Growin' Up Gregory

Garden Tools After getting seeds planted in our garden a few days ago, we are now patiently waiting for those first little specs of green to start popping through the soil.  Unfortunately, right behind those first good plants typically come unwelcome visitors in the form of weeds.  Grass and other weeds can be a pest and take away vital nutrients that our veggies need to flourish.  But there's a solution - a well trained gardener, or even a young child with a minimal instruction, can actually use a tool, a garden hoe, to eliminate the weeds with a few swift swings.  Their skill and desire  to improve the garden make the soil cleaner and the plants are allowed to grow stronger and flourish.  But the opposite is also true.  If someone was to become angry at you, they could sneak into the garden at night and use that same hoe to destroy all of your precious veggies.  You see, the garden hoe is merely a tool in the matter, completely neutral and at...

I'm not the president.  I'm not even actually in politics.  And I'm not quite 35 years old which puts me in the generation called Millennials.  And I would like to share with you what I perceive to be the true state of our country right now on three major issues.  Yes, there are more issues but I'll start by attempting to tackle these three first. Gun Control As a young man living in this country, where do I stand on gun control?  I believe that some households need three guns.  You need a handgun/pistol for personal protection to carry or have hidden in your home, a rifle for big game hunting (i.e. deer), and you need a shotgun for small game hunting (i.e. rabbits, birds, turkey etc.).  Does any one NEED an AR-15?  Honestly, I believe that if you feel like you need, not want, an AR-15 in your closet that your life or your neighborhood is a bit too dangerous for me.  Now with that being said, can you WANT an AR-15?  Absolutely.  ...