A Solo Adventure
In 2001, I set off on a long, solo vacation. This was the longest vacation of my life at that point, in terms of both distance and elapsed time.
I was really excited about the trip and got very little sleep the night before I was scheduled to leave. Eventually, I just packed the car, ate [...]
How to Balance a Checkbook
Over the years, I have come to the realization that a lot of people are not familiar with the process of balancing a checkbook. This is a life skill that can save you a lot of headaches, so today we’ll step through the process.
When your bank statement arrives, you see that the bank balance of [...]
Blocked
It was a dark and stormy night. This weather always made Casey think of Snoopy. How she envied that dog, with his vibrant imagination, always dreaming of aerial dogfights with The Red Baron or telling war stories with Bill Mauldin. When the bucket dropped down into the well of Snoopy’s creativity, it never came up [...]
→ Read Full ArticleState of the Union and Bad Nuts
Welcome to the second edition of my rant that appears here once a month on The Casual Observer. My first post was on Christmas Eve and now this my second is on my 32nd birthday. So Happy Birthday to me and let us move on to the main topic of this months rant, The State [...]
→ Read Full ArticleKosmo’s Favorite Sports Moments
I’ve been a sports fan nearly all my life. Here are my favorite sports moments. I’ve included an “embezzler’s dozen” – my 11 favorite moments.
1. Holliday Slides Into Playoffs – You seen the play a million times. Matt Holliday slides toward home, Michael Barrett drops the ball. The ump calls Holliday safe. The one thing [...]
Bad Baseball Contracts
It doesn’t take much effort or courage to second guess a player’s contract. However, every once in a while, a deal is so awful that nearly everyone correctly pans it immediately after it was signed. Today, we’ll look at three awful deals.
Barry Zito
Zito was a former Cy Young award winner and a lefty to boot. [...]
Capturing Ideas
Writing is capturing ideas. Your mind can be amazing. As you search for topics to write on, do not reject any ideas. Some ideas may not be appropriate for you chosen style of writing, or for all audiences. Still, jot down everything. You never know what will be an important [...]
→ Read Full ArticleBold Predictions for 2010
What’s ahead in the year ahead? Kosmo takes his best guess.
Sports
The Big 10 finally expands to 12 teams, allowing it to have a conference title game. The new school, Sarah Lawrence College, is the trendy pick to claim the conference’s automatic BCS bid.
The Cubs will fail to win the World Series.
Notre Dame will fail to [...]
Ice Storm
Sitting as a wall flower in a meeting with high level managers allows the mind to wander. Facing a wall of windows on a winter day in the mid-west provides a playground of ideas and observations.
Morning and the flags are hanging so sadly draped against the poles. Sad but still providing the only [...]
We Could Have You Killed
Although the idea for this story was quite obviously ripped from the headlines, this story is intended to be politically neutral. You will notice that no party affiliations are mentioned, nor is the subject matter of the bill detailed.
One of the preeminent power brokers in Washington was chewing on a number two pencil with the [...]
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