The Government Can

I haven’t posted in awhile, but I was sent this video and it’s just too damn funny not to post. It’s one of those things that are funny because it’s true … yet sad at the same time when you think about how we got here.

My blog is probably going to get flagged by the [...]

Alone in the Wilderness

So it’s Sunday afternoon and after a long day of hanging out at the beach, I’ve decided to sit down and watch TV. Right now, I’m watching Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls. As he hikes through the Yukon and bites a fresh trout (while it’s alive) out of the river it reminds me of [...]

My Visit to Fort Caroline

Last weekend I took my wife and her family on a trip to Fort Caroline … just a 10 minute drive from our house. Fort Caroline was a French settlement built right on the bank of the St. Johns River during the 1560s. Today the fort sits on the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve a [...]

Jacksonville, Florida Fireworks

Took me awhile to finally put this video together… but I had taken some shots of the July 4 fireworks a couple of weeks ago. The video explains where I am and what’s going on. It’s set to the score from The Patriot… gotta have a colonial classic when viewing fireworks.

Jacksonville, FL Fireworks 2009 from [...]

I woke up this morning unusually cold. I sleep under a pretty heavy comforter and always have the fan running at night. However, this morning when I woke up… my toes were cold and my nose was frozen. What the hell is going on I thought. Look outside my front door, low and behold it’s [...]

New Landscaping

My wife and I spent all weekend redoing our front yard landscaping. Saturday was spent gutting everything, including 5 dead hibiscus plants, while Sunday was spent planting all the new stuff. Normally, people wouldn’t rip up hibiscus plants, but this year we had several hard freezes that just killed them. It looked like a bunch [...]

Boom Goes The Dynamite

Nerves can get to the best of any of us. No matter how prepared you are for something, being cast into a live filming session or tv show has to rank up there for gut wrenching. Best way to calm your nerves before a big speech or performance? Picture the audience naked… or if that [...]