If your kids are like mine, and don’t care for team sports, MMA is an excellent alternative.
My son does MMA training 3 nights a week at the American School of Martial Arts in Savage MN. When he chose to take Karate, we visited several different schools, and he decided on MMA. He liked the school, [...]

• 11 Comments

Off-topic post…
As some of you know, I grew up in the Red River Valley where the flood of the century is happening. Three of my brothers are still there.
My brother, Paul is a photographer and hasn’t had time to document as much of this historic event as he would like. He has been sandbagging for [...]

• 6 Comments

Life comes at you in waves, some up, some down. Yesterday Christine and I had a few surprises that are going to be challenging. Sometimes, when you’re skipping along the sidewalk a bully comes along and pushes you into the mud. While life deals you unexpected challenges, it is your choice how you frame them.
Sometimes [...]

• 11 Comments

My son is 6.
Tonight he asked me A BIG question.
It was bedtime. We had just finished saying prayers when he asked, “Why does life exist? Why is all this happening?”
I asked him, “What else could be happening?”
He said, “Nothing. There could be nothing.”

• 32 Comments

A post from Christine Olson (who is going to be posting here much more often)
How can you make more money?
We all could use some more cash right now, right? Sometimes friends, family and neighbors ask “How can I can make a few extra bucks for some Christmas spending money?”
$500 – $1500 selling clutter
Most of us [...]

• 2 Comments

How does personal freedom manifest itself in your life?
To some, freedom means driving a car 150 mph, to others it’s a million dollars in net worth. Not to me. To me, freedom is having enough slack in your schedule to be spontaneous. To move on a moments notice. To control your time. That’s freedom.
To me, [...]

• 8 Comments

The Loot:

• 2 Comments

In February I wrote post about how my 4-year-old son was becoming obsessed with video games, asking the question – Are Video Games Bad for Kids?
After 4 months of observation, let me give the positive and negative aspects of allowing him to play video games with few limits:
Positive:

Improved eye hand coordination – It also appeared [...]

• 29 Comments

What are we teaching our children about power and self-control?
Why do so many young men value respect above life and liberty? How far has the prison culture value system penetrated our collective psyche? Is our obsession with respect really about respect or is it about delusions of power that are reinforced by our society?
Many evenings, [...]

• 20 Comments

Do you wonder why so many marriages fail? Are you in a marriage that is destined to fail? Or one destined to succeed? You can find out, but it takes guts.
Have you noticed how couples with rocky relationships seem headed in different directions? How they don’t listen to each other? How they compete with each [...]

• 13 Comments