I recently watched a documentary on the history of the solid body electric guitar. Leo Fender is widely considered as its inventor. Fender started mass producing the first solid body electric guitar, the Telecaster,  in 1949. You may have recognized a maple finished Telecaster on the shoulder of Bruce Springsteen. If you like a little [...]

I have an 11 year old son. I enjoy telling him stupid stories and joking around with him, especially in front of his friends. One of my regular bits is that I will proclaim to him that I am not really who he thinks I am and that I’ve been living a lie. I’ve told [...]

I rarely have heated arguments with my wife.  She is much smarter than I am. It is usually easier and wiser for me to just give in. For that matter, I rarely get in arguments with anyone. Most of the time my thought is that the time and energy I put into arguing with someone would be better spent [...]

I love the holiday season and almost everything that comes with it. One of my favorite things to do is  spending a day in my yard putting up lights. I have a friend who is an expert construction accountant. We have been spending a lot of time together recently as we are involved in a large mediation. During the downtime, [...]

I have never read a Harry Potter book; however, I understand they are quite entertaining. I have only seen a few clips of any of the movies, but I do know that the location where most of the adventures are centered around is the school for wizards that Harry attends, Hogwarts. If you have seen [...]

About fifteen years ago, I recall being amazed at how much the industry had advanced in a few short years in its use of technology and how that affected my day to day duties. At the time, I was working as a Project Superintendent for a small local contractor. In reality I was the Project [...]