Speed Walking Zombies And What To Do When Things Don’t Work Out

Speed Walking Zombies And What To Do When Things Don’t Work Out

Nothing good happens after 11 p.m. As a general rule, if it’s nighttime, you should be sleeping. I mean, I would. Why people are out running around at all hours of the night is still a mystery to me. Can I get an Amen? Shortly after 4 a.m. when the cobwebs are freshly...
Thinking Inside The Box

Thinking Inside The Box

There are only so many memorable moments that become ingrained in the psyche; that imprint themselves as moments of true bonding in the life of a son and his father. Few are the rites of passage on a boy’s journey to manhood. This shouldn’t be one of them. On a...
A Series of Firsts: My First (Major) Crash

A Series of Firsts: My First (Major) Crash

I was trapped. My cruiser was mangled and I couldn’t get out. But when I finally did, what I saw was not what I expected. Ever since the Academy there has been a voice in my head reminding me that when an officer calls for help my first job is to get there safely....
How To Eat An Elephant

How To Eat An Elephant

The best way I can describe myself that day is as ready as I’d ever be. I’m an Enneagram 1, which means I’m a perfectionist who pays attention to detail and believes the world is a meritocracy that rewards precise, hard work. It also means I care too much what other...
Burnout

Burnout

Smokey the Bear would have been so ashamed. A number of years ago my wife and I took my youngest brother and several of his compadres into the woods for an adventure. Though we were outnumbered by teenage boys 3 to 1, I figured if we had enough to eat we had a good...