On Saturday, Mike vacuumed the lawn. Yes, you read that right. Mike vacuumed the lawn. This caused quite the stir in the neighborhood. I knew it would. When I saw him head out toward the front yard with the shop vac I knew there was a method to his madness (at least in his mind); [...]
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4,748 days trumps 1,000!
This is a big day in our little part of the universe. Can you guess what it is? I know one of your first guesses might be that this blog post is the 1,000th blog post of The New Forty. 1,000 days and 1,000 entries...that is pretty big considering where I started and my initial [...]
Do you remember Sherry Arnold?
Let's talk about Sherry Arnold. Do you remember Sherry? Do you remember the teacher who lived in Sidney, Montana who went out for a run on January 7, 2012 and never came back? Do you remember the story of her kidnapping, murder, and the search for her body? Do you remember the details of the [...]
I am not one in 176 million…
Here's one thing I know for sure - I won't be a mega millionaire tomorrow. I know this because I did not buy a single ticket for tonight's drawing. So I won't be taking the cash option buyout of $462 million ($347 million after taxes). I don't tend to invest a lot of time and energy [...]
You light up my life…
My new favorite thing is motion-sensored lights. They have installed this type of lighting at the Emergency Management Institute (where I was last week). Every time I walked down halls or into rooms where the lights were out the lights turned on. In the halls the sensors picked me up from a few paces away, [...]
Cautionary clothing…
I don't consider myself to be terribly fashion forward. I wear what I like and I hope that I don't look like too much of a goober. You won't find a collection of designer labels in my closet. I have fairly well-defined limits on how much I will pay for clothes, shoes and accessories and [...]
Splashes of happy color…
I have been in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Emergency Management Institute since Sunday evening. I have been here teaching a class for FEMA with my ever-pleasant colleague David McEntire from the University of North Texas. The class was only a two day class so I'll be headed home bright and early tomorrow morning. That means [...]
THE NEW FORTY 