Monday, February 15, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Where were you when........?
It is an unusual phenomenon that people remember where they were when certain big events took place. When the topic came up, a very long conversation ensued as each person would describe exactly what they were doing, who they were with, what they were wearing, how they heard the news, etc.
December 7, 1941 was the date of the event for my grand parents generation.
November 22, 1963 was the date for my parents.
For my generation, it might be January 28, 1986. That was the date that the space shuttle Challenger blew up. The 30th anniversary of that event was just a couple of weeks ago. Seems just like it was yesterday. I was auditing the books at Modern Builders in Mtn View. They had a big screen TV on display and we all stopped to watch the blast off. Instead it blew up and the image will be forever tattooed on my brain. You can watch it today on YouTube, but I can't
Now the good news is that not all dates that we vividly remember were disasters. We all remember our graduation, our first kiss, our first..., well you know. Some might remember something like a vacation. Brenda loves to tell a story about a family vacation to Colorado the summer before her senior year in high school. (Oh wait, that was also a disaster). I remember going to St Louis in about 1968 to see my first Cardinal game. I think dad might even have a Super 8 movie of Lou Brock stealing second base. However, I can't remember the date or much else about that vacation.
The purpose of this ramble is to say that tomorrow is one of those dates for me. February 13, 1986. Happens to be 30 years ago. I was in a Shoney's Motel in Little Rock. I bet you didn't even remember that the Shoney's Restaurant Corporation had a short lived venture into the motel business. Anyway, Ed Deskin, Bob Hughes and I were in the motel. We were in Little Rock because we were on an audit of a home health agency client of Bob's. Sandye and I lived in Batesville at the time but I was upset because I was not in Calico Rock. The reason I was upset was because there was a significant event happening in our family and I was not there. You see, Brenda and Jack had been wanting a baby for a long time. And finally on February 13, 1986 at about 11:40 PM, Ross Ward arrived. A bouncing baby boy.
The newest addition to our family and I was in a motel with Ed Deskin in Little Rock.
I remember it just like it was yesterday.
December 7, 1941 was the date of the event for my grand parents generation.
November 22, 1963 was the date for my parents.
For my generation, it might be January 28, 1986. That was the date that the space shuttle Challenger blew up. The 30th anniversary of that event was just a couple of weeks ago. Seems just like it was yesterday. I was auditing the books at Modern Builders in Mtn View. They had a big screen TV on display and we all stopped to watch the blast off. Instead it blew up and the image will be forever tattooed on my brain. You can watch it today on YouTube, but I can't
Now the good news is that not all dates that we vividly remember were disasters. We all remember our graduation, our first kiss, our first..., well you know. Some might remember something like a vacation. Brenda loves to tell a story about a family vacation to Colorado the summer before her senior year in high school. (Oh wait, that was also a disaster). I remember going to St Louis in about 1968 to see my first Cardinal game. I think dad might even have a Super 8 movie of Lou Brock stealing second base. However, I can't remember the date or much else about that vacation.
The purpose of this ramble is to say that tomorrow is one of those dates for me. February 13, 1986. Happens to be 30 years ago. I was in a Shoney's Motel in Little Rock. I bet you didn't even remember that the Shoney's Restaurant Corporation had a short lived venture into the motel business. Anyway, Ed Deskin, Bob Hughes and I were in the motel. We were in Little Rock because we were on an audit of a home health agency client of Bob's. Sandye and I lived in Batesville at the time but I was upset because I was not in Calico Rock. The reason I was upset was because there was a significant event happening in our family and I was not there. You see, Brenda and Jack had been wanting a baby for a long time. And finally on February 13, 1986 at about 11:40 PM, Ross Ward arrived. A bouncing baby boy.
The newest addition to our family and I was in a motel with Ed Deskin in Little Rock.
I remember it just like it was yesterday.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Powerball
It amazes me how anti-tax this nation has become. Almost no one is willing to pay more taxes
to fix our roads, improve our military, support our fellow citizens to improve
society as a whole. And yet, millions
of people, mostly the less fortunate of us, are buying power ball tickets like
crazy. The chances of winning are
nearly impossible and yet someone will win and for $2 you can at least be in
the game. A government ran lottery is
just another form of paying taxes. It
makes me very sad. BTW – my numbers in
the power ball drawing last night were 24,31,39,54,57 and the PW was 50. Crap, I didn’t win. Oh well, neither did anyone else. Maybe Wednesday.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Give credit where credit is due.
We have great people working for us here at the firm. I am excited about the possibilities for 2016. I like this quote and hope I live up to it's meaning.
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." — Indira Gandhi
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." — Indira Gandhi
Monday, December 21, 2015
Christmas with mom!
Yesterday morning I was sitting with my mom at her house while dad had gone to church. Mom fell Friday afternoon, banged her head and broke 3 fingers. She is making it pretty good considering.
Mom wanted to watch the church service from the Pulaski Heights Methodist Church in Little Rock. Of course the sermon was a Christmas sermon. The pastor had a very good message. Here is the Youtube video of the entire service. The sermon starts at about 22:00 and runs for about 15 minutes. It is worth 15 minutes of your time. I especially like what he has to say starting at 35:35
Check it out. You want be disappointed. Merry Christmas!
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