I work in what I deem a service industry. I do mostly phone tech support and in house web support and design for the company I work for.  This means that all day I talk to friendly folks from all around the country, in Canada and in Europe.  Should be fun, fun right?  Well, normally I don’t mind talking to nice people.  I find that 98% of the people I deal with are what I would consider “regulars”, meaning they call...

  I like to think that I am a pretty masculine kind of guy.  I try to be a good role model to my boys, trying to convey toughness while at the same time exhibiting a tender loving side also.  I think masculinity on a whole has taken a real beating the last few years.  There is no denying that there are more effeminate men on the TV, in movies and in print these days than there have ever been.  I see this as a great thing in some...

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. - Alexandre Dumas quotes (French Novelist and Playwright, 1802-1870) GD Star Ratingloading...

    Austin & I I keep a separate domain, www.ilovecoopers.com with all my family photos.  You might find it funny to take a peek at some of the candid shots I got this year during the “big three” holidays. I Love Coopers     Caelan being funny Adam & Laura GD Star...

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything!  - H. P. Lovecraft GD Star Ratingloading...

  No doubt, now that the holidays are drawing to a close and the new year is upon us, people will begin spewing out their ridiculous new years resolutions.  I hate resolutions.  I feel they are worthless.  I had a boss at a job I worked long ago that actually gave me a piece of advice that I have quoted and used well for many years.  As a manager, you should never set a person up to fail.  That’s what resolutions mean to me,...