I had a hell of a time getting home this weekend. I flew up to Washington, DC on Monday of last week and was scheduled to come home on Friday. You’d think that was a simple task. You buy a ticket, you check in, you endure a bunch of worthless security measures, you board your […]
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Blind Patriotism Is Rampant
March 7, 2010 
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Patriotism is defined, by dictionary.com, as “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.” That’s it; that’s all there is to the definition of patriotism. There is no sub-clause in that definition stating that a patriot must support the troops in the exact same fashion as the vocal majority or minority. There is […]
Continue readingDaytona Bike Week 2010
March 6, 2010 1 Comment
Date: March 5th, 2010 Starting Location: Orlando, FL Destination: Daytona Beach, FL Starting Mileage: 12,580.4 Distance Rode: 133.6miles (round trip) Ending Mileage: 12,714.0 Motorcycle: 1992 Honda Nighthawk 750 I haven’t been to Bike Week in two years. My cancer prevented me from going last year. You can imagine how excited I was to be able […]
Continue readingThe Binary Biker is Back!
February 28, 2010 2 Comments
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with cancer; so began a whirlwind of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Throughout it all my motorcycle sat unused, unloved, and untouched in the driveway. That motorcycle sat, and sat, and sat in the driveway. Never moving. Never getting started. Never getting the attention it needed to stay in running […]
Continue readingVoices of Survivors At Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar
February 28, 2010 0 Comments
Last night was the first meeting of the Orlando chapter of the Voices of Survivors Foundation. It was great to meet and chat with other cancer survivors. I wasn’t prepared for how close and quickly the connection came between survivors. As a mostly solitary man, I have never, in person, shared details of my cancer […]
Continue readingShould Killer Whales Be Set Free?
February 26, 2010 4 Comments
A tragic event happened this week; 40-year-old Sea World whale trainer Dawn Brancheau lost her life when Tilikum, Sea World’s largest killer whale, grabbed her and forcibly drowned her at Sea World Orlando. Her death was a combination of traumatic injury and drowning. This tragic accident has created a flurry of editorials and opinions across […]
Continue readingWill the Real Ron Sparks Please Stand Up?
February 25, 2010 5 Comments
I am Ron Sparks. The guy in the picture to the right. That’s me. I own my name legally. I own the website, http://www.ronsparks.com. I own the Twitter name @RonSparks. I am RonSparks on LinkedIn. On Facebook I am Ron.Sparks. On YouTube I am RonESparks. My many and varied email addresses are all RonSparks derivatives. […]
Continue readingWhy is Astrology More Popular Than Cancer?
February 22, 2010 4 Comments
This isn’t going to be a long blog; more of a mild rant, actually. Readers of my blog know I blog about anything and everything that captures my attention but mostly my blog is filled with thoughts, stories, and insights that I gather while dealing with my cancer. Recently, I also blogged about The Skinny […]
Continue readingDebt Collectors Love Bad Economies
February 19, 2010 3 Comments
I have been harassed, cursed at, yelled at, and forced to endure extremely rude calls for about two months now. For a debt I do not owe! Let me start from the beginning. The Situation in a Nutshell An AT&T Debt Collection Agency, Source Receivables Management, has been calling me non-stop for two months from […]
Continue reading Ditching My Cable Company
February 16, 2010 12 Comments
Goodbye Brighthouse. For years you have been my cable provider, my Internet provider, and my telephone provider. I have been faithfully paying you over $2500.00 a year for these services. I have hundreds of channels, HD packages, two HD DVRs, premium channels, high-speed internet, unlimited national calling, call waiting, and a slew of other features I don’t use. All for the low, low, price of $220.00+ per month.
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