Lord of the Castle

It is bitterly cold here in Wichita this morning. 12° but it feels like 5°. Temperatures in the single digits make me laugh. It just sounds funny when I say it. Try it. My son is sleeping in. The coaches are going to wake him up at noon. I am going to wake him up [...]

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Last night, my son dreamed that he pinned a certain kid. For that dream to come to pass, both of them would have to win their first two matches to meet in the semi-finals. They did, The first period ended in a scoreless tie, 0-0. But, it was far from uneventful. There were at least four [...]

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With each round, you can feel the tension starting to build. Every match means that one young man’s dream of a state championship is still alive and the other’s is crushed. We have seen some very heavy favorites stunned in the second round. They grab their heads with both of their hands in disbelief at [...]

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Our mechanic was able to temporarily fix our Super Crew for $40!!! It will cost $200 to fix it permanently. We left our apartment at 6:45 and arrived at the Kansas Coliseum just in time to see the opening ceremony. This year, the Group 5A and Group 6A championships are being held in the same [...]

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I am supposed to leave for Wichita tomorrow morning at 6:00 A.M. with my wife and youngest daughter That will get us to the Kansas Coliseum just in time for the first round of wrestling at 9:00 A.M. Do you remember how glad I was to report that our new Honda was fixed? The ”Check Engine” light came back [...]

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As I was praying for my son this morning, a scene from the movie “Chariots of Fire” popped into my head. He has to see that scene! Since he and his team leave for Wichita tomorrow afternoon, that means that we had to watch it tonight. Since I didn’t want to wake my wife so [...]

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I wrote a few days ago that our Honda was definitely a “night” car. I dropped the car off Friday night at the Honda mechanic so he could finally investigate the “Check Engine” light. Before I bought the car, he thought that the car’s electrical problems might not be a bad computer but in the wiring of [...]

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Last year at this time, I was buying a plane ticket from California to surprise my son at the Kansas state wrestling tournament. This year I will be driving with my wife and my youngest daughter! He won the Regional! I am not making any predictions but… here is what I know. Two weeks ago, my [...]

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Have you ever done anything that was just dumb? Have you ever said “I can’t believe that I just did that!” Well several years ago, in the span of about two weeks, I realized that I said those very words about 5 different times. Then it dawned on me… Why do I keep saying “I can’t [...]

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My wife called me this morning to tell me that she took my son to see the doctor. “Why?” “Because the coach noticed ringworm on his leg and said he had to get clearance from a doctor before he would let him wrestle.” Keep in mind that tomorrow is the Regional tournament. If he wins [...]

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