Hey everyone, it’s that time of year again. Time for the annual event in Anaheim known as Wonder Con. It’s a time when responsible adults turn into children and dress up as their favorite pop culture heroes. At least, that’s what anyone that has never attended a Con thinks it is. But it is so …
I decided it was time to really get after my bucket list. Near death experiences tend to lend some urgency to everyday life. The list is composed mostly in my head, although at various times I have written it down. But, with the passage of time, the list is constantly evolving and changing. I find …
Well, I’m on vacation this week and, based on early reviews, I’ll probably get several blogs out of this. But I wanted to share this one first to, hopefully, get the foul taste out of my mouth. I mean, we are on vcation. We should be making fond memories to tell the dog when we …
I recently attended a baseball game at Dodger Stadium where I thoroughly enjoyed the Dodgers come from behind victory over the Chicago Cubs in extras. Around the 7th inning, with the Dodgers trailing 2 – 1, the crowd began to roar. With the roar I began to notice movement. It started at the left field …
Bakersfield is chock full of fine dining experiences. We are especially known for our Basque cuisine, probably because we have one of the largest Basque communities in the country. You can likely attribute this to the fact that the climate is very similar to the climate of the Basque region of Spain and France. If …
Neither rain nor sleet nor a pending heart procedure will keep me from the WonderCon. A worldwide pandemic though… Ever hear of the Comic-Con? Well, neither had I. At least not in 2003. In July of that year, I found myself in San Diego on business, and I decided to stop in the Gaslamp district …
There is an old saying… find something that you truly love to do, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Well, that looks nice on paper, but I don’t think it’s 100% accurate. No matter what you do for a living, love it or hate it, there are going to be good days …
I have always been curious about how people end up doing whatever it is they do for a living. When they were in college, was this what they had envisioned they would be doing with their lives? High school? Further back? Do they have a job that is completely unrelated to why they went to …
The clock is running, and the countdown has commenced. I’m starting this blog while sitting in a hotel room in Blythe, California this week. Why Blythe, you ask? Because Blythe is only 24 miles from Quartzsite, Arizona. What’s so special about Quartzsite, you ask? Glad you asked! I told a friend of mine I was …
This goes out to all of my younger friends. Unfortunately, ALL of my friends are younger. Think of it as a public service, a preview of what it’s like to be 60. I usually wake up a couple of hours after I go to bed needing to pee. Hopefully I wake up because if I …