Mar 22, 2012

This may surprise a lot of people, but I am not the biggest fan of The Nadas. I mean, I like them, they’re talented musicians, they work really hard and any interaction I have ever had with them personally has been pleasant. I just well, honestly, I got a bit burnt out on them. For a period of time in the early to mid-aughts, my wife and her friends got...

Dec 1, 2011

Reinvention is awesome, I just personally suck at it.  I am super at stagnation; the King of Comfort Zone. But, I’m trying. I write this column now, which is a bigger step for me than people might realize.  I’ve taken Bob Wiley baby steps toward actually having a career instead of just a job, and my overall outlook on professionalism has changed.  I’m...

Feb 3, 2011

Ok, it is apparent we were completely fooled last week – winter is not yet over – it is freaking cold outside! One way I usually try to get over this time of year is with music, which is something I think all of us can relate to. True, some like harder music, some like it softer, but music is the common theme that binds us all. Yesterday, I re-stumbled (I...

Jan 28, 2011

Most people around Des Moines can recognize the Young Professionals Connection(YPC) pretty easily or are at least familiar with the name by now.  The organization just reached it’s 10th Birthday and has continually held a membership hovered around 500 members here in Des Moines for the time that I’ve known it.  While YPC keeps quite busy with...

Dec 8, 2010

My wife and I were looking for a restaurant close to home that we hadn’t been to before. We weren’t really that hungry, but we knew it would be important to get something to eat before we headed to The Nadas Silent Night last Friday night. We knew there was a local Mexican restaurant nearby, so we decided that would be the place to hit up. Unfortunately,...