Fortos Fort: Roof project–phase 1 complete!

“I love it when a plan comes together…” That is one of my favorite lines of all time from a cheesy 1980s show, The A-team. It took us just three and a half days and a lot of blisters, sore knees and hundreds of up and down treks on the ladder but at this juncture […]

Motivational quote of the day

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. –Helen Keller

Sniglets Blog

Sniglet* Blog Yotate (yoh’ tayt) – v. To allow a yo-yo to unwind itself. * A Sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall, who with a little help from his friends, wrote a series of books containing Sniglets in the mid-1980s.

Sniglets Blog

Sniglet* Blog Jiffylust (ji’ phee lust) – n. The inability to be the first person to carve into a brand-new beautiful jar of peanut butter. * A Sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but isn’t. Sniglets are the brainchild of comedian Rich Hall, who with a little help from his friends, […]

High school grads in small town America

In early June 1989 I walked down the aisle, stuck out my hand and received a rolled up piece of paper tied with a ribbon. When I returned to my seat, to my dismay the paper was blank! It was supposed to be a high school diploma. Never fear, it would come in the mail […]