Who Wants a Beer?

Who Wants a Beer?

  What’s better than a beer?  Free beer? How about a surprise free beer?  Like there you are, minding your own business.  You might be a little hot, a little thirsty. Suddenly, without warning, you are presented with a beer.  Maybe you are at a friend or...
Fishing Shows

Fishing Shows

I have been hooked on watching fishing shows since I was a little kid.  To really illustrate this, let’s go back to winter, 1975.  On a Saturday morning, my mom announced that the family was going to go to a movie, it was the new Mel Brooks film, “Young...
Dangerous Journey

Dangerous Journey

We’ve got crows back at home.  In my town we see them every day.  Sometimes solo, sometimes in a group.  I am well aware that a group of crows is referred to as a “murder” but despite this ominous label, they’re pretty shy and generally fly away at the first sign of...
Learn the Lingo

Learn the Lingo

The lingo.  The jargon.  The nomenclature.  Seems like every group of guys has their own dictionary of words, phrases and coded language that is specific to them, and you’d better learn it if you don’t want to feel like an outsider. Try this sentence: “Something just...
Sea Monsters

Sea Monsters

 I’ve seen every documentary about the Loch Ness monster and all of his cousins ever made.  Shows about “Champ” from Lake Champlain or “Ogopogo” from Okanagan Lake in British Columbia will always get me to watch.  There is even the legend...