My Life in the Amish Air Force

Monday, April 30, 2012

"Wayfaring Stranger"

It is Monday, and this song hits it right on the head, because it is haunting, beautifully sad, and lonesome. Listen to Emmylou Harris sing "Wayfaring Stranger".

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Bill Veeck the great baseball owner was a “System” man, his own man actually. He invented the word positive in my mind. They amputated parts of his leg sixteen times. His leg got so bad that I heard he could not use the metal prosthetic; he had to use a wood leg like a pirate. He made an ash tray in it so he could put out his cigarettes.

One day he was running through an airport, actually hobbling, when he stumbled and fell down. A young man said “Mr. Veeck do you want me to call an ambulance?”

Veeck replied, “No, I’ve broken my wooden leg, call a carpenter.” A classic story about a classic man. He was so much more then that though, he was active in the civil rights movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Marching in Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession, he walked without a cane out of respect. Click here to read more.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Chaos

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

--Buddha

Success

What is it you fear, success or failure?

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Doubt

For years now people have questioned if the chili parlor I talk about really exist? Read here to get reviews and an explanation from yelp.com. If you are looking for ambiance, do not go there. If you are looking for a dive with good chili, stop your search now.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

John L. Smith

"John L. Smith has run with the bulls in Pamplona, skydived from 14,000 feet and climbed a peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. In the football world, he is known as an eccentric, whose legacy as a head coach ranges from being an innovator of the spread offense to telling his Louisville team at halftime of a bowl game that he was leaving for another job." Read more about John L. in Pete Thamel's New York Times article.