The time between birth and death is what we have, however long or short.  How we spend that time and what we do with that time defines us. It defines us differently to different people. The hero of a revolution is a dastardly traitor to those displaced by said revolution.  As we get older, the reminders of our own personal, inescapable, mortality become more frequent and more intrusive. An old injury that starts hurting again...

The summer of 1993 was a wonderful time for me. Having finished high school the year before this was the first real summer spent knowing I did not have to go back to school if I didn’t want to. I worked almost my entire high school career so working my job was no big deal. It would have been just another part of life had it not been for the friends I made at my job. One friend in particular made my job almost magical. I will be the first...

I think part of southern living is to love professional wrestling.  As a kid my mother was a huge fan of wrestling and often went out to matches and had a lot of pictures and autographs.  I wasn’t really into the sport but my brother was.  He and my nephews still enjoy it.  The news today that a pretty popular former pro wrestler that I had met several times really saddened me. Iin honer of my Mom and Brother I wanted to post a...

    I am not just a computer geek but I am a geek on many levels. I am a beer geek, a music geek, a high-definition geek, a book geek, and I finally a movie geek. Lately I have been admiring the folks that bring the movies I love to life.   The great Sidney Lumet’s passing  made me realize how these films and the men that made them affected my life. I decided to make a list, not of the world’s most influential directors, but...

    I have never liked my name.  It’s always been a source of angst for me.  My true first name is Richard which, much to the amusement of many is often interpreted as DICK.  My wife asked me the other day how the name Dick came to be used in place of Richard, so I had to look it up.  Here is what I found.     The name Richard is very old. Old English had Richeard, from Ric (ruler) and heard (hard); French had Richart, and Old...

   Well, it’s my birthday on November the 13th.  I always find myself looking to the past when my birthday rolls around. I was born in 1973. I personally have never really looked into the events of my birth year so I thought I would research a bit and share my findings.  Turns out it was a rather amazing year and not just because I was born.  Here is the list of factoids I discovered. Some of my favorite movies were released in...