Irish Car Bomb

Irish Car Bomb   ˈī-rish ˈkär ˈbäm   noun   A boilermaker made with stout (e.g. Guinness), Irish Cream (e.g. Baileys) and Irish whiskey (e.g.Jameson). The name references the drink’s Irish components and the car bombings used most notoriously by the Provisional...

The World without Religion.

Disclaimer:  This post is NOT about whether or not I think the world is better off without religion.  It is NOT about denouncing traditions and disrespecting my upbringing.  This post is only about the small simple things that could be different in the world without...

Evolving Traditions: Thanksgiving

Time goes on.  Things change. Traditions evolve. Whether you like it or not, things you once knew as a constant will no longer be.  This applies to a lot of things, but some are harder to take than others.  As is with the Caselli family tradition on Thanksgiving. As...

My Battle with Smoking.

I love to smoke.  But I hate that I love to smoke. I have been a smoker for about ten years now. Wow, ten years. It sounds pretty horrible when you say it out loud. I had my first cigarette in the back of my friends car accompanied by a couple of Mickey’s 40s...

Road Trip to Florida State.

So Priscilla and I made our annual trip to Tallahassee, Florida last weekend to watch Florida State take on Clemson University in a College Football shoot out.  Priscilla attended Florida State starting the fall of 1998 and graduated with a degree of Psychology in the...

Coloring Books

I have always liked coloring book.  I mean, who doesn’t.  Some genius of a guy thought of an idea to create these books with pictures in them.  Books of all shapes and sizes with these great pictures of all your favorite cartoon characters.  AND THEN they had...

Could I Move to… New York City?

I’ve been to New York about five times in my life and I loved every trip. I love it so much that I considered moving there at one point in my life.  That was about five years back when I was right out of school and looking to start a new chapter in my life.  Not...