Lord of the Castle

I started seriously looking for a job today. I went on all of the usual job sites (Hot Jobs, Monster, CareerBuilder) and applied to whatever I thought might fit. I then searched for recruiters because I truthfully didn’t find that many jobs that fit my skills. I really don’t like looking for a job. I have [...]

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I called the current owners of the “vacant” property only to discover that it is just closed for the summer. I drove back to City Hall and informed the City Planner of the discovery. He said that it had looked vacant when he drove by it yesterday and since their license to operate a pre-school [...]

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Back in 2006, my wife and I tried to start a pre-school in LA. We went back to school to get the necessary early childhood development credits, wrote out a business plan and made a formal presentation to the pastors of a church. It went very well but the board of elders decided against us. [...]

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My son discovered something unusual… All six members of our family were born on two days. My wife, my son and my second daughter were all born on a Monday. My oldest and youngest daughter and myself were all born on a Friday. I don’t know what the statistical odds are of that happening but [...]

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In just a few short weeks, our youngest daughter will start attending a public high school for the very first time. My son went through this baptism last year. My wife home schooled all four of our children. One day, when our son and our youngest daughter were about 10 and 8 years old, my wife thought [...]

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My son was eliminated from the Junior National Freestyle Tournament yesterday. He finished with a 1-2 record. However, we couldn’t take off for Kansas City until I kept an appointment that I set up two weeks ago. He slept until 10. Coach Gable wasn’t due to to arrive until 1:00 P.M. so we took our time [...]

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My son just won his second match of the Junior National Freestyle Tournament! I can’t tell you how happy I am for him! I drove up here alone so I just went and told a few strangers the good news. I made sure that my son knew that I was right. He does belong here! [...]

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This morning was quite a battle. My son lost his first match. I guess that should be expected. He has been wrestling for  just 7 months and this tournament has 1029 of the best wrestlers from 45 states competing. Almost all of them have been wrestling for most of their life! However, he was really [...]

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I feel for my son. He has been practicing with a club in Missouri and is an accepted member of the club. However, he is attending the national tournament as a member of the Kansas team. He has been somewhat ostracized since no one on the team really knows him. I try to encourage him [...]

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The trip went well. The weather was beautiful. The SuperCrew got 20 MPG and drove very well. Also, I picked up some key parts for the T-Bird in Minnesota and still made it to Fargo. This recent string of emergency car maintenance proved to be a very good thing. I discovered that the SuperCrew was low [...]

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