Memories of Shawn Hennessey

On January 16th, 2016 I lost one of my closest friends to cancer at the age of 34.  I had met him in first grade and we’d been close since.  Below, I am going to share many of my favorite...

One of Life’s Most Magical Moments.

As I sit down to begin writing this, it’s 4:45 in the morning and my shift began only about 20 minutes ago. It’s been 11 days and we’re still experimenting with best sleep practices as I suspect we’ll be doing...

A Day or Two in the Mountains of Virginia

Today’s story takes place once upon a June, in a Virginia far, far away. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and no, I’m not talking about the big city of Richmond, or the sandy beaches along the Atlantic Ocean.  I’m...

What to do in Boston – Part 3

We pick up the riveting story of my trip to Boston on day 2: the final few hours. Since I was likely to be the only person to be excited by it, we decided not to go to the Museum...

The 2010 Chevrolet Express Van

Recently my grandmother decided to move from the house she's lived in since 1964 into a fancy new senior living facility. Because of the drastic size difference in living space, some furniture items became available. Sadly, while the Mazda3 does...

What To Do In Boston – Part 2

In celebration of our fifth anniversary, my wife and I found ourselves on our way to Boston for New Year’s Eve. After spending a couple hours with our caw pawked in Hawvawd yawd, we made our way a few more...

What To Do In Boston – Part 1

So what do you do when your anniversary falls on a holiday? You celebrate both at once!  What do you do when it happens to also be your fifth anniversary?  You celebrate them in style! It’s for this reason that...

Review – The 2016 Ford Focus

It was late in September when a deer came out of the woods and attempted to occupy the same moment in space and time as my Mazda3.  My physics professor once told us that this was an impossibility, so, as...

A Little Water Never Hurt Anybody!

This one time at band camp...or at least this one time in June, my wife and I took a road trip.  The purpose of this trip was to spend a few days in Indiana where my father spent the first...