I never stopped paying for this blog so I think it's time for me to start using it again. Probably shouldn't even call it a blog. Let's call it a journal entry that others besides me (and my mom if you know me at all you know my dad doesn't do "social media") will read....but taking from the movie Heat "the action is the juice." You read it you don't what I'm putting into it is all the same. But...

I was this many years old (picture me counting on my fingers) when I found out Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend” came from the 60’s song “(You) Got What I Need” by Freddie Scott. I have listened to “Just a Friend” a countless number of times and had zero idea. Hearing “(You) Got What I Need” as I walked into my neighborhood coffee shop yesterday completely blew my mind. I have a...

I’m sure there are others I’m missing, but the biggest lie I ever bought into growing up was that using the balls of one's feet to go up the stairs would improve one’s vertical.  I still can’t jump for sh!t. I'm sure you came here looking for more but that's it. I've been thinking about this a lot the last few days and needed to get it off my chest. 15 year old me had limited athletic...