Of this year! Ya, I know I haven't been doing all that great this year, more likely last month and a half anyway. And I don't promise that next year will be any better, as I know it won't be. But hey, I'm here, and if you really go out of your way to check on me, then let me know (or get a real life). I do have some rants in the works, one is mostly over, and I'll post it in the next week or so. The other is still on going, but you'll hear about it I'm sure. And I have school coming up that'll...

Well, I got my son's train all ready for Christmas now. Everything is set for that morning. I have wrapped some of the cars and got them under the tree, and the rest are hiding till Christmas Eve night for me to set up so that in the morning I can plug it in and turn it on. He loves cars too, so I was able to get a grade crossing for him, now as his train is going round and round, cars can cross the track. I can see him now, sitting in the middle of the track oval with the train going, and his...

There is a neat place around town that I have spent many a hour at. It is a railroad park. My grandfather was one of the original men that got the place started and running for the city. And as I grew up, our family spent many Saturdays there. I love trains, so it was great. There were things that we could do that nobody else could because of my grandpa. I even got to ride in the cab of one of the locomotives. It was so cool. But after his passing, our family never went back. But once I...

There was a time as a child that I couldn't wait for Christmas to come. It seemed to take forever. And lets not even talk about Christmas Eve night! But then as I got older, it wasn't nearly as big a deal, and it even became just another day. But then I became a father. And I started to enjoy the day watching my son open presents and seeing his face light up as he sees the new toys. But this year is different. This year I'm getting him a train. And as I have said in the past, it has taken...

...is this! It is a thing of great beauty. My most favorite locomotive of all time too. Ever since I started working on my son's Christmas present, I've been bitten by the train bug again. I got this old, old O-gauge Marx train set from a Goodwill in the spring, and hid it in the closet. I figured that someday I'd clean it up and give it to my son as a gift. Well, now its Christmas time, and I have him this year, so he'll be getting it. I went to buy new track, as the stuff that came with...