We are kicking of virtual school this year and I found this super helpful, short video helping parents (in just 9...
Personal Articles
‘Back to Blog’ Season – it’s been 170 days!
‘Back to Blog’ Season - it’s been 170 days! I took quite a bit of time off from regular writing on the blog since we...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Is the Most Anticipated Launch of the Year
SpaceX is about to launch its Crew Dragon, and is making history by bringing back human spaceflight to U.S. soil. This...
How to Create a Python Virtual Environment MacOS
This is a quick summary of the MacOS bash commands to create a Python3 Virtual Environment The Default MacOS kernel...
Unboxing and Assembly of the National Geographic NT114CF Telescope
This video on our new telescope, about 8 minutes in, teaches some incredible basic telescope fundamentals that I never...
The evolution of the coffee cup lid over time
So interesting! What an amazing history of the design, patents and genius of such an everyday object......
M1A2 Abrams’ Tank New Upgrades Will Blow You Away
It’s great seeing the tank that I spent so much time with in the army get these upgrades! The military now has the...
Google’s Year in Search 2019 Recap
With over 145 million views in just 3 days - this is a pretty inspiring video from Google on what people searched for...
New Year Notes
In starting off the new year, I was making some notes and thought to share this process that I've found that has been...
Economist West Virginia is stable, but uncertainty lies ahead
WVU’s business and economic research department just reported that our state economy has a lot of uncertainty and...
Python IDE: PyCharm Overview
Getting into helping define/manage multiple Python projects with a variety of developers Great 8 minute intro video to...
New AirPods v2
Just received the new version 2 Apple AirPods. It is interesting having the Siri A.I. assistant fully available, just...
New book: Love your kids
I constantly pray that I will be a good husband and father. I am always trying to listen, learn, read and grow in this...
Count to Ten in Korean
Count to Ten in Japanese
Just posting up some things for the kids Karate training at USA Martial Arts Federation.
A compelling video – what we searched for in 2017
A compelling video - what we searched for in 2017 It was amazing in the first 30 seconds of this video - the way the...
My personal blog in 2018
A fresh start Every year seems like a chance for a fresh, new start. That’s how I feel about my personal website and...
What Questions Do You Want to See Asked and Answered this year?
A question a day I’ve had the practice of sharing a question first thing each morning to social media - one question...
Day One – Welcome to 2018
Happy New Year Just wanted to start the new year off by wishing everyone well. I hope this is the year that great...
Independence Day 2017
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with...
Little Known Civil War Battle of Charleston WV
A small battle in the Civil War happened in Charleston, West Virginia on Sept. 13, 1862. It was a day-long artillery...
A list of West Virginians of the Year
Here is an inspiring list that the local newspaper shared. It highlights some amazing people that have been selected...
Army Physical Fitness Standards – Back to Basics
Sharing my thoughts about using my experience with the Army Physical Fitness Test (AFPT) to measure my 2017...
2017 Weigh-In
194.8 is my starting point for 2017. This past year I hit 200 for the first time. My goal is 185 and to be much more...