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Several years ago I attended the funeral of my wife’s Uncle Joe. This week I have had the pleasure of getting to know Joe’s oldest son and his family. We have talked a lot about life and family, some of it included parenting. Joe and his wife Kathy are raising 3 fine young children. The …

I am perplexed by the current state of our society, culture and country. The Occupy movement makes little sense to me. I am an honest believer in the idea that hard work and dedication does and should lead to rewards. I have no problem when the “haves” enjoy the fruits of their effort. All I …

Yesterday was a beautiful fall day in Central North Carolina. The first real cold front passed through with a chilly and rainy day on Saturday. Sunday followed with crisp, clean and dry air. The sun was bright and Saturday’s viscious wind had subsided. There was frost on the window of my 1976 BMW 2002 when …

The 2011 dive season is winding down. Between only being booked on weekends and the weather screwing up most of those, I find myself with a little time to write again. It is bittersweet, but in the process, I have been going and cleaning up many of my websites. Those are Tortuga Charters , Lulu.com and the Captain’s Corner blogs. I …

You can call me Kenny if you knew me way back when I was a “Kenny”. As for what I go by now…it depends on who you ask. My ex-wife calls me Kenny just to get on my nerves. Occasionally my brother will call me Kenny. He can, he definately knew me back then. I …

The holidays are a mixed bag of emotions for me. I want to embrace the holiday spirit, but I find myself frustrated and anxious. This feeling starts on Black Friday and for the next 20 days or so after Thanksgiving, I intentionally avoid all things Christmas if I possibly can. All the while I try …

Life is full of challenges. There is no way to avoid them, they come at you without warning and can wreak havoc on what would otherwise be a good day. Most times the challenges are just irritants, but sometimes they are catastrophic. A dear friend of mine lost an 18 year old son to a …

Most of my life I have been involved in some sort of small business.  Even during my stretch in technology I worked for a small company that sold specialized services to large corporations. That felt like corporate life, but it really didn’t qualify. I did however have a window of observation into what that culture …