If you’ve ever seen the comedy television show, “Psych,” you know the main character’s father is a police officer who wants his son to be prepared for anything.    He does some pretty crazy things in this comedy police show to teach young Shawn what to do when someone tries to harm him.  It’s not about “if,” but “when.”    In one episode, he tells him how to [...]

Going to southern Florida in March, you’d expect sunshine and good weather, but even with “global warming,” this has been one heck of a cold winter!   My son and a friend went to Florida last week to catch some of the spring training baseball games.  Too bad he didn’t check the weather before he left, because he didn’t pack anything but shorts and got [...]

Many, if not almost all of the handlers that went on the deployment to Haiti from the USA are volunteers, yes even those with the FEMA teams. Some of the handlers are full time firefighters. Most are volunteers who put their own personal life on hold to answer the call.

My daughter is one of those kids for whom it is always difficult to buy a gift. I say “kid,” but she is 23 years old, a Flair Bartender (think Tom Cruise in “Cocktail”) and a Paramedic. She has been self-supporting for years and as a single working woman, has the luxury of being able to buy, what she wants [...]