising deal that made bringing Michael Jordan onboard possible. It chronicles Sonny Vaccaro’s (played by Matt Damon) relentless and creative pursuit to do something unheard of in the shoe industry. It told a story that I had known about, but never really…
It’s been my experience that when purchasing knock-offs, you seldom get a product that is as good as the original. I’ve made the mistake before, buying a knock-off to save time or money, thinking I would get something just as good as the original, only to realize that it was not even close to the…
1. Significant event that happened this week… My son, Kyle, graduated last night from Aurora High School. He is the last of our six kids, so it is pretty significant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude (not bad for a kid who doesn’t care much for school). It’s been quite a past two weeks, with awards…
My son, Kyle, just graduated from high school. As we sat through different awards ceremonies, slideshows, senior events, and graduation itself, I could not help but look out over the group of seniors and be almost overwhelmed with that pool of potential. Two words that seemed to come up over and over at each event…
1. Happy Mother’s Day… Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there! A few history tidbits… President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, signed a bill designating the second Sunday in May as a legal holiday to be called “Mother’s Day,” which was dedicated “to the best mother in the world, your mother.” Anna Jarvis, the founder of…
Do you have some great ideas? Do you sometimes see yourself doing something different with your life? Do you daydream about going certain places, buying certain things, or meeting certain people? What is it that keeps us from bridging that gap between dreaming about these things and actually going out and doing them? Our brains…
Nearly 50 million Americans ages 12 and older used drugs in the past month. Roughly 65% of young men (and 18% of young women) have reported watching pornography at least once a week, and an estimated 40 million Americans visit porn sites regularly. Over 16.5 million Americans have a shopping addiction. Up to 80% of…
1. Great gift I got… I had a birthday a couple of weeks ago and got some pretty cool gifts. Here is one of the coolest… The Thinker statue. We had one in our house growing up, and there is something about it that resonates with me. As humans, we tend to act without thinking…