Rapa Nui aka Easter Island
When I was young my mom used to haul me to garage sales pretty consistently. One such day I encountered a large stack of National...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 30, 20213 min read
Magic the Gathering
After school one day my Freshman year of High School I encountered a couple of friends playing a game in the hallway outside the art...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Playlist Memories Part 10
We used to play this game where two people would shout out random words and we type them into the YouTube search box and watch the video...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 27, 20213 min read
Leaving on a Jet Plane
We are well traveled as far as families go and have visited all but a handful of US states. With a family of 6 and being an avid...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Matt
“Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on to. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 25, 20214 min read
Worldspan
In 2001 a scant 5 days after the birth of my oldest son I started work at Worldspan. A subsidiary company of TWA, Northwest Airlines and...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Tinker Crates
My youngest daughter has always had a penchant for discovery and building. She loves to learn through doing and finds building things a...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 23, 20213 min read
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop-Farm
There are a handful of historical reenactment sites around Kansas City and as a fanatic about local history I have always enjoyed...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 22, 20214 min read
Thestrals
Death is a natural part of life. I’ve encountered it many times and long ago decided not to be afraid of it. A few related moments have...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Love and Tennis
In keeping with our new family initiative to find inclusive activities on Sundays we ventured out to the nearby tennis courts after FHS...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 21, 20211 min read
2nd Shot
Three weeks later I got my second Covid shot at the Okun Fieldhouse and within another 2 weeks I should be at full immunity. There were...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Cosmosphere
Spring break 2017 the kids and I took a couple of day trips from Kansas City. Among them was a 3.5 hour drive to Hutchison, KS that took...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 18, 20211 min read
10 Dad Commandments
Following my split from the mother of my 3 older kids I found myself doing a lot of soul searching. My kids were always important to me...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
We watched a lot of movies as a kid and a great deal of holiday rituals were wrapped around some of them. Tradition/my Dad dictated that...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 16, 20213 min read
The Magic of Board Games
When I was 9 years old my father gave me a NES and like most kids my age I flipped out and played it every opportunity I had. Prior to...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Ides of March
The experiences we have growing up and the exposure we have to history, culture and people heavily shape what is significant to us. For...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 14, 20212 min read
π
I am both a geocacher and a self proclaimed nerd. Membership in either group comes with irrational proclivities to like the number π. ...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Bailey Bridge
I’ve always had a lot of respect for engineers and have been actively trying to convince one my kids to consider the profession. A...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 12, 20213 min read
Dirt(y) Science
I grew up in a small suburb before moving out to a large plot of land as a teenager. My parents spent a lot of time working on the...
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Dave Hickman II
Mar 11, 20211 min read
GC37
One faithful day in June of 2000 Steve Brown read an article about "GPS Stash Hunting" on an old USENET newsgroup website. Fascinated by...
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