My daughter Ella has been through a lot in her young life. She is an amazing little girl, and regularly makes me a proud father. Yesterday she wrote and then sent the following message to family and friends. She is creating a team to increase community awareness of cancer and raise money for cancer research. […]
Help for Jude
Posted on November 12, 2010 //
A few weeks ago one of my wife’s closest friends, Molly Housh, got together with my sister-in-law Katie Duncan and decided that they were going to try to do something to help my son Jude and my family. The result has been nothing short of spectacular, as friends, family members, business colleagues, and complete strangers […]
The 1982 World’s Fair
Posted on May 22, 2010 //
Recently I have been seeing a lot of news about the splendor and spectacle that is the 2010 World’s Fair in Shanghai, China. This event is expected to attract between 70 and 100 million visitors, as countries, businesses, and entrepreneurs from around the world seek to gain access to the rapidly growing Chinese markets. Well […]
Making The Cut
Posted on March 28, 2010 //
Sunday morning, and time for me, Chef Daddy, to make a pancake breakfast for the kiddos. With little ones, one of the challenges of pancakes is cutting them up in smaller pieces so the kids can eat them without making a mess. Truth be told I like them that way too. Here is a simple […]
2009 – The Highlight Reel
Posted on December 31, 2009 //
2009 was an amazing year for me. I decided I would end the year with a blog post version of my highlight reel for the year. Life has its share of ups and downs, but I feel like I get a lot more good than bad every day. For that I am grateful. It […]
Go Fly A Kite
Posted on August 22, 2009 //
Sometimes family fun can be as simple as an open field, a nice breeze, and the desire to make something defy gravity.
Canal Street Tavern – Take Two
Posted on June 17, 2009 //
Last night Derek Wade and I took the stage at Canal Street Taven in Dayton, Ohio for the second time in as many months. We performed a half hour set of original music, that included a few new songs, a few old songs, and even a few songs with Derek playing Banjo. While were were […]
User Generated Health Care
Posted on May 8, 2009 //
I have an idea that would help improve the health care system. This idea would dramatically speed the process of diagnosis, reduce unnecessary testing, more quickly identify effective courses of treatment and radically reduce the costs associated with the entirety of it all. I call it User Generated Health Care. The idea is simple […]
More of This…
Posted on December 30, 2008 //
Alright so I am not a big “New Year’s Resolution” guy, but I thought I might take a moment to write about my thoughts for 2009. In 2009 I plan to do more: Goofing Around With My Family – This is really important to me. I have the most awesome family in the world. It […]
Rockin The Vote on My Day Off
Posted on October 14, 2008 //
This is my favorite time of the year in Ohio, as the leaves change, jeans and sweatshirts get unpacked, football and baseball are getting interesting, the nights are cool, and autumn is in its full glory. Yesterday was a beautiful, and unseasonably warm day for October in Ohio, and I took the day off […]