Best laid plans of mice and men
Well $hit... I received a call earlier in the week from Phaedra's mom informing me that two girls from school had tested positive on the...
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Dave Hickman II
May 29, 20214 min read
Memorial Day
Traditions as far as families go give us a sense of connection to the past. My family is filled with them but not all are worth writing...
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Dave Hickman II
May 29, 20211 min read
Falkor
Sadly the transmission in our trusty minivan shot craps and has been sitting in our driveway for a couple of months now idle. We have a...
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Dave Hickman II
May 27, 20213 min read
Buzz
In the fall of 2018 I heard about this new place called the Whiskers Cat Café where you could get a coffee from a barista and play with...
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Dave Hickman II
May 26, 20213 min read
Saying Goodbye is Never Easy
Reason, Season, or Lifetime. I'm sure you've heard that before as it pertains to how folks can make brief appearances in our lives or...
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Dave Hickman II
May 25, 20214 min read
Lu
Throughout our lives we encounter so many people that shape us. Some have minor roles only appearing for a brief moment and others last a...
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Dave Hickman II
May 24, 20212 min read
An Immigration Story
Immigration is a topic that could fill volumes and is far too deep a subject for me to purport to be an expert on. I do have a tiny bit...
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Dave Hickman II
May 23, 20213 min read
Family Business Part 4
Along with the occasional gigs that came with having a family business I was tasked with riding along with my father on his routes...
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Dave Hickman II
May 22, 20212 min read
Friendship, Valor and Geocaching
I have been geocaching for about 12 years now and in my early days I made a lot of great friends. Some have moved away, stopped caching...
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Dave Hickman II
May 21, 20212 min read
KCPT19
In my youth I watched a lot of PBS including Reading Rainbow, Nature and Nova. I would see their occasional calls for support through...
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Dave Hickman II
May 20, 20214 min read
Drink Responsibly
I grew up in a household that was pretty comfortable with drinking. I remember a beer in my dad’s hand along with many of my earliest...
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Dave Hickman II
May 19, 20213 min read
Mingo Madness
The oldest active geocache in the world is out I-70 in a rural part of Kansas. The "town" and cache are both named Mingo (GC37) and are...
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Dave Hickman II
May 18, 20213 min read
Bridget
Nine years ago today my family was finally complete. It was sunny and in the low 80s that weekend without a cloud in the sky. In the...
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Dave Hickman II
May 17, 20214 min read
My Connection to a Serial Killer
PLEASE NOTE: There are graphic details in this post and it is not recommended for children or the easily disturbed. In 2000 I was working...
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Dave Hickman II
May 17, 20212 min read
Rockfest
While not exactly an original name (or limited to this part of the county) the idea of a "Rockfest" event likely conjures up images of...
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Dave Hickman II
May 17, 20212 min read
On a Different Level
A few years ago I made a late night run to pick up some domestic living supplies and in an isolated isle in the back corner of a Big Box...
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Dave Hickman II
May 14, 20212 min read
Drunk at 9
The first time I got drunk believe it or not was when I was just 9 years old. I was on a vacation with my dad and step mom in Laguna...
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Dave Hickman II
May 13, 20213 min read
John Carpenter T-Shirt Forgery
My father loved Western, War, Action and Sci-Fi movies and among his favorite directors was John Carpenter. He directed notables like...
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Dave Hickman II
May 12, 20212 min read
Uncle Steve
In 2015 I started at ScriptPro working on the help desk. Coming off of the layoffs at Worldspan I had a little trepidation with this new...
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Dave Hickman II
May 11, 20212 min read
Earthcaches
Geocaching offers a wide array of ways to engage with the game most of which involve you signing your name as proof of a visit. Two...
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