Eclipse of the Sonny

Clay swings with his left, Clay swings with his right,
Look at young Cassius carry the fight
Liston keeps backing, but there's not enough room,
It's a matter of time till Clay lowers the boom.
Now Clay lands with a right, what a beautiful swing,
And the punch raises the Bear clean out of the ring.
Liston is still rising and the ref wears a frown,
For he can't start counting till Sonny goes down.
Now Liston is disappearing from view, the crowd is going frantic,
But radar stations have picked him up, somewhere over the Atlantic.
Who would have thought when they came to the fight?
That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.
Yes the crowd did not dream, when they put up the money,
That they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny.

- Muhammad Ali

America the Beautiful

Just outside of Walcott Iowa stands the farm that my family has owned for owned for over three generations. When you go to the farm you can find little bits of each generation when they worked there. I follow the path of my father and grandfather working on the farm except I only do so in the summer. As hard as the work seems at times and as hot as the temps get there is always a cool breeze at the perfect time completing my definition of bliss in America.I know for a fact that when I become an adult my children will get to experience the farm in the same way i have. it truly is a major part of my life and has been the employer or my family for over three generations now and i intend on giving my children the same experience as what i have been given.

Taking a Stand

I feel that everyone should be treated as an equal, so I also believe that gay marriage should be legal. Everyone wants to expeirence love with someone and no one desearves to have that taken away from them because it has been frowned upon in years before. This is a new generation change is everywhere and gay marriage needs to be legalized.

Words to live by

What's the best advice that you have ever received or given?

My grandpa Tom once told me never question every lesson thats in-store, I try and follow that as much as I can. It means that even if I mess somthing up I should make the most of it and understand what went wrong, doing this will keep me from repeating the mistake again.