Sooooo…got home really late tonight, still tough to type and have to get ready for a special day tomorrow so while I said I would get to my regular posts today, just not gonna happen.

I’ll catch up this weekend.  Hope to see you around.

So things are going to be delayed today…I was loading a truck at work and sliced my right hand.  Got a huge old bandage on it now and typing is taking forever.

Later today I’ll post the new Fast Food Friday installment as well as bring you pictures of my home made bacon!  YEAH BACON!

Hope your day is going better than mine so far

Dad Samuel L. Cole Jr. passed away on August 25th, 2009 at the age of 83.

May he rest in peace.

When I was in my teens, I was introduced to a fraternity called DeMolay.  This organization came to mean a great deal to me, mostly in part to those advisors who helped guide me through my youth.  Dad Cole was probably the single biggest influence in my life during my DeMolay career. 

I was asked this last Friday to deliver the eulogy prior to the DeMolay memorial service.  I would like to share some of what I wrote with you now as I believe by doing so, in some small measure, his spirit lives forever.

He was a good man and I will miss him. [Read more →]

Hello all…

Between traveling this week for work and now preparing for the funeral of a friend and mentor this evening, I have not been able to post.

I hope to catch up this weekend.  I have received some great articles from friends, would like to show you a few scenes from the SWAT Challenge I attended, share thoughts about this week’s “Top Chef” and will have to catch up on “Fast Food Friday” next week (which I need to skip cause I didn’t get to Burger King).

Oh, I’m also finally buying some pork belly this weekend for the BLTfSC and have a few recipes I hope I can share as “Test Kitchen” posts…

My best!  Have a great weekend!

So…I’m sick.  I’m talking physically, not mentally  

Lil’ Baird brought a cold home about two weeks ago.  Better Half and Lil’ got better over the first weekend.  I on the other hand had this cold turn into an infection and have been coughing and hacking like a 80 year old man.

After the first seven days I finally caved and went in to the Minute Clinic at the CVS around the corner from my house.  The nurse practitioner made the diagnosis, I got my script and home I went.

So about 5 days go by and I get a card in the mail from the Minute Clinic.  This is the message that was inside (nurse’s name blacked out to protect the innocent): [Read more →]

Hello again to all the FoTDB (Friends of The Daily Bacon)!

Wow…six month!  This is a big step for me.  I honestly can’t believe that I have kept this up for this long. Only 22 days during this six months have I not posted to TDB (I only missed one day in June).  I think I’m finding my rhythm.

Thanks to all my regular visitors and friends for stopping by.  I hope you’ve gotten some enjoyment out of this experiment so far.  To all my new guests who’ve clicked their way over here to this little spot on the interwebs, looking for one thing or another, I hope you found what you were looking for and that you come back often.  Me blog es su blog.

A HUGE thank you to all those over the last few months that have been sending me their bacon links, stories, events, etc.  You don’t know how much it means to me to have you participate in this with me.  I get a huge smile on my face whenever a bacon email comes through.

Some stats to share:

• TDB got a makeover…hope you like the new look.
• June was the largest month yet for page views!  YEAH!. We are now over 6,200 and still growing…
• June also saw the highest day of page views (June 10th with 126)…
• TDB has crossed over 2,000 unique visitors…
• TDB has had a 7% reduction in our bounce rate while increasing time spent on the site…
• TDB has added some more folks to the “Brothers and Sisters in Bacon” Blog Roll…they were also kind enough to add TDB to theirs.  Check out their blogs, they’re some good readin’, promise…
• We’re GLOBAL baby!!  TDB has had visitors from 46 countries/territories…

Also, I am featuring two new partners on the site.

• First is my provider, 1&1.com.  Great rates on domain registration and hosting.
• Second is the fine folks at Bac’n.com.  They have fantastic bacon (and some great t-shirts)!  You owe it to yourself to check it out…just make sure you click the link

The story continues…

photo via persimmonsgal on Etsy.com

Second, isn’t that drawing cool?  I think so and I encourage you to go to Etsy.com and check out this and other cards hand drawn by permissonsgal!

My boy, Sam Singh, has just returned from his 16 month journey around the world.  Yup, he quit his job, finished his term as mayor of a fine Midwestern city and took off with a backpack, computer and camera. You can read all about it at singharoundtheworld.com.  I am particularly partial to the posts about Turkey written by a mysterious guest blogger.

We will be welcoming him home in style this weekend in Chicago! Needless to say I will mostly either be a) drinking or b) recovering from drinking.

No worries, I’ve got some “robo-posts” set up so you’ll get some new content this weekend.

Be safe, have fun and God willin’ I will talk to you again on Sunday!

I have to drive the fam across the state for one of Better Half’s aunt’s 85th birthday party…so 4 hours in car, 2 hours at party, 4 hours home.

We’ll catch up tomorrow. I hope you are all having a great holiday weekend.

Sorry folks, by your friendly neighborhood author of TDB is crazy, nutz busy today!! No real time for chit-chat.

I know I promised Moab photos and video on Wednesday, but still getting them all sorted out so look for them this weekend.

Also, I found some new tutorials that are helping me design WordPress Themes in Photoshop…so I’m tryin’ to come up with a NEW and ORIGINAL Daily Bacon look…stay tuned!

Hope you are having a great day!