[Editor’s Note – I wrote this article weeks ago. But in the aftermath of the horrible school shooting in Florida, I decided to still publish it. Boys, violence, guns – It’s a conversation that needs debating. How we raise our young men shouldn’t be overlooked.]  A man attacked me.  I probably deserved it. Because in …

I never got what I wanted.  I always wanted a Nintendo.  Every Christmas that was the primary item on Santa’s Wish List – a NINTENDO in big bold letters. And circled, and highlighted. Every year he’d conveniently skip over this must have item.  Sure, he’d remember to pack me Ninja Turtle action figures, and plenty …

We all get crazy ideas.  It may seem like a normal melancholy day, as you sit there, minding your own business, sipping coffee and wasting time on the internet – when BAM! – the most brilliant idea you’ve ever had flies into your skull.  It’s like THE answer you’ve been waiting for. It’s that brand …

I ordered the worst coffee in the world.  I hadn’t been to Dunkin Donuts in quite some time – I was taking a caffeine sabbatical, and we all know how long those last…  Anyway, I said to myself, “I’m going to get one of those frozen coffee frapes. Yum.”  Starbucks has these and they’re called …

One of the best days of my life was volunteering for the Special Olympics.  In college, a day was set aside specifically for volunteer opportunities. You could choose whatever project you wanted, but many students were encouraged to help at the Special Olympics, which was held on campus.  My first volunteer year, I didn’t want …

I hate camping.  I don’t like the bugs, the cold, the rain, and especially sleeping on the ground – give me a nice, warm hotel room any day of the week.  But what freaks me out most about camping, are the ghost stories.  Camping – Story Time  My dad used to gather all the little …

I looked like an idiot.  During baseball tryouts, I made myself stand out in the worst possible way.  During a simple running drill, I messed up.  The coach had us spread out and line up at each base. People at home would run to second, and people on first would run to third and so …

Baseball players are cheaters.  During tryouts for my high school baseball team, I realized everyone succeeded by cheating.  And it made me furious.  Cheaters – Tryouts  The first day of tryouts was nothing but running.  I knew this ahead of time. There had been a team meeting in February, as the coach told us not …

I broke my arm once.  The strange thing was, it didn’t hurt.  I was playing first base in a baseball game. It was the first game of the year, in the first inning, with one out – and let’s pretend the score was 1-1 and the batter’s count was 1-1 too, just to keep the …

Everyone wants to write a book.  Why?  A recent statistic found 3 out of 5 people wanted to write a book at some point in their life.  That’s a staggeringly huge number. There are over 7 billion people in the world – that means 4.2 billion want to write a book.  Do we even have …