Many years ago I started planning my funeral table. You know what I mean? The table at a funeral that usually has items like photos of the deceased and the deceased’s family, military accolades, etc. Basically items that the living think sum up the deceased’s life. I decided to live my life by the rule of the funeral table. Read the rest of this entry »
Law of the Funeral Table and Also There’s a Chopper
November 29th, 2010Socks For All!
September 23rd, 2010
Box of Socks. No foolin'.
No one is accusing Home Team spendy guy, Shawn, of being cheap. In fact, there are two ways to sell almost ANYTHING to Shawn. One is to convince him he can’t afford to NOT buy it. And two is to wave as many bells and whistles as possible in front of him and his consumer-driven gene will kick into overdrive. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s Your Chance, NASCAR (aka Matty Part 2)
August 18th, 2010
Backstage Passes, Baby
I’m just going to start off by saying I have never been a fan of NASCAR and frankly I’m not sure if I am now or what. I do know that I’m a HUGE fan of the racing teams’ crews and their hard work. Read the rest of this entry »
How Bad Do You Want It, Matty?
August 12th, 2010
Matty's good taste
Matt, aka Matty, Aschbrenner easily tops Live Action Sports’ most favorite people list. He’s what I like to call a ‘treebender’ because when he’s walking down the sidewalk the trees are bending to get out of the way of his energy. Read the rest of this entry »
Effigy Mounds, Harper’s Ferry
August 10th, 2010
Effigy Mounds
Did you know Iowa is home to a National Monument? I didn’t. I knew it was a park where you can hike trails but until I made a point to learn about it further did I realize it’s an incredible historical amazement. It deserves a plethora of describing words that I can hardly narrow down. Remarkable. Glorious. Astounding. To sum up without too much of a history lesson, Native Americans from the time period 1000 BC (YES I SAID BC) to 1200 AD built earthen mounds for ceremonial and sometimes burial purposes. Four types of mounds were built, conical (round), linear (elongated round), and compound (a combo of conical and linear), and lastly the effigy (animal shaped). Dudes, what the heck. Amazing. Read the rest of this entry »
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