Believe

Before the season started, me and some friends decided to get together and have a weekly racing pool. There's a total of 8 of us and we agreed to put up $50 apiece into the pot. The pot will pay out three winners at the end; $50 for third, $100 for second and $250 for first place. Racing, money and friends. How could I say no?

So anyway, we're what, halfway through the season now? I've been in first place since week 2 or week 3 and have controlled it pretty well. Our points...

The eyes are the window to the soul. The eyes are your windows to the world around you. Eyes, do you take them for granted? You don't think so? Next time you're in a crowded room or walking down a crowded sidewalk, cover both eyes or shut them, doesn't matter, and see what happens as you walk. Or rather, feel or hear what happens as you walk. Imagine a world of darkness of total blackness that is still full of familiar voices, familiar sounds, familiar smells. We love to "watch" races,...

Taylor County paid a visit to my Dixie County Bears Friday night for a tough district matchup. Neither team sported that good of a record coming in, but Taylor is never a team to take lightly. The fallout from last week's game was evident when the kids came out to warm up and Cody Spurlin was wearing his jersey, but with no pads and wearing jeans instead. His younger brother Shawn has decided to not play the last two games because their mom just can't take anything else like what happened last week....

My nephew is a senior in high school and plays nose tackle and defensive end for the football team. He's undersized for the positions, but he has a pretty good motor and a lot of heart. I've been thinking about posting after each game on Friday nights, but have never gotten around to it. Coming in to tonight's game, we were 2-4 and coming off a pretty emotional loss to Fort White last week. Head coach was thrown out, the crowd was ready to lynch and it was all around just ugly. Referees could have...

I know the last time I wrote something here, I created some stuff because of a song I heard, but what I'm about to write is true, but does coincide with the song "Lightning Crashes" by Live. Nothing made up here, just the truth...

Today is September 29th and it marks two years since two life changing events that happened. Two years ago today, I was at work and preparing to leave work to head to North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. The first reason I was headed...