My dad goes to power shows, and one of his absolute favorite parts is the ropemakers. My father could watch a rope being made for hours. And once, when I was but a boy, my father got it in his head that he too could make a rope. This is that story. I don't remember my father making the ...
I will always take a late night adventure over an early morning exploration. This expands in all aspects of my life, from running to writing, I’m up late. For so much of my life it was frowned upon to be a night owl, especially in school, don’t get me started on that. Being a member of ...
On May 22, I got done with my first full year of college. I was happy, excited, and looking forward to a fruitful summer. Sitting here in mid to late July I’m realizing my time is drying up. I feel like I’ve done so much yet so little. That’s a cliché I feel like anybody older than me ...
It is extremely apparent that one of the things that I inherited from my parents is the predilection to go in waves of things. Today I'm all about this over here, and next week I'm all about that over there, it comes, it goes, it happens. So, about a month or two ago late at night, half ...
Well, here it is, the 50th Magic Mike column. Fifty stories, fifty rants, fifty late nights, thousands of words, one book, and one award. What started as a joke column name has turned into something astounding. Nothing I could have imagined. Writing this column is different than writing ...
Every year I like to look back and reflect, this year is no different. Starting college was definitely the biggest addition to my life. I have met so many new friends and teammates. Being involved in the band and track and cross country teams changed my perspectives in both activities. The ...
A little boy goes outside on a beautiful summer day with his bat and ball. He pounds his bat on the ground and says to himself, "Now coming to bat is the greatest hitter in baseball." With that statement, he throws the ball up in the air and when it comes down, he takes a mighty swing, but ...
The internet is truly an amazing, marvelous, strange thing. The capacities of the internet are boundless. Something the invention of the internet revolutionized was pen pals. Instead of throwing a stamp on your letter to your buddy in fluflekistan, ya just click a button. When used ...
Week to week as I write my various articles I always find some element of our community that I have no knowledge of. Being nineteen years old, I accept the fact I simply haven’t lived enough years to know everything about the place that I call home, but it still drives me crazy. Being a ...
As I sit here typing, it's before the 4th of July, but will be in the paper after the 4th. But I think it's still necessary and worthy of print. I think of the great fun the 4th of July brings each year. My second daughter was born this day at 9:30 in the evening. The doctor told us we have ...