Published on Saturday, December 19, 2009 by Monte Young Today I took the two oldest chicks from the Young brood for another bike ride. This is a rare thing for me as I am normally working 10-12 hours a day. I guess this is one good thing that's come from the overtly socialistic state in which we live: work's slow, so I get to play with my chicks (Comrade Obama, I'm still waiting on my check..., but I digress). This ride...

Published on Monday, September 14, 2009 by Andy Allen Apathy is the soil from which mediocrity is grown. Watered with the tears of broken dreams, it grows slowly as the years pass. Now stands a mighty tree, branches stretching out, heavy with the fruit of frustration. At the trunk of this towering monument of mediocrity, the seeds of your true destiny lie, hidden from the light of the sun. One tree... One field... O...

Published on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Jonathan Foster In the movie, “Wedding Crashers” when Will Ferrell’s character ‘Chazz’ is asked what he is doing with his life, he responds, “I’m living the dream man, living the dream”. Of course, Chazz is referring to his habit/hobby of ‘crashing’ weddings (By now he has actually moved on to funerals), in order to score a seemingly endless number of dates with...

Published on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 by Richie Allen I recently read a blog post by Phil Cooke entitled "The Death of The Self-Esteem Movement" that intrigued me. He referenced a Wall Street Journal review of a book called "NurtureShock" , written by Po Bronsom and Ashley Merryman, in which the authors study the effects of self-esteem on children. In the WSJ review, Kay Hymowitz concludes: And what do they show? That...