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Growing to Appreciate the Catholic YouTube Mass and Thoughts on the Decline of Early Morning Weekday Masses

April 10, 2020May 27, 2020 Mike Gray

Like many other coronavirus stay-at-home order Catholics I have turned to watching Mass on YouTube while there are no Masses offered in my town. While certainly not ideal, I suspect

Bulk Smoked Chicken

April 7, 2020April 17, 2020 Mike Gray

My impressively thrifty wife was able to score bone-in chicken pieces for 50 cents a pound. I have been looking to make some bulk chicken to cook and freeze to

Overnight Baptism Pork Shoulder BBQ

August 22, 2019May 27, 2020 Mike Gray

I tried my first overnight barbecue and am excited about the decrease in work along with tasty results. The goal was to make a ton of pulled pork for my

Findlay BalloonFest 5k – August 11, 2019

August 11, 2019May 27, 2020 Mike Gray

It was a beautiful sunny morning for the BalloonFest 5k this year. This is one of the larger and more professionally run 5ks in Findlay. The hot air balloons launched

Madtree Rubus Cacao

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 Mike Gray

This is the best Madtree beer that I have had. It has a strong raspberry taste that goes with a nice porter stout/flavor (the style was not identified on the

Good Night Daddy

February 18, 2017May 30, 2020 Mike Gray

Turkey Troubles

November 25, 2016February 18, 2017 Mike Gray

I have messed up turkeys every possible way, usually winding up either on the over-done or under-done ends of the spectrum and rarely nailing it. A massive bird, that you

How to Memorize a Speech

October 7, 2016May 29, 2020 Mike Gray

There is no better way to project knowledge and confidence when public speaking than to be able to speak without notes. Indeed, in this year’s presidential election season, it has

Riot Fest: For Those Who Like to Rock

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Mike Gray

Over the course of three days in a park in West Chicago last weekend, I saw The Vandals, Ween, GZA, Descendents, Method Man & Redman, Social Distortion, NOFX, NAS, Andrew

It’s Time to Improve Baseball

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016 Mike Gray

Some of my earliest and fondest memories of watching Major League Baseball games. I can’t tell you how many games that I watched in 1990 when the Reds won the

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