Category: Events

#Sleep October 22

I often got asked during my tenure in Higher Education for advice on how student or student-athletes could succeed. My top answer surprised people. It wasn’t going to class. It wasn’t going to the...

#Autumn October 13

The month of October as far as weather goes is my favorite month of the year.  A lot has to do with where I live. In Southeastern NC the AUTUMN in October typically means...

#Vows October 12

Today at 5:30 p.m. my son Matthew will get married to his soul mate Hope. He will do that standing on the beach at Oak Island NC in front of family and friends. They...

#Volunteer September 23

Alfred Einstein was a pretty smart man. Many dub him as the most influential physicist of the 20th century. He made many contributions to mankind. He has a quote that I love. “Not everything...

#Honored September 22

On Wednesday Dick Christy and I got invited to attend a special ceremony in Bladen County (NC) conducted by the NC Dept. of Transportation in honor of our friend Mac Campbell Jr. Ask anyone...

#Views September 14

In February I went to visit my brother Tom in Maine who was battling lung cancer. He died in June and on Monday his family and friends celebrated his life with a graveside memorial....

#Moon September 13

Tonight technically tomorrow morning (Sat Sept 14th) at 12:33 a.m. (EDT) we will see a Full MOON. This is called a Harvest MOON. If you live in the US in the Central, Mountain, or...

#Found September 11

Today is the 18th anniversary of 9/11. For most Americans age 10 or older it is a day they probably will never forgot. 3,000 people lost their lives. What many people don’t realize is...

#Spending September 10

I got thinking about all the stuff American have in storage. As a country we do a lot of SPENDING on a variety of items. What Americans buy is divided into two major categories....

#Tape September 8

A company that was known for sandpaper, inspired by auto painters difficulty in painting two colors, and employing a banjo playing engineer invented transparent TAPE. The company was 3M. Scotch tape was the world’s...