In many towns across America, tonight’s a big night. It’s the first night of the high school football season. For most of my life, I’ve paid little attention to the tradition of Friday Night Lights. But since a couple of my nephews started playing football, I’ve started following the game. Football on Friday nights wasn’t…
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Over the years, I haven’t paid much attention to high school basketball. I cared when I sat on the bench in high school and even did some play-by-play broadcasts on the radio when I first started my professional career. But until this year, with one of my nephews playing, I finally started paying attention again….
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I’ve been a sports fan for as long as I can remember. And now that I have nieces and nephews in high school, I’ve started paying more attention to their school activities. The first thing I notice is that they show their team spirit in vastly different ways than we did back in the day….
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As I scroll through my Facebook feed, I can see that many kids are taking their Senior pictures. It’s been many years since I had mine taken, but it sure wasn’t the big deal they are today. When did they start allowing location shoots for these pictures? Back in my day, it was just two…
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It’s been a long time since I was in school. And lately, thanks to my nieces and nephews, I’m learning how much school spirit has changed. Back in my days, all we had to worry about was wearing the school colors. But today, it’s much more complicated…
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Today I’ve got a bunch of accounting work to do. I’m sure that I’ve talked about this subject before. Being a small business owner I’ve had to learn a lot about the subject through the years. And I’ve often wondered why it’s not a required subject in school…
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Back when I was in high school, you know in the good ole days, we used to celebrate spirit week. And to show just how much things have changed through the years, it’s not only high school’s that celebrate. Nowadays, the participants are much younger…
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It’s graduation time once again, and to say that this year will be extremely strange is truly an understatement. I understand why so many people are feeling a bit down right now. If you have someone graduating in your world there’s little to celebrate…
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It’s reunion time for one of my high school classes. I’m one of those lucky people who attended not one but two high schools. I guess you could say that gives me a chance for double the memories…
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We’ve all heard that worn out adage; age is just a number. And while it just sounds like words when you’re young, as you get older it can hit home. I don;t consider myself old, until I’m reminded…
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