"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor
spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live
in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
— Theodore Roosevelt, 1899
Posted on September 27, 2019 by Brett McKay in Things I Enjoy
We have SiriusXM in one of our cars. Most of the time we have it on one of the channels that play pop hits from Taylor Swift or 90s alt-rock-pop bands. But when I got the car all by my lonesome, I tune it to Escape, Channel 69. It’s easy listening instrumental music. You’ve heard […]
Posted on September 24, 2019 by Brett McKay in Things I Enjoy
When I was a kid, my family would do jigsaw puzzles starting in September and then throughout the holidays. In September, we’d usually do some sort of fall-themed puzzle with art by Charles Wysocki. In October, a Halloween poster. November, a puzzle featuring Norman Rockwell’s famous Freedom from Want picture. December, multiple Christmas puzzles. My […]