Which Hat Am I Wearing Right Now?
I typically roll out of bed rather reluctantly. I am reluctant not because I don’t enjoy all of the blessings that God has given me. I am reluctant because I am not sure how many different “Hat’s” will be required of me on that particular day. Before I even move in the morning, things are in motion that will begin to dictate who I will start the day as. I often times start off ...
Is Tim Tebow getting under your skin?
Tim Tebow comes up often in my house as my son is an aspiring quarterback and my teenage daughters are…well teenage daughters and so he comes up a fair bit. To give full disclosure, I was lucky enough to pick him up on both of my fantasy football teams and I have been riding his on field success towards my own fantasy football playoffs. There is no doubt that he is one of the ...
The Price to Play
I refuse to accept that my body is starting to fall apart on me. As a human we all like to think of ourselves at that “favorite” age or moment in time when our body was at it’s fittest point….sometime in the early twenty’s I am guessing for most. As an athlete, especially those who have been to the mountain top, our expectation for our bodies are even greater then that. We think that we are forever ...
Get Race Ready; Get on the Pain Train
The inline skating community is an amazing group of people. It is a great mix of all kinds of skaters. Some of us grew up on roller skates and just can’t stop skating. Some like the health benefits they get from such a low impact form of exercise. Some found this little niche sport some time ago and went from early adapters to die hard fanatics. Some like to dance, some like to ...
Tony Muse Speed Skating Clinic
Saturday, May 28th, 9 AM
2360 Lakewood Blvd
Hoffman Estates, Il
Specifically, the parking lot at vacant building directly behind Jerseys Pizza and Grill
Tony Muse, Inline speed skating World Champion, Pan American Champion, U.S. National Champion comes to the Chicago Area Saturday, May 28th. Participation is limited to a maximum of 50 skaters. Based on his past clinics, the maximum of 50 will be sold out before the clinic date. If you want to participate, please email Cale now ...
Who is Hiding in Your Closet?
We all look for ourselves first when we are looking at photos. We hope it is a good picture of ourselves (with a bit of disregard for others in the photo) and we kind of want everyone to see us in the shot. I am not saying we always like the way we look, often times we are embarrassed by what ever moment that the picture caught us. It could be because of the face we ...
Your Mom vs St Louis Gatekeepers
Game number four of the rookie season for the men’s derby squad out of Des Moines had us visiting the Gatekeepers of St Louis. The Gatekeepers are one of the top ranked derby teams in the country and probably the best team we have played. They have large front line players like “Wild Bill” who hit just for the sake of doing something and they have great jammers like “Bat Wing” who know how to ...
The Birth of VineMe
VineMe began as a typical night in my home. My family faithfully shares family night once a week. As I was waiting for some of the family members to get ready, I sat on the couch in the living room trying to kill time. I reached into the cabinet and began looking at photos in one of 30 or so shoe boxes filled with envelopes. I was surprised by how many things in my life I did ...
Your Mom Versus Cowtown Butchers
Game three of my young roller derby career took place on Saturday March 26th at the 7 Flags Event center in Des Moines. Our first home game was played at the Iowa State Fairgrounds at the Jacobson Building and together with the Des Moines Derby Dames, We were able to sell out 2600 seats. The first Game was highly promoted throughout the area in all forms of media and nearly 1000 of those tickets went in ...
Your Mom Versus TC Terrors in St Paul, MN
It has been about 48 hours since our most recent roller derby bout and once again I am here to assure everyone….it is no joke. My neck is so sore I can only look straight ahead and my chest still feels like it has a 50 pound bag on top of it. This morning my wife asked me why I looked so skinny and I told her that since I have started ...
