Doesn’t it seem like something weird happens every time you take a trip — and that weird thing is the thing you remember most. I’m about to take a trip to Cancun, Mexico, so if something weird hap...
For non-car guys pride always cometh before auto repairs Everything I know about cars I either learned from National Public Radio’s “Car Talk” or the two-week extravaganza my father and I spent replacing the head gasket on my first love — a 1988 red Maz...
Timeless values of Scouting abide even as program changes It came and went with little fanfare — at least little that I noticed — though somewhere a celebration must have been held. Feb. 8 was the 100th birthday of Scouting in the United States. On that ...
Life’s soundtrack is constantly on shuffle Seven Mary Three. Emily Haines. Our Lady Peace. Alkaline Trio. Elton John. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. I put my iPod on shuffle and those are the artists that came through my earbuds. Musi...
Neither illness nor tragedy can blight the joys of growing old My birthday has come and gone, as I turned 23 on Tuesday. There wasn’t any major hoopla surrounding the day. I still had to work and my dad forgot to wish me a happy birthday before leaving the ho...
Animal stories of deer, dogs and a cat on a hot tin roof When you grow up in Grantsville, you’re bound to hear a few animal stories. Some you don’t know whether to believe or not. I believed most of them, though some not so much. But I’m pretty gullible...
Why I love Wal-Mart Every civilization, ancient or modern, has its cultural center. This is often a place of business, an area where goods and ideas are exchanged. In Babylon, it might have been the Hanging Gardens. ...
The Irish have been doing it on St. Patrick’s day for years and more recently other cultures that have melted into America have started to reclaim a bit of their cultural identity with events like ...
The end of a year is generally associated with a resolve to do better next year, often leading us to generate a half-baked list of improvements we’d like to undertake without much thought as to how...
Occasionally I listen to friends and family talk about the difficulties that they have falling asleep and staying asleep during their normal sleeping hours. Although I do feel bad that they don’t g...
When I started out as sports editor here a few years ago, my goal was to be as objective as possible. Try to limit cheerleading for local teams and write about the good, the bad and the controversi...
Once again the duties of a journalist have taken me to a place I have never been. Don’t get too excited, though. These journalistic jaunts don’t take me to far and away exotic places. Most are loca...
It started as impossible quests often do, far from our destination in the quiet, dark hours of the morning. On Saturday, my wife, sister, brother-in-law and I, along with some 150 other Real Salt L...
I have decided to get back together with winter. We have been broken up for years, but I think it’s time I take the first step to rekindle our relationship. I once enjoyed the season, or at least ...
See what you have to look forward to.” That phrase generally denotes a positive aspect of the future — something you might hope to experience. Take, for example, the scenario of two men engaged i...