Jer979's Blog

I know I've been a bit "glass half-empty" on the current state of America. I'll return to that theme in a bit, but for no...

There’s really no point in reviewing a Michael Lewis book because you should just read it. In the one that I read most recently, Boomerang...

1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more r...

A 3 minute video about teamwork

Yesterday, the morning before the race, when the NFO asked me if I was excited, of course my answer was "yes." But, more than ...

Picked up a new niece about 2 weeks ago…now my kids have 24 first cousins. The special part about this one is how we met. My sister ca...

Just found out that I won a contest on Southwest Airlines’ Spirit Magazine. Here’s the official pos t from them and the video below. Ok...

I remember always being nervous on the night before the first day of school. Now, I’m just a bit sad. It’s funny in a way. During the su...

After a visit to historic Philadelphia, we took the kids to Hershey Park, PA. Now, I’m not a big fan of Amusement Parks. I think there’s w...

A short family vacation found us in the City of Brotherly Love and in 1 super strong day, we were able to see Independence Hall and the ro...

I sat there for 5 minutes, staring at the screen. My computer was working fine, optimized after 1.5 years of refinement. I should just lea...

I’m looking forward to the day when… driving a Hummer (or even a stretch limo) drinking bottled water eating takeout in styrofo...

Washington Monument, Washington D.C., United States as viewed at twilight/dusk. Taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L IS le...

As you may know, I’m in training for a Tough Mudder race (less than a month away) and I’ve really gotten into running (again). Rediscover...

Not sure why I feel the compulsion to blog this one, but I suppose it’s just one of those moments. For most of their short lives, the kids...

Here's evidence of the historical significance of 9.79  (my back story here ) Then, read this: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/82...

I was fairly excited the other day when I asked the kids, “where in Washington, DC do you want to go for our monthly outing?” and they all e...

I’m training for a ToughMudder race on September 9th, so have been running a lot. To help out, I’ve been experimenting with various music...

I went for a run this morning in Chicago. Passed many of the signature landmarks…Pritzker Pavilion, Grant Park/Buckingham Fountain, Museum...

Not that this will do anything except get people riled up, but sometimes you just have to get it out there. Republicans --you need to beco...