Chappy's Free Chicken

  As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. ~ Proverbs 27:17 ESV               For the last few nights, my Pooheads (Angus and Sophia) have asked me to tell them bedtime stories. Usually, I love telling them bedtime stories because every story has aspects of suspense, humor, chaos, and a moral. The stories are a bit odd, if you’re an outsider, because I use Beanie Boos and other stuffed animals as the characters. For those of you unfamiliar with Beanie Boos, they are one of the latest fads in cute, cuddly, small stuffies. Some are large and some, like the ones I used in last night’s story, are smaller than a closed fist. Last night’s story was part of an ongoing tale involving two main characters, Ivan, a Russian woodcutter, and his son, Visiley … also a Russian woodcutter.             Ivan and Visiley live in a cabin in the frozen tundra of Siberi...

“For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. ” ~ Ecclesiastes 1:18 ESV               When I was a teenager, G.I. Joe was an animated series I found myself watching on Saturday mornings. One of the most memorable quotes from the show was, “Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.” Maybe some of you have heard it? I always thought it was cool because, in 1985ish, we hadn’t been exposed to the internet. If you wanted to know something, you had to either go to the library and do some research or you’d find someone who was a subject matter expert and gain knowledge from them. Ahhh, the good old days.             Fast forward a decade or so and in 1999 the Army published FM 22-100, Army Leadership: Be Know Do. In its preface, the Army states, “The Army leadership framework brings together many existing leadership concepts...