• My Year of Concerts™: Billy Joel

    #MyYearOfConcerts continued this past Sunday night when Cari and I caught Billy Joel live at Madison Square Garden, part of his residency there that started way back in 2014. Total bucket list show for both of us. Little-known fact: 52nd Street is the first album I ever bought with my own money. My parents had …

    September 14, 2023
  • My Year of Concerts™: Billy Idol

    #MyYearOfConcerts continued this past Monday night (August 28) when I saw Billy Idol … excuse me, “Billy F**king Idol” as he introduced himself 😄 … in Spokane! Like several of this year’s shows, he’s another ’80s act that I never saw in the ’80s, for some reason. Came home from Dallas last week with a …

    August 30, 2023
  • My Year of Concerts™: Foo Fighters

    One day after seeing Bryan Adams in Seattle, #MyYearOfConcerts continued Friday night with my first Foo Fighters show — this one was across the state at the Spokane Arena! 🤘 JFC they rocked!! About 90 minutes in, my neck and back started to hurt — not from dancing/rocking at my seat, but from the constant …

    August 6, 2023
  • My Year of Concerts™: Bryan Adams

    (Saw two shows in two nights in two cities, so gonna do this as two separate posts even though it was one long weekend trip!) #MyYearOfConcerts continued Thursday night when I saw Bryan Adams in Seattle with Joan Jett opening the show! Back in 1985, I took my best girl to see Bryan Adams at …

    August 6, 2023
  • My Year of Concerts™: Toad the Wet Sprocket

    The whole purpose of #MyYearOfConcerts is to focus on what really matters in life and not take the good things for granted. Which made last night perfect, because Cari and I went to see Toad the Wet Sprocket in Spokane — a band that was super popular during the early years of our marriage and …

    July 12, 2023
  • Have you ever owned a lemon?

    (As in a lemon car, not the fruit!) I’d heard some horror stories over the years about how car manufacturers will fight to the grave to avoid replacing obviously defective cars. One friend told me last year that he had to take the car manufacturer to court, won the case, got a new car, and …

    June 5, 2023