This was my first official day as Art Director at the Independent News. I was so excited and apprehensive and knew that I had so much to learn to really consider myself qualified to do this job. As of writing this, I have been there just over one year and it has been the best job of my life. I co...  read more

This is the date I entered active duty and shipped off to basic training in the US Air Force, where I spent 4 years as a Munitions Systems Specialist. I'm sure there will be quite a few more military moments on this timeline as time progresses so I won't get into too much here. I will say that it...  read more

I think I have this date right...this is the day I graduated from high school. I got a white 1989 Ford Escort GT as a graduation gift and a bunch of my family was there. I headed out the door after graduation alone, went to my car and left. I didn't speak to anyone, save Mr. Brown, the English te...  read more

I hooked up with Molly Ferris, a girl I liked, on this date. She and I were sophomores in high school. It was my first experience with love...or whatever passes for it when you are that age. As I remember it, it was 10:30 at night and I was drinking one of the first raspberry snapples in existenc...  read more

I was born on this date in Monroe, LA. The day I was to come home from the hospital was a stormy one. My mother decided she was perfectly fine and was ready to leave the hospital with me, but the doctor cautioned her against it as it was getting very stormy out. She went home anyway and our neigh...  read more