Summer… the season when people manage to get away from work, worship the sun, and spend time with family. Sounds like fun. I can’t really say from experience though… at least not in my recent history. I’m not sure I’ve had a real summer vacation for about 3 years. Working for a small(ish) high tech [...]

Well I did it! I beat my personal record. You see, I try to stand all by myself (not holding any thing or leaning on anything either). My current record is around 11 minutes and lately I’ve been in kind of a slump. I’d get 3 or 4 minutes before I would fall back [...]

This past weekend, I (John – the big one) was off renewing my St. John’s Ambulance Standard First Aid. It has been on my list of things to do for years (it is over 15 years since I last took a first-aid course) and becoming a Scouter finally gave me that little extra push I [...]