Personally, 2008 did not go as I planned it. But then I suppose there are lots of investment bankers who could say the same thing. I didn’t spend nearly as much time in the wilderness as I’d like and I investigated but didn’t start my business. But rather than beat myself up for what I …
Yearly Archives: 2008
So Long, Surviorman
As most of the rest of the free world already knew, Les Stroud has announced his retirement from the popular Discovery Channel series Survivorman. For those of you not familiar with Surviorman, Les ventured into various wilderness scenarios with little to no food, water, or equipment to survive for 7 days. He filmed it himself, …
Quotable
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. –Jesus
Quotable
“and this above all, to thine own self be true, and it follows as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Holy Places
A common theme among the world’s religions is the concept of some holy, sacred place. For the Jewish, this would undoubtedly be the Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. For the Muslim, it would be the cities of Mecca and Medina. For the Catholic, maybe it is the Vatican and for the Protestant perhaps …
Recommended: See You in a Hundred Years
See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America Logan Ward, his wife Heather, and son Luther had had it. Living in New York City, jet setting around the world, hours in commuting time lost everyday, they weren’t living. They were merely existing. They chucked it all. They uprooted their family from NYC …
The world has never been the same
Thirtysome years ago today, this couple changed the world. She gave birth to a 6lb 7oz baby boy and the world has never been the same. Thanks mom and dad!
Prebirthday Dinner at Chappy’s on Church
Some friends asked me where I would like to have a birthday dinner. No hesitation… Chappy’s on Church. I’ve been wanting to eat there since I first heard about it. I’m not sure what it is about my palette that loves Creole and Cajun food. Must have had something to do with my trip to …
Common sense rules in state park’s rock harvesting
For some time, the Cumberland Trail State Park and the Cumberland Trail Conference have been battling commercial rock harvesting along the trail, which is a state park. It seems the state did not acquire the mineral rights when acquring the property for the park (a very dumb idea if you ask me). But corporate interests …
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2008 Music City Brewer’s Festival
Saturday, I spent my afternoon at Hilton Park and the Walk of Fame (located between the downtown Nashville Hilton and the Country Music Hall of Fame) for the 7th annual Music City Brewer’s Festival. There were around 40 different breweries there, and while due to the oppressive heat I was unable to be quite the …