By Dave Ellis
Whenever I drive on the freeway through desert, I often think of pioneers in the past, slowly driving their team across the same forbidding lands. I imagine the dad at the helm complaining about the other wagons, calling them boneheads for cutting him off. I can see his concern for the safety of his family. He drives steadily while the kids fight in the back over who gets to play the next song on the water jug. I see this pioneer in me as I drive along I-15 to Anaheim with cruise control, AC and fast food available every thirty minutes. OK maybe he had it a little tougher than me. But I do have boneheads cutting me off.

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By Dave Ellis
I’m a terrible procrastinator. In the unfinished halls of the world’s greatest procrastinators I rank among the worst of the best. If I made procrastination a goal, I probably wouldn’t do it. Which actually would be accomplishing the goal,
I think, or maybe not. I’ll have to get back to you on that.

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by Dave Ellis
On June 26, 1948, British planes commenced the Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles, seriously) to provide much needed supplies to the West Berliners being held hostage behind the Iron Curtain. The Allies flew over two hundred thousand flights in one year to overcome the blockade by the Soviets. This is the same strategy I use to get candy canes into my house each year. Yes, I am the Allies and my wife is the Soviets. Charming, eh?

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By Dave Ellis
Some European guy posted on the Internet that we are using the term ‘football’ all wrong. He claims that because they kick the ball in soccer then ‘football’ makes sense. He then said our sport football should really be called ‘hand egg’ since you carry an egg in your hand. Makes sense to me.

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By Dave Ellis
I was sitting back one day admiring all of my possessions and decided I was lacking something in life. Chew marks. Yes, we needed a dog and quick! We located a dog in need of a new home before we could come to our senses. So we are now proud owners of a very, very large Black Lab and Great Dane mix dog. His name is Blue and this is his story…

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