There is always a strange mix of emotions whenever I happen to make my way back here. Like walking the digital side streets in a virtual ghost town of what was once my very own relatively bustling corner of cyberspace, there is a nostalgic familiarity that comes with any trip down memory lane, but so…
Category: my “tribe”
They say friends are the family you get to choose. I’m lucky guy who gets an amazing mix of both.
Stealing someone else’s words
Hey, I’ve said before that I’m not above it. I have spent the last couple days (without sleep) trying to find the right words to commemorate today. I never would have thought they would show up secondhand in an e-mail my mom sent out to friends and loved ones this evening. Enjoy… Hi There, I…
Reason to Believe
George Carlin once said that, “inside every cynical person is a disappointed idealist.” Well, after spending the near entirety of my adult life in The Bush Era, governed by the politics of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, it should come as no surprise that I have viewed government, and our system as a whole, with…
…just a phase?
Blink. Blink. Blink. The cursor on your monitor flashes at you expectantly, almost impatiently. Suddenly you are five years old again, and your mom is standing in the doorway with her hands at her hips, tapping her toe like only a late mother can, as you frantically stuff the Lego’s she "told you to start…
The best man
It was a warm spring afternoon during the spring of my sophomore year as I wandered in to Hebeler Hall on the southwest corner of Central Washington University. My mission? To apply for acceptance into the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) major. My motivation? Not exactly academic: I was about to enter my third season of…
Credit where it’s due
I have a confession. I’m not fully responsible for all the content of this blog. Don’t get me wrong, the words are all mine, no one else’s…. it’s just the subject matter I can’t claim as all my own. By now you’ve noticed that most of my stories have some sort of inspiration behind them. My…
Guardian angel
A little over two years ago, tragedy struck my family in the form of a skiing accident. With one crash landing, life went from a calm walk in the park to a whirlwind of chaos and pain. As I laid there, confused and terrified in a hospital bed, my family was wracked with grief and…
A not-so-quick shout out
Yes, i just used the term “shout out”. Don’t judge. Moving on… Looking back, I can honestly say I’m proud of my achievements in wrestling. I was a scholarship collegiate athlete, a four-year starter in the NCAA, and came within inches of being crowned All-American. Granted, it was barely a quarter scholarship, I didn’t start…
So… who’s Robin, then?
You know, I think everyone needs a sidekick. Batman had Robin, why can’t we all have someone like that? Sidekicks are so important because they serve a multitude of purposes: they are your best buddy, they are always quick with the witty banter, they get you into just enough trouble to make life interesting, and most importantly,…
What’s in a name?
Kenneth Paul Salvini, Kenny for short. Nothing special, doesn’t really have a particular ring to it. Remember growing up when it seemed like your name just wasn’t cool enough? Didn’t matter how different your name was, it was never different enough. If you were a Travis, you wanted to be a Jake… Lindsays wanted to…
Kenny Salvini 