by Michael Badnarik | Nov 2, 2020 | Personal
In early October, I drove to a friend’s wedding in Missouri, requiring fifteen hours behind the wheel. When I was young, I would have made that trip with only two fuel stops, and perhaps twice that many fast food stops. Leave before breakfast and arrive before...
by Michael Badnarik | Aug 15, 2020 | Personal
When I was a skydiving instructor, people would often ask me how much the first jump would cost. I would tell them that the experience would cost about $250, “plus half of everything you make the rest of your life”. That answer was rarely understood....
by Michael Badnarik | Jun 20, 2020 | Personal
My father, John Badnarik, was born on June 19th, 1928, just before the start of the Great Depression. He had a difficult childhood, and when he graduated from high school, he joined the Army to serve our country at the beginning of the Korean Conflict. Luckily for my...
by Michael Badnarik | May 1, 2020 | Personal, Sailing
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; (“O Captain! My Captain!” is an extended metaphor poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman, about the death of American president Abraham...
by Michael Badnarik | Apr 10, 2020 | Personal, Science
Alan is my best friend. We met in college while noticing the same very short skirt. He is 364 days younger than I am, so his birthday falls one day ahead of mine on the calendar. Naturally we would celebrate both birthdays the same weekend, back when birthdays meant...
by Michael Badnarik | Apr 5, 2020 | Personal
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. A friend of mine is a sheriff that I met at a convention of sheriffs in Las Vegas. I sat next to him at the banquet and learned that he was also a Scoutmaster in his free time. He said,...
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