The world is a crazy place and my travels around the US and abroad have yielded some interesting experiences. Often these happen so fast...

I have always been fascinated with genealogy although I go long stretches of time without updates. It's like a great big puzzle with...

The US Census is one of the oldest agencies responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. Every 10 years they...

I've driven over the Missouri river many many times, after all I live in the Northland and work south of it. Despite that proximity...

As a child I became fascinated with the Guinness World Records book. There were several copies in the school library at Tri-City...

Compared to some I haven't had that many jobs but you don't make it a quarter century in the work force without some odd jobs. When I...

My family absolutely loves mini golf. "Big deal", you may say, most folks do but can most families say they've played miniature golf in...

Dave worked briefly at Dairy Queen before deciding that fast food was not the place for him. He made the upgrade (in pay anyway) to...

You know those people who light up the room? Their positive cheery attitude just brings you up no matter what funk you may be in and...

As a child I would find it difficult to sleep sometimes. This was likely a result of the nervous energy kids have and an early bedtime....

This evening Ana and I donated a couple of hours to handing out backpacks to needy families in our neighborhood. Organized through A...

Another of the many rituals that comes with running a houseless outreach group is the sorting of donations. One of the less frequent but...

Few veggies are as versatile and tasty as potatoes however there is one clear exception to this, the crinkle cut fry. No bigger waste of...

In 2008 I was working as a production assistant at KCTV5, a local CBS affiliate. My jobs involved running the teleprompter, working the...

We all have a favorite show that we know by heart and can quote at the drop of a hat. For me that is The Office. I first heard about it...

A few years back I saw a post about a new company that was releasing trackables into the wild on their own and not inside geocaches and...

In 2014 Groundspeak released a new round of souvenirs for anyone who attended an event in the month of August. A...

Fantasy football is an interactive competition in which users compete against each other as general managers of virtual teams built from...

In the early 2000s I spent a lot of time digging into my families history and pieces together my geology. Among the early hits were the...

Having the first name of Dave (not David by the way) comes with some baggage. People hear the name and immediately one of two things coms...