By The Howitzer I hope you never pass me on the road when I am in a country frame of mind cause county music make me cry. I know I am supposed to be tough but some of those songs are geared to rip your heart out (if you have one, men). One of my [...]
by The Howitzer A newfound interest of mine is NASCAR. To be honest, I have never had much interest in a bunch of overgrown teenagers racing around an oval track. With the exception of some fantastic wrecks (where no one seems to get hurt) I never really understood the NASCAR junkie. That is until my [...]
By Greg Primm I still remember the day: November 22, 1987, my 14th birthday. I was a young teenager obsessed with sports. Growing up in a rural area, my biggest source of daily sports news was the newspaper and the two minute sports telecast on the six o’clock news. Forget ESPN – this was pre-cable [...]
By the Howitzer It sucks you right into the abyss of wasted time. I just spent the last two days of my vacation pouring over the details of getting my personal blog (thehowitzerrants.com) hosted on a new site. A buddy of mine had recently been working on getting his blog updated and moved over from [...]
By James Kissinger I saw Lucinda Williams perform live this past week. It was my first time to see her in concert and my expectations for the show were somewhere in the stratosphere. I’ve been a fan for years … she hooked me with lyrics, and I tolerated her vocals early on. She was kind [...]
By Greg Primm It’s just Wednesday but it has already been a busy week in our house. On top of the normal activities of life — work, family commitments, exercise, gymnastics and dance lessons for my daughters, etc. — I’m hosting some auditors in our office for the next two weeks, I’ve got a couple [...]
By James Kissinger I’ve been tasked to write once a week. I shouldn’t even say tasked … I asked to do it. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? Really, it’s not. Oh, oh, oh, oh … Wednesday deadline. Deadline. I hate that word. Sounds like somebody’s gonna die if it doesn’t happen. Usually Greg [...]
by The Howitzer “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” -Benjamin Franklin “This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption… Beer!” -Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Friar Tuck As I sat here a couple of months ago writing this [...]
By Greg Primm I just returned from a week at Walt Disney World in Florida. We spent a great week enjoying the parks with our two daughters (Allison – 7 and Lauren – 4). My parents were able to come with us as well, and we enjoyed a long week of solid family time. Normally, [...]
by Tim “Howitzer” Howington I attend an outstanding church. Great teaching, great worship, great programs, great vision, great staff, great congregation and the Lord’s favor is on us. We are blessed and I love to go to church. My family has a number of volunteer responsibilities there and my wife is even working part time [...]