Meet Sophia. She is about 7 years old. Sophia was rescued from a terrible hoarding situation with over 60 dogs in South Carolina. She was kept in an extremely small crate outside in an overgrown, swampy area. She lost her right front leg early in her captivity, possibly from a snake bite, an incident with […]
Meet Buddy. He’s part Australian Cattle Dog, rescued from a bad neglect situation, and is about 7. The third dog adopted by us, he’s very street smart, and an excellent hunter, a skill that occasionally dismays us. He was an inside dog abandoned by his original family as their kids got older. They chained him […]
When you go on Facebook, the box where you type a new status says, “What’s on your mind?” So what’s on my mind? I’ll pose it as a series of “what if” questions. What if there are no exceptional people? What if the smartest one of us is just as flawed as the least intelligent? […]
Through all my years in racing, one of the nicer folks I’ve worked with, although for just a day in October 2005, was Chip Foose. Chip was tasked with designing a car for DuPont Hot Hues and Jeff Gordon. He wanted to personally hand paint most of the flame and “heat wave” elements on the […]
Since Sophia has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, we thought it would be nice to meet up with her rescuer and her former foster parents again. Today we got a chance to reintroduce Sophia to her foster parents Joy and Jim Odom. It had been 5-1/2 years since they’ve seen each other. The Odoms took great […]
Sophia just stared at me for the longest time, so I stared back, lovingly of course. I ran through the entire cancer scenario as I understand it now in my head like I was talking to her through this stare. I know she couldn’t hear me or read my mind, but it helped me to […]
Pictured here is Sophia eating a biscuit a few days ago. She got that awesome treat because she had just gone to the Vet for some tests. I felt something odd in her throat while petting her, and I took her to Vet that day. Today as the tests came back, our worst fears were […]
I found this video the other day and it really took me back to a good time. I grew up with some of my family owning and racing drag boats, and I even got the chance to go to a few drag boat races in the early ’80’s. I really enjoyed seeing my friend Billy […]
It was a real honor to have worked with Terry Labonte during his racing career. He was deservedly inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 23, 2016. A two-time Cup Champion, Terry won 34 NASCAR races in 3 different series throughout his 36 year career. One of the all-time greats, he was always […]
18 years ago yesterday, my sister Michelle died of a massive seizure, and Christmas has sucked ever since. My thoughts though, go to people less experienced at loss than I am, or who’ve recently lost someone. There are many of us who don’t look forward to Christmas. We go through the motions, because it’s what […]