Life's Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Don’t get too down on your country, there’s a few million people at the southern border risking life and limb to get in, we must be doing something right…

Live life on your own terms, but don’t push your lifestyle on somebody else…

Always hit a soft 17…

There’s a time to fight, but there’s a time to walk away, learn the difference. It’ll do wonders for your peace of mind and save money on dental bills…

Make an honest effort to be kind to most everybody you meet…

Every day, I try to remember something I picked up from a friend of mine in SoCal; he was an old, retired Hells Angel “…give respect, get respect, act like an asshole, get treated like an asshole…”

Clowns are creepy…

Get in the habit of sticking up for the people who can’t stick up for themselves …

Despite some things you may have done, don’t walk around considering yourself a brave person…

Pick your battles wisely, don’t die on a small cross…an old Chicago saying—

A handshake is life’s most binding document…

Don’t drink cheap whiskey…

In a negotiation, never make the first offer…

You’re looking at a high performance woman, I can go from zero to bitch in three seconds. Beware, the bitch switch sometimes sticks!!

-sign behind a receptionist’s desk in New Orleans-

Never snitch, if entrusted with a secret, keep it to the grave…

A crisp white shirt is worth a thousand words…