I would play in front of my relatives — I became a high school football star late in the game. I think my high school wrestling experience improved my strength to the point that I was able to manhandle my teammates in our football practices, as well as most of the players on the opposing teams, I know some…

Jack of all trades, master of some. — Don’t be worried about the guns I’m holding in my picture, I only use them for pest control. I was born in Chicago, but, moved to Indiana when I was in grade school. I am first generation Slovakian. Likewise, I have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. As a college…

Not the kind of patience a hospital has. — A constipated, hungry, weasel in a chicken coop that has no room for the eggs without a proper poop. A dog who has been told to pee in the corner of a round room. Patients may make you seem God-like, not at all like you're eight in line for the…

My foot has an extra bone. — I used to ride a motorcycle to work back when I was living in Southern Indiana. Every morning I would take the thirty-mile hilly motorcycle ride through winding roads from Bloomington, Indiana to Crane, Indiana, then take the return trip in the early evening. Most of the time, the trip…

GRANDMA’S KITCHEN CHALLENGE — The Rules Are Simple: When you accept the challenge, you must tag who you received it from and add/tag others. I received the challenge from Stephen Dalton Look for my tags at the end. Copy the subtitles and share your own experiences. It’s that easy, and kind of fun! If you accept the challenge…

My top-notch Doctor had many Dallas Cowboy patients. — Many years ago, I was doing my yearly get-in-shape routine. Biking was my main cardiovascular exercise. I outfitted my ten-speed bike with a headlight so that I could ride at night. I was working for IBM at the time and had excellent health insurance. Back then, I felt, I was…

I was trying the life-saving technique for the first time — Many, years ago, about a month before the twin towers in New York were brought down by Al-Qaeda. When I was working at IBM, in a vast room with a capacity of roughly eighty people, a significant event happened. The seating arrangement was that my colleagues and I had our…

From one extreme to the other. — A couple of decades ago, my cousin Miroslav from Bratislava, Slovakia was visiting this ocean side. My Uncle John, a medical Doctor, and the Uncle to myself and Miroslav were best suited to play Ambassador to are relatives visiting from Europe. At the time, my Uncle was living in the…

How many scales are there? — When I was a kid, I learned how to play the cornet, which is similar to the trumpet. But smaller. I learned how to play the summer before I entered high school. The trumpet and many of the other brass instruments only have three valves. Much of the musical…