How to get ahead without really trying. It was late 1980 and the NASA elves were busily assembling the Columbia Space Shuttle. Uncle Ed...

My buddy Dave and I had decided on a trip to some exotic Island Paradise. Kind of a do it yourself, looking for love in all the wrong...

If you have been reading along, this post follows the Birth of a Dream post, and hopefully if I create the right emotional picture it...

Yep, We did it. Built a beautiful wooden sailboat, literally from the ground up. It started with Mark and me, on a cold blustery night in...

Hello 1971 MGB I fell in love with the car and the girl about the same time. I traded in a White ’65 Impala 4 door that my Uncle Ed gave...

This story is not exaggerated, it is just how I remember it. However, in my 9-year-old mind’s eye it gets more frightening with each...

Looks like your typical vacation cottage, quiet, secluded, about to be invaded. The 3 Amigos (that’s us) hauled our sailboat to the...

For starters, I cannot and will not try to compete with my friend Jeff with regard to flirting with famous people. He wins. Hands down. I...

Back in my Carpenter Street neighborhood, boys would dream of being fast. Really fast. Running like the wind fast. There was no future,...

In the mid 80's, I moved to Northern California from Ohio. I thought my way was paved. I would be a successful business manager. One of...

When I was young, Dad made Wine. As I grew older, dad made Wine. It was in his genetic makeup as an Italian-American to make wine. Dad...

When I was an undergrad, I needed an elective. Anything easy and at least moderately amusing. So I picked Philosophy. How tough could it...

Talk about a strange intro, stick around and let's see where this goes. How to make a boring ride Scary. Words done right can be like a...

How you ask? Well, this is another story about my extraordinary Uncle Ed. He worked for Bendix Corp. in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the Gemini...