With the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday, people have fallen under tyranny and do not even know it.  I am not talking about healthcare or even Obama but rather that in the decision, power was granted to coerce people into submission under the threat of a disabling tax.  I know, I know, many of you are rolling your [...]

Tomorrow we say goodbye to an old friend of the family that passed away last Thursday.  Our good friend Jack was stationed at Holomon AFB in New Mexico when my dad was there.  He was the inspiration for my dad getting his Amateur Radio license, or ham radio.  His call sign was K5ESF and had [...]

What a morning. We got up early so that we could get some things done.  We had to go clean an office and then my wife had to go to work. My son had four people spend the night and they all parked their cars in front of our garage where we could not get [...]

Last night I joined in my first multi-person Google+ Hangout and it was a blast.  I was invited in by another Amateur Radio operator, Jim, KA6QZU.  The Hangout was called “Ham Radio Nightly Hangout” and eventually others joined the group.  He told me their group has these meetings online every night at 9:00 PM, central time.  Usually I [...]

I know that I have some strange hobbies but this little tree makes me happy.  On April fourth I went to visit my dad in Del City as regularly do. As I was leaving, I discovered a maple tree seed on his front porch.  I knew the seed came from the tree behind his house [...]