View from the other side of the road

Tomorrow morning I start out on a 1130 mile journey to my dad's house. My dad is 75 years old and had some surgery in January. Overall he is in good health but I try to see him as often as I can as I understand our time together is limited. There isn't much to do in the town I grew up in where m...

Well for your sake I hope not but is our economy?   Now this is just food for thought. I am an American, I support our President, I think everyone is trying to do the best they can under the circumstances, but I am beginning to wonder if we are loosing sight of the ultimate goal. Listening to the...

It was television at one time, but now it is not. What am I talking about? Relationship building and the use of Social Media Networking.   One of my favorite shows on television is NCIS. I think one of the reasons I enjoy it so much is the show does a very good job, in my opinion, of developing t...

WE were "Juiced" now our records mean nothing.......is that really true?   No, I am not talking about baseball and baseball players on Steroids...I am talking about the Mortgage Industry and almost Free Money with NO DOCUMENTATION.    Needless to say we have seen major changes in Credit Requireme...

I told you so....how many times when you were a kid did you hear that from your brothers and sisters. Well, if you were anything like me you heard it many times. Even as an adult I have heard more than once.    Yesterday, like many Americans, I watched President Obama's news conference. As you kn...

Say it ain't so Joe! Well this is not about the Chicago Black Socks and Shoeless Joe Jackson. It does involve another famous Chicagoan resident, President Obama.   Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the largest spending package in American History. Depending on who you talk to some believ...

I don't remember how old I was the first time I heard "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink". I am not even sure where it originated, who said first, etc. The good news, or maybe not, this is not about horses....or is it?   What I know about horses would not fill a thimble....

 I am sitting here at my dining room table composing this blog because I am waiting on the gas company. When I signed up for service I was told someone would call me in a few days to schedule connection. A few days later they did and we set a time a week and half out between 8:00am and Noon.   As...

JUST BECAUSE   I don't know about you but growing up in my house this was not an excuse I got away with. I have to say when raising my children I found myself saying the exact things to them my dad said to me.   Last Night President Obama spoke to the nation. I thought for his first news conferen...

Ok guys...it is time to reclaim what is rightfully ours.   On February 9th I will turn 52 years old. Sometimes I think about that an I can't believe it. I don't feel 52 but how is 52 supposed to feel? Anyway, since becoming an adult and leaving home I have seen the roll of men change a great deal...