I was reading a post at Struck by Serendipity and was reminded of a recent brush with greatness. The first leg of my flight to Seattle had me stopping at Chicago’s Midway airport (keeping the other day’s sort-of-theme alive, I didn’t see Kapgar or Wafelenbak). As I sat at the Southwest gate our plane arrived [...]
“The Americans just won the hockey game’” I said. “Which one?,” asked Diane. “The Olympic game. Canada vs. the US.” “Really?” “Yep. The score was 15 to 3,” I said. “Wow. That’s a lot,” she sounded a bit awed which led me to enjoy a moment of self pleasure since, as an American,I’m soooo used [...]
As you all know I just spent a week in Vancouver, British Columbia. Unless you’ve been living in a hole — or you have the Cartoon Network in hi-def and have been otherwise engaged — you are likely aware that the Olympics are being held in Vancouver. As many of you are aware, I’m not [...]
Today at What’s a Delmer Look Like we continue the celebration of Canada Week featuring seven days (five, American) of posts featuring our neighbor to the north. Pictured here you see my 1991 All-Star Game t-shirt. I have two, this one and a purple one. (These recently found their way to my house from [...]
While my lack of athletic prowess is well documented, I do have one or two trophy-winning skills. One of the skills, while it will never be mentioned on a resume, is certainly interesting enough (by my standards) that it deserves more than just the mere mention it has received here in the past. So… it [...]
The boys and I shot down to Trapper John’s Canoe Livery this afternoon to have a go at the Big Darby Creek. We haven’t had a lot of rain recently and I thought this might be a good time for the boys to have their first kayaking adventure. Wellses have a knack for falling into [...]
In 7th grade I was cut when I tried out for basketball. In all fairness, I should have been cut but I still hated that it happened. It was embarrassing. And I never tried out for another sport after that. In 9th grade one of my friends overheard one of the coaches ask, “Why doesn’t [...]
It is a beautiful day in Central Ohio. It’s cool and not humid at all. Jack and Haydn had football practice at 8:30 this morning and both practices were at the same field. Many of you parents that have children participating in multiple activities will appreciate the rareness of this event. It is far more [...]
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