Esprit de corps: the common spirit existing in the members of a group and inspiring enthusiasm, devotion, and strong regard for the honor of the group.While in high school I was facinated with Drum and Bugle Corps! I really was mesmirized by the finally ...
read more»

A wise pastor once gave me this great definition of grace. Imagine your purposely speeding down I-75 in Chattanooga at 100 mph and the cops pull you over... YOU'RE BUSTED and you deserve it!!! As the cop starts writing the ticket for 35 over, you beg him...
read more»

I remember heading down California US 101 from Lompoc to Ontario for our annual visit to see Dziadzi and Babci ( polish for grandma and grandpa) in the back of a 64 VW bug... we had to leave after dad got of work so by the time we got to theit house it was dark. Now I was about 5 years old and had no concept of distance, just the sporatic signs that lead the way. Now there was one speci...
read more»

if you haven’t figured it out by now, i’m not a great fan of autumn, in fact fall is a four letter word... if it wasn’t for college football, you could skip the next seven  months and go straight to march.. and i started thinking about about it why do i dislike fall so much, and the leaves turning and the cool wisps that whisper thru the trees.. and i figured it....
read more»

As I was out riding at Enterprise Nature Preserve it came upon me that in my younger years, subconciously, I liked hanging around smarter people. In high school I dated the Validvictorian and at San Diego State, I dated the College of Communications...Validvictorian! Now hears the strange thing...Beth, my wif...
read more»

As you know I'm training for the monster mountain bike race called the Black Bear Rampage with my new Trek Wahoo from Scotts Bikes in Cleveland. Well Beth went out of town for the weekend which gave me the leeway to ride...and ride...and ride... Saturday was the best day! I went and attempted the trails up raccoon...
read more»

Come on out for a light evening bike ride with I and the friends of Scott's Bikes of Cleveland!We'll meet up at Tuesday July 31st at 6:30 pm at the nature preserve at Volkswagen! For more details..http://scottsbikes.com/about/enterprise-south-this-tuesday-night-pg601.htm   ...
read more»

So today while I’m getting the tune up David wheels out this killer little bike and states to me this is the new generation of fold up bikes... and he proceeds to fold this 6 foot bike into something that can fit into a suitcase... now if you are thinking of looking for a bike you can put int the back seat ...
read more»

I want to be the first to tell you... I just talked to Doug at Scott's bikes in Cleveland and he suggested that I enter the 20 mile mountain bike race Black Bear Rampage up near the Ocoee on Sept 3rd... so now I’ve got to ride about 8 miles a day on either the biology bike trail behind Southern adventist or the tnt trail behind volkswagen... So I’m t...
read more»

I was talking to my sister in law in california and she was talking about how my niece just got accepted into the cal arts music program playing violin... she’s 12... and I asked her how did tampa become a music aficionado... and she stated she started introducing shelly to different kinds of music at the age of...
read more»