In Auburn, Indiana there is no such thing as labor day.  Instead they celebrate the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival by welcoming over 300,000 people from around the world to celebrate their hometown claim to fame - Auburn's, Cord's, and Duesenberg's - the classic automobiles from the early 20th century.  I have now been inducted into the community ( Read more... )

I was sneezing a lot today like I have allergies or something.  So at lunch I took some allergy medicine.  Unfortunately I didn't read the warning label that says the medicine may cause drowsiness.  Dude, I fell asleep writing with a pen and paper!  What kind of allergy requires unconsciousness for relief?  Time for a church pew nap.

What a combo ... juggling to the music of Abbey Road.  Check it out.  Then check out this guy.  Pretty sweet!

My deep thinking brother posted his thoughts on tipping at restuarants yesterday. I left him a comment, but had more to say. If you'd like to see his post click here.  But I would like to comment further on what is appropriate for a tip.  Do you just draw a random dollar value from your imagination and call it "the standard" for all tips no matter ( Read more... )

Well last week I went to a Tiger's baseball game and it was pretty sweet. They did lose to Minnesota, but it was still a fun time at a major league ballpark. Unfortunately, the Tigers haven't won since then and are currently on a 5 game losing streak heading into a series with Boston who is on a 3 game winning streak. Come on Tigers ( Read more... )

Well it's my birthday, again. And that must mean that I'm another year older. I got to spend some time with Becci's and my family this weekend, which was cool. Friday we spent the night in Niles, MI for her brother's wedding rehearsal. And saturday I dropped Becci off at the hairstylist (since she was in the wedding) and spent the day leading ( Read more... )

It occurred to me yesterday as Becci and I were driving around Auburn that it was my density ... I mean my destiny that brought me to Auburn. Let me explain - Auburn is the home of the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Museum. Those are three names of fancy automobiles manufactured in Auburn, IN during the 1940's. According to car enthusiasts, Auburn's ( Read more... )

... attended high school week of camp at Lake James Christian Assembly and was able to reunite with my beloved drumset after a month long break. And I made some new friends as well ( Read more... )

what's happened since my last post? Well, I went from being a single 23 year old college graduate living at home with my parents in Michigan to being a married youth minister living in my own house with my new wife in Indiana ( Read more... )

So yesterday I was going around collecting boxes for packing since Becci and I are moving all our stuff down to Auburn this weekend. I went to Kroger and asked if they had ANY spare boxes laying around. (I asked this while staring at two empty boxes on the floor of the bakery). The lady was like, "Follow me." So I followed her to the back of the ( Read more... )