I know that some of you are up to speed on my current medical situation. I know some of you have no clue. I know others have misinformation. And others really don’t care. For those in the middle categories, here’s the facts:About a month ago I had a “procedure”. I could write a blog or even a book on the misuse of this word in the medical field. The “procedure” was supposed…

I’ve had a few nicknames over the years. Most of which I’ve liked. Dr. K (hence the blog url) was one of the first that stuck fairly strongly. I still don’t know why the creator of that nickname chose it but it does inspire me to someday make the Dr. part official. Special K is another new nickname given to me at one of my churches from some amazing youth. It has…

Its been a while since I’ve had to write the famous “back to school” essay – complete with picture. So I thought I’d let you know what I discovered on our end of summer getaway. Since Big John was traveling so much this summer we weren’t able to take a family vacation together until Labor Day weekend. In Georgia this means that the boys were already back in school, so we pulled…

For a long time I followed the advice that sounded quite good. “Stay under the radar”. Apparently if you stay under the radar, you won’t get asked to do those pesky tasks that no one else wants to do. You’ll never be asked to chair the “committee for the statistical analysis of people who use social networking who may or may not be interested in church, social justice, or low-carb diets.” Sounded…

I was about to hand someone their “sign” the other day when I heard them say they didn’t understand the term “inclement weather.” To me its pretty straight forward: if my favorite TV program is interrupted to tell me about the weather, it is inclement. Then they said something that made me go “hmmmm.” They said, “Weather is weather. Sometimes it rains. Sometimes its sunny. Other times is crisp. Then again it…