6 Nick Claussen blog posts are equal to 24 regular posts!
I’m happy they are fixing the streets and highways in Athens, Ohio this summer and I wouldn’t want to coordinate all of those projects, but it is kind of odd how it has worked out.
Here are a few thoughts on the road construction and driving in Athens this summer: Continue reading “A few thoughts on driving in Athens, Ohio this summer”
For many years, I tried to jog on my own, but it was never much fun. Continue reading “The Athens Jogging Club – One of the Top Jogging Clubs in Athens”
As the youngest child in my family while growing up, I often tried to prove myself to my siblings and parents.
Now that I am older and more mature, that trait has only grown stronger and I still find myself taking on various challenges to impress them.
So when I heard recently that a pine tree had blown down in my mom’s yard, I knew that I would need to be the one to remove it. My sister suggested getting someone to cut it up and take away the wood, but I was confident that I could just drag the tree back into the woods. Continue reading “Life lesson 17: Trying to impress people often leads to pain that is slow to wane”
In order to celebrate Presidents’ Day, here are a few interesting (to me at least) items about our past leaders. Continue reading “A day to honor leaders who had 15 kids, got pulled over for speeding on horses and still gave speeches even after being shot”
Are you ever unsure if you should insure, ensure or assure?
This happens to me often, which causes me great displeasure. In order to bring closure to the issue, though, I am offering a few simple rules: Continue reading “Insure and ensure ensure displeasure”
Scanning through the limited supply of non-political national news over the weekend, I found a few interesting articles about a new NASA-funded study that is part of a project to send people to Mars.
According to the articles (I will paste a few links below), NASA is paying a great deal of money for a study of six people living inside a pod for eight months. The articles brought up several really interesting items, as well as bunch of questions. Here are a few examples: Continue reading “Whom would you take with you to Mars?”
“Hey Dad, Browns tickets are going for $6 or less,” my son Ben said to me a few weeks ago.
He loves the Cleveland Browns and I love saving money, so the cheap tickets were intriguing. Sure there were a few negative points about the game, but they were minimal, such as:
Obviously, that was not enough to keep us from $6 tickets and the opportunity to see the Browns make history with their losing season, so we decided to go. Continue reading “Seeing history and enjoying an epiphany, all for $6”
It’s dark, dirty and uncomfortable, but at least it’s filled with bugs and spider webs
I enjoy going to the movies, but there are several rules that must be followed in order to make the experience enjoyable. I should add that it goes without saying that you should not see scary movies. Ever. Or movies that seem sad. Or movies with Keanu Reeves. Or sad movies with Keanu Reeves (although how could you tell if he was sad or not?).
Here then, are the Top 5 Rules for the Movie Theater.
Often at the end of a long day, I will turn to my wife or the children and let them know that I am thinking the same thing they are.
“You’re welcome,” I say quietly.
They usually pretend to not know what I am talking about, but I know they must be thinking, “Thank you, Nick, for being such a great and cool husband/father/stepfather/pet owner/neighbor/writer/co-worker/athlete/model citizen/Muppets fan.”
I don’t mean to brag, but there’s really no way around it. I am pretty amazing.
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