I do some welding at work and I really like that making stuff. There is not a better feeling than saying I made that. Wither it be a smoker, bad ass gates on a piece of property or window guards on a loader it is a great feeling to see the finished item. I feel that everything I make is art and really it is an art to take a pile of metal and make something out of it.

I generally like making things. Whether it is a light made out of an old blender of a bunch of pipe turned into a lamp. I also like making things out of old pallets. I made a drill press stand out of old pallets and it does look pretty cool.

Well I collect Hot Wheels and I love Bud Light. I enjoy going to watering holes to slam back a couple cold brews with my friends. I enjoy going to local brewers to try out their craft beer. I think everybody ought to try it. Some of the local brews are pretty good and some I don't really care for. I don't care for any IPA's or anything that is related to that. To me beer should not be bitter. I also have a 15 (<-Scratch that she is now 18 and graduated from Saginaw High School!) year old daughter named Bridget. She is now 22 and getting older.

I love the smell of the ocean, rain, fresh cut grass, sage, cedar trees and pine trees. One of my favorite places I have been to is in northern California. It is those gigantic redwoods. Those amaze me! I enjoy driving down the road and seeing all the wild flowers that are at bloom. I enjoy road trips that don't really go anywhere or have any purpose. I like people watching. I don't discriminate period. I don't want to have to stand before God and have him ask me why I discriminated against one of his children? That would be hard to answer.

The white man said, "Colored people are not allowed here." The black man turned around and stood up. He then said: "Listen sir....when I was born I was BLACK, " "When I grew up I was BLACK, " "When I'm sick I'm BLACK, " "When I go in the sun I'm BLACK, " "When I'm cold I'm BLACK, " "When I die I'll be BLACK." "But you sir." "When you're born you're pink, " "When you grow up you're white, " "When you're sick, you're green, " "When you go in the sun you turn red, " "When you're cold you turn blue, " "And when you die you turn purple." "And you have the nerve to call me colored?" The black man then sat back down and the white man walked away.... Pass it on if you HATE racism.

Life's Little Instruction Book

There are 511 little instructions in there here are some of them.

17) Live beneath your means
19) Buy great books even if you never read them.
20) Be forgiving of yourself and others.
23) Floss your teeth
27) Return all things you borrowed.
31) Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards.
33) Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
37) Make new friends but cherish the old ones.
38) Keep secrets.
39) Take lots of snapshots.
40) Never refuse homemade brownies.
41) Don't postpone joy.
42) NEVER GIVE UP ON ANYBODY. MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
46) SHOW RESPECT FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
49) Buy vegetables from truck farmers who advertise with hand-lettered signs.
53) Vote
55) Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every are of your life.
60) Admit your mistakes.
62) Use your wit to amuse, not abuse.
83) In business and in family relationships, remember that the most important thing is trust.
93) Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness and misery.
106) Never cheat.