By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “Make peace with your past, so it doesn’t screw up your present.” ~Regina Brett How many times has this happened to you? You hear a certain song, stumble across an old photograph, and painful memories come rushing back to…
There have been several iterations of W9WSW.com over the years. We first created it with raw HTML, updating each page with Notepad. Several years ago we moved to WordPress. Somewhere in New Mexico, my database got corrupted, so we’re rebuilding again. If it’s vaguely connected with amateur radio, I’ll try…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. Maintaining a relationship is hard work. It requires habitual care and feeding. But it’s easy to get caught up in life’s routine. That’s when the magic can start to slip away. That’s why I always prioritize Date Night.
I stopped drinking Coca Cola over a year ago. Not because I didn’t like it. In fact, I have been a Coca Cola enthusiast since junior high. I used to select restaurants based on whether or not they served Coke. I just decided I didn’t need the sugar. Tonight, Colleen…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “You know ‘status quo’ is latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.” ~Ronald Reagan One of the things that drives me nuts about Facebook is how people complain about stuff there. Not that I’m against complaining. I actually love it……
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. Scott’s Maxim “Happiness is nothing more than a state of mind you choose to manifest. So is suffering.” I preach the idea of defining and chasing your brand of happiness. That includes trying to link your potential to a…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “I’m not a psychopath. I’m a high functioning sociopath.” ~Sherlock Holmes from the BBC series, Sherlock Richard Feynman is one of my all time favorite characters. He came to science with a different set of tools, some of which…
There is no tougher job than parenting. It’s hard work and you never know how well you did it until it’s too late to do anything about it.
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou There’s a family picture floating around from my high school years where…
By Scott Westerman If you’re like most of us in Michigan, your primary assignment for today is to stay warm and stay inside! What will you do with your snow day? What we used to do..