As a kid, I always saw Veterans Day as just another one of those fake holidays that the government and the banks use as an excuse to take the day off.  I never got to stay home from school or work and I only knew a couple of veterans so it never meant much to me.  Over the past few years though, that has changed as I started realizing  just how amazing the men and women are who have constantly put themselves in harms way in order to...

Even as neglected as my blog has been over the past few months, I couldn’t let today pass without wishing our country a happy 234th birthday.  It was on this day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was adopted announcing a severing of ties between England and the colonies in the New World. To Thomas Jefferson, the inspired patriot who drafted this amazing document, I say thank you.  I also say thank you to the other...

Last night as Holly and I were settling down to watch the latest episode of Chuck, my phone rang.  I didn’t recognize the number so I figured that it was another survey to ask me who I’ll be voting for at the Republican State Convention in a few weeks.  I answered the phone expecting to have a delay while the call was routed to some operator in a call center.  Instead, my greeting was answered immediately with an actual...

After watching the beginning of the end of the country that I love so much as health care “reform” passed over the weekend, this video pretty much sums up how I feel.  The nice thing is that I know that I’m not the only one that feels this way.

The Fourth of July is always a big deal in the Zohner household, and to be honest, why wouldn’t it be?  After all, I come from a long line of rednecks (my grandma used to have a TV that worked on top of her TV that didn’t).  The Fourth of July is the perfect redneck holiday!  Not only do we get to celebrate the birth of our nation but we get to blow stuff up and cook meat on fire.  Who could ask for more? Read the rest......