I recently took up two new hobbies: golf and sport shooting (i.e., Skeet and Trap shooting). On a metaphysical note, both the golf hole and the clay pigeon are about four inches in diameter. Hmmm. A real Freud beard scratcher. Best I can tell, I have no natural talent for either sport. Yet I keep [...]
Birthday Girl and Good Sport Miss Karen and I had an opportunity to get some formal (and fun) firearms and self defense training at Brick Armory, which is located in Lakewood (?). I guess "Lakewood Armory" didn't have the same ring to it. The proprietors, Milton and Jaime Rivera, both NRA-certified instructors were thorough, thoughtful [...]
Fearful that I was becoming horribly dull, I committed to Do One New Thing each month in 2013. This is the July 2013 installment. I haven't done this post in the past few month because my "new things" have been fairly mundane. For example, I am a relatively new golfer and I was afraid to play [...]
I have hunted for waterfowl (ducks, geese, brant, etc.) which involves sitting a blind and slowly freezing to death. Spring Turkey hunting, which takes place in April and May, involves sitting in the woods. That's it, just sitting in the woods. Upland bird hunting is the classic image we all have: hunters in bright orange, walking slowly through [...]
I committed to Do One Thing I Have Never Done Before (“DOTIHNDB” for short) every month in 2013. This month I attended my first fashion show. But not just any fashion show mind you, the Cinderella's Closet Fashion Show. Cinderella's Closet http://cinderellasclosetmc.org provides less-fortunate high school students an opportunity to attend their prom in style. Cinderella's Closet [...]
I committed to Do One Thing I Have Never Done Before (“DOTIHNDB” for short) every month in 2013. This month I attended a meeting of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Speakers Association. Most meetings I attend regularly are Chamber of Commerce-like or professional association. I really did not know what to expect. I wondered what [...]
