I am not sure, but I think the universe is actively seeking to get me to commit to buying a new car. This pains me as I love the car I have - a paid off 2004 Hyundai Tiburon with less than 75,000 miles on it. But lately, the love I have for my Tiburon seems more [...]
Tag: cheyenne
Brittany is the new Ryan.
Cheyenne is in love. Ah yes - young love - there is nothing quite like it. There is an obliviousness to young love. It allows one to overlook so much. The object of Cheyenne's affection...well, it is the Nissan Maxima. The dealership gave me a new 2011 Maxima as a loaner while my car was in the [...]
Left up to individual interpretation…
At a house on the corner of 11th Avenue and Sheyenne Street in West Fargo there is a large snowman whose face looks upward and whose branch arms extend toward the sky in the front yard. The snowman is on the daily route to Cheyenne's school. We have been seeing him there for a number [...]
Parents of teenagers don’t chug.
Parents of teenagers don't chug - or so says Cheyenne, self-appointed arbiter of appropriate parental behavior as it applies to teens. Alas, I have been a fan of The Eagles for years and as such, I love chugging all night...or at least I love the song that espouses it. So I have it on my [...]
Taking Betty White’s name in vain…
In an effort to build strong relationships and to reinforce lessons on leadership in my Disaster Response class, I do a series of "tag" sessions where each student answers a simple question that tells the class something about who they are, how they see themself or what they believe. After a student answers a question they call [...]
“FLOTUS”
I received an email the other day from Barack. The subject line read, "FLOTUS" - which caused me to say, "What the hell is that?" I am, after all, in a field that is fairly acronym savvy so I consider myself to be quite sharp as it applies to de-acronyming things, but FLOTUS??!! WTF? Now, [...]
WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS!
Cheyenne informed me in passing the other day that she has taken to reading some of my blog entries. She said, "I thought they would be stupid, but they're not...they're funny." WHOA! BACK UP THE BUS! Was that an off-handed compliment from my 12 year old? Did I have a break with reality? Was I abducted [...]
THE NEW FORTY 