Category: People

#HomeBrew October 16

 I am on a quest to sample, drink, or consume 1,000 unique beers in my life. This journey began in 2014. I am currently siting at 950 and track each new beer on Untapped. The pandemic...

#Enduring September 29

Do you ever wonder if today is going to be a good day? Sometimes a friend can make it a good day. Last week I read something that resonated with me about friendship. It...

#Telegraph September 19

My mind works sometimes in strange ways. I was watching a football game and the color commentator said the Quarterback TELEGRAPHED that pass to the defense. It made me wonder about Samuel Morse and his invention...

#Flashback September 18

I have been having memory FLASHBACKS of various people over the past two weeks. Don’t know what is causing it but when it happens I try to reflect. The other day I was driving...

#Teddy September 7

Over a 12 hour period of time I had to interact with my granddaughter’s TEDDY bear, learned about the reason TEDDY Roosevelt was included on Mount Rushmore, and really got into TEDDY Pendergrass singing...

#Recap August 31

I am really excited that a large number of family and friends decided to accept the 30 Day Challenge for August. It required trying one new thing every day for the entire month. The list...

#Elvis August 16

Forty three years ago today I came to UNC Pembroke to begin a career that started out as a Lecturer/Assistant Basketball Coach and would evolve into all sorts of wonderful responsibilities. Yet even though...

#Back-Up August 14

Hit records often involve fantastic BACK-UP singers or vocals. To be honest any group of friends really needs BACK UP voices to have the entire group be in harmony. One of those voices in...

#Actuary August 12

After Hurricane Isaias passed thru North Carolina I got thinking about insurance companies. What can an insurance company ACTUARY teach or guide us in decision making? The short definition of an ACTUARY is this....

#Hats July 21

I came across some video footage of how large cities in the world appeared in 1890’s and the beginning of the 20th century. In just about every city across the globe the men and...