Category Archives: On My Mind

I’ll start with this – I LOVE Chicagoland (the term we use to capture the city proper as well as the outlying areas) – and no who knows me really well would have ever expected me to say something like … Continue reading →

Horns turned in another solid performance yesterday – coming off that crushing win over Michigan last Saturday. First time I’ve seen them start this strong in an old dog’s age. After watching Arch Manning play for almost 3 quarters, I … Continue reading →

It has been almost 4 years since I’ve posted and how life has changed. I don’t have a particularly good reason for stepping back but if I were completely honest…a lot of it has to do with a series of … Continue reading →

“Sorry Don’t Get It Done, Dude” John Wayne Playing John T. Chance In The Movie Rio Bravo ———————————————————————————————————- 1. Live each day with courage 2. Take pride in your work 3. Always finish what you start 4. Do what has … Continue reading →

OK…And now for something completely different!!  I’m almost a year into this Blog and I was tagged the other day for the very first time.  I’ve read so many of these posts but I guess I thought I’d never find … Continue reading →

Having just finished reading and reviewing “Empire Of Silence” by Christopher Ruocchio: http://booksofbrian.com/on-the-nightstand-empire-of-silence-9-20-2018/ I jumped right into a new release from one of my long time, Go To Authors – Glen Cook’s new Black Company novel – “Port Of Shadows”.  … Continue reading →

“So Long As The Memory Of Certain Beloved Friends Lives In My Heart, I Shall Say That Life Is Good” Helen Keller I wasn’t able to post this weekend for the very best of reasons.  I spent the weekend in … Continue reading →

What Counts “It is not the critic who counts, nor the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in … Continue reading →

**Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator who died in 43 B.C., recorded what he considered to be the six most drastic mistakes repeatedly made by man.** The delusion that individual advancement is achieved by crushing others The tendency to … Continue reading →

Live A Good Life If there are Gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods but unjust, then … Continue reading →