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November 19, 2008

When a baseball franchise is the way to go

My baby brother has been obsessed with baseball since he learned to walk.  He watches every game in every league that he can and knows all of the important statistics by heart.  So when he came into some money last year and didn’t know what to do with it or where he should invest it, [...]

November 18, 2008

Using Up That Energy

One of the big challenges of being a Cub Scout leader is finding games that that will help burn off the steam that those little guys seem to store up. Fortunately there are lots of games and scout activities that will use that pent up energy.
One of the obvious games would be tag. Obviously this [...]

August 13, 2008

The Last Time I went Skiing

I haven’t been skiing in ages.  Every year I say I’ll go this year, but of course it never happens.  Tickets are too expensive, it’s too much of a hassle to get all the equipment, and quite frankly, I have enough other things to fill my time that it just never seems like a high [...]

May 22, 2008

Getting the Right Guns to Kids

Although they were once made to shoot birds, the Airsoft gun is now used more often to practice shooting without the dangers of live bullets. These guns are made to be non-lethal, so there is far less risk and it allows these kids to do some target practice without worrying about what might happen to [...]

October 30, 2007

Read Your Way to a Golf Career

In the past golf was simply a pastime and having a career in the sport pretty much meant having one of many golf course jobs such as a caddie or groundskeeper. Now the world of golf has exploded into everything from state of the art sportswear to gift baskets full of coveted golfing accessories. In [...]