Lord of the Castle

You won’t believe what I heard when I got home from work… As you probably know by now, my son is rapidly becoming a very good wrestler; good enough to wrestle in college. And, wrestlers generally have the reputation of being pretty tough… One of the pitfalls of achieving some success in life is the natural human tendency to [...]

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Although we haven’t heard from the Financial Aid Committee concerning our appeal, we made the final decision today. Big A is going to Drexel! We sent in the housing deposit and scheduled vacation time in September for the big trip to New Jersey/Philadelphia. I called the Baker University wrestling coach with the bad news. I [...]

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I didn’t want to go home on the same road that I took to get there. So, instead of taking the safe route (I-35), I chose to take I-44 east… You might ask, “What is so risky about that? It’s an interstate highway?” I forgot to pack the A/C power supply for my laptop so it [...]

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At the beginning of the freestyle season (just a few weeks after his success in the state high school tournament), my son told me that his goal was to finish in the top 8 in the National tournament in Fargo, ND. I didn’t want to squelch his dream…but that is a HUGE goal! I didn’t think [...]

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You probably guessed it… My wife agreed that I should do it… I got off work a few hours early and drove 5 hours to Oklahoma City. How many more times will I be able to spend time with him like this? About 10 minutes before I arrived, my son called me to tell me [...]

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(The post title comes from the theme song of the movie “Back to the Future”) The Junior National Greco-Roman tournament is over. It is VERY old school wrestling… It harkens back to the days when Greece and Rome were the powers in the earth. In this style of wrestling, you can only attack the upper [...]

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I took my son to the Greyhound station ta 6:25 this morning… Last night, he called me on the phone to tell me that he HAD to be in Wichita by 1:00 P.M. Well, Mom and Dad have jobs…with bosses who actually expect them to show up for work every day! …so “Go Greyhound!” Why [...]

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My eyes are very sensitive to light. On marginally sunny days, I am squinting. If I do that for a whole day, I end up with a pretty big headache… I believe that would be called a “tension” headache. With this being the case, sunglasses are a very important piece of equipment. To complicate matters [...]

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Feminism has convinced many women that they could live their best life if they lived it like a man… You think so… Saturday night, I asked my wife if she had planned anything to celebrate. A look of mild horror swept across her face followed by loud, slightly nervous laughter… “We’re going out to eat…we have [...]

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No, this aren’t shots from a National Geographic television show… and they aren’t pictures taken from a recent African safari… These are the birds that live in the trees across the street from our balcony! I originally thought they were eagles, but now I’m not so sure. Off to Johnson County Library… I’m back… It [...]

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