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Every year, fathers and sons across the Midwest pack up their pickup trucks and head north… a pilgrimage fueled by coffee, Mountain Dew, YouTube Music on the radio, and a few unnecessary stops along the way. This year, it was my son, Ethan, and I making the trip to northern …
There’s a strange moment that sneaks up on you somewhere in midlife. For me, it was around 47 or 48, when I started looking around and realizing half the people I knew had nicer stuff. Fancier cars, flashier vacations, kitchens that looked like they were designed for a cooking show. …
So you think becoming a millionaire means popping champagne, parking a Lambo in the driveway, and posting pictures of your toes in the sand while sipping a Mai Tai. I hate to ruin the fantasy, but the real definition is much less glamorous: a millionaire is just someone whose stuff …
Charlie Kirk, a modern-day martyr, died while doing what he loved. He was murdered for standing up for what he believed in and for doing his part to spread the truth to America’s youth. Charlie had a kind of courage most of us only like to imagine we’d have. He …
As a local truck driver, I’ve ventured in and out of hundreds of different factories and businesses throughout my 23+ years of driving a semi-truck. It seems like I’ve seen just about everything. Recently, I was walking through a printing factory in Sparta, MI… finding my way to the restrooms, …
So picture this… It’s still dark outside, I’m in my truck’s cab, sipping my trusty Costco Kirkland House Blend. It used to say “Roasted by Starbucks” on the bag, but now it’s gone. Kind of like when Pepsi ditched its classic logo for that awkward off-center smiley face thing back …
It was already dark on Thursday night when my son, Ethan, and I pulled up to the cottage on Hamlin Lake that our family rented for Labor Day weekend. My wife and my other two kids had arrived a few hours earlier and already started settling into our quaint little …
Imagine this… Donald Trump, leader of the free world, brokering peace talks between Russia and Ukraine like it’s just another Manhattan real estate flip. Except the outcome doesn’t result in another high-rise hotel or golf course – instead, it’s about eternal life with Heaven as the ultimate destination. Donald Trump …
Most of the time, history is hidden in old dusty books (or internet archives) or locked away behind glass cases in a museum. Our experience at the Battlefield at Manassas was different. History walked right up to us in the form of an older gentleman who happened to be a …
Nothing says “perfect timing” like dropping a few thousand dollars on a luxury mattress… only for it to arrive the exact morning you leave for vacation. That’s exactly what happened when my wife, Susie, and I ordered the Puffy Royal Luxury Mattress. After 18 years of sleeping on our trusty-but-tired …