The Fat Doctor
Sometimes people get so desperate to loose weight that they do things that endanger their health and maybe even their lives. Be sure the “Doctor ” treating you is reputable before you start his program. I was seriously frightened as the following story unfolded. Continue reading
Grand Lake Reunion
Good friends find ways to get back together to relive old times and create new adventures. John and Sue organized the first Mickey Mouse Gang Reunion at their cabin on Grand Lake. Here’s the story. Continue reading
Big Balls
One of the best times I had with the Rhythm Aces clog team was dancing the “Big Balls In Cow Town” show routine. I loved Bob Wills music, I loved clogging, and I loved having fun with our clogging buddies. Dancing this routine was perfect for me as it involved all three of the things I loved in it. Here’s what we did. Continue reading
The Duet
All our clog dance activities and adventures were done after work and on the weekends. We did nearly everything with our girls participating with us. We made so many good friends and had many good times with those friends. This story provides a little information about some of our clogging friends we had a ball with over the the years. Continue reading
Country Rhythm
When you’ve got complete control of the reins and the friends involved are happy go lucky fun loving people, you can have some outlandishly fun times developing, practicing, and competing with show routines for clog dance competitions. Here’s. Some of the stuff we did when we were free to do as we pleased. Continue reading
Kenai, Alaska
When I was a Process Engineer for Phillips Petroleum Companies Corporate Engineering, I was fortunate enough to work on several Kenai Plant projects including a major project to significantly expand the capacity of the Kenai LNG ( Liquified Natural Gas ) Plant to increase LNG production. So I made many trips to Kenai. Some of my experiences follow. Continue reading
World Traveler
When I became Principal Process Engineer for Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, my responsibilities became international and I took many all expense paid trips all over the world. On most of the trips, I took a little extra time so I could see the local sights and enjoy parts of the world I had never seen before. Some of my experiences follow. Continue reading
World Traveler 2
When I became Principal Process Engineer for Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, my responsibilities became international and I took many all expense paid trips all over the world. On most of the trips, I took a little extra time so I could see the local sights and enjoy parts of the world I had never seen before. Some more of my experiences follow. Continue reading
Good Grub
One of the benefits of being a traveling engineer for a oil company was that I was on an expense account and I got to eat at some fine restaurants on the company when I traveled. I have shared some of my favorite eating places in today’s story. It’s a wonder I didn’t get more porky than I did. Continue reading
I have heard stories of others having the good fortune of running into famous stars and getting to meet them, but I didn’t think it would ever happen to us. What actually happened was beyond anything I could have imagined. Here’s the story. Continue reading