Since I spend most of my days filling Redbox machines with DVDs, I get asked all the time if I have seen this movie or that one or what my opinion is of such and such. People are often shocked if I reveal to them that I’ve probably seen less than five of the hundreds [...]

It has taken me a while but I’m starting to learn that whenever I think everything is hunky-dory in the world, I should check with my wife, because it is probably not. That whole Mars and Venus thing – with women speaking a different language than men – my wife tried to explain it to [...]

In Utah there are LDS themed books in every store. Outside of the Beehive state – not so much. Walk into Walmart in “Happy Valley” and you may be greeted with a display of Gerald N. Lund books. Leave “Zion” and the Brother Lund aisle is replaced with “African American Interests”. For some reason whenever [...]

For the last six months or so Sharee has been randomly fainting. At first she complained of feeling a little dizzy occasionally if she stood up fast and then one day while visiting her parents she turned pale and grabbed onto me. We quickly got her a chair and sat her down. She couldn’t hold [...]

As a kid Valentine’s day is all about candy. A little bit older and it’s giggling, whispering, and pointing. In high school, girls want to feel special and boys are clueless. And as a single adult you just want it to be over. I’ve never cared that much about Valentines day. I still don’t. But [...]

I’m not sure what makes me look like a good candidate to ask for money, but apparently I am. Perhaps it is my designer Walmart clothes, my amazing hair cut, or my rugged good looks. Or maybe that guy I gave $40 to in Houston all those years ago marked me with a piece of [...]

I still can’t believe I got a seat on the overbooked Friday night flight coming home. I was on standby in a busy Denver airport hoping to get home to my injured wife. The lady at the desk told me I had almost no chance of getting on because it was already way over booked. [...]

Occasionally, you meet someone who is just so cool that they make up for 10 or so other people who… aren’t so cool. A few weeks ago I went to a UPS store to pick up some packages. The guy behind the counter was very professional and at the same time very personable. He genuinely [...]

The world that I thought I knew Is slightly altered looking through the window in the pouring rain with water droplets on the pane. Each color shape and light outside become a brush stroke to my eyes which shift and move to my delight and then they cry long streams of light. – Kevin Harris

For my new job I get to go into a variety of areas in Denver with a wide variety of people. Some areas are quite run down with some scary looking people while others are very fancy and expensive looking. At times I feel very much like a minority and wonder how people will react [...]