Hello, My Name is Kevin Schwarm
A free spirit's take on work, life, travel, & consumerism

According to their website, the vision of the Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB) is for everyone in Northern Illinois to have food to...

Well, I met Bill at our local grocery store, and all he had on his mind were the poor folks on the Western coast of Florida after...

No Picture of Snapping Turtle? Over this past week, I read about a very large snapping turtle that was washed onto the shore in Northern...

Molbeck's Health Foods After about a year or so, the staff at Racine Runaway and I decided that this social work wasn't something I loved...

SafeServe has partnered with Amica Insurance to provide insurers a chance to enroll in the safe driving course. Once completed, Amica...

My mom had a three-foot measuring stick and if you exceeded that length, you qualified for frequent dishwashing. Essentially, if you...

It was a windy and warm Sunday afternoon and my interest involved doing some basic landscaping in the front yard. What could go wrong? A...

I ran into him again. My neighbor, I'll refer to him as Bill. Bill and I have lived in the same neighborhood for nearly 20 years. We’d...

Full disclosure, I like to follow LeBron and the Lakers. I guess you could also say that I enjoy LeBron the most of all the current...

I graduated with a degree in sociology/criminal justice over 40 years ago. I chose that degree because the coursework involved would be...

During his first State of the Union, President Biden was speaking of the need to better support the veterans after they return home from...

I was asked to find a client services associate (admin position) for my wife’s small business. This isn't the first recruitment I've done...

My definition of a Golden Touchdown within the context of pro football: Team A wins the coin toss for the overtime period and proceeds to...

Last week, Hub Arkush of Pro Football Weekly was on 670 the Score in Chicago when the topic arose about Aaron Rodgers potentially winning...

This morning, my wife received a text message apparently from AT&T about additional international calling fees regarding “Number 5”...

This AdBlocker software was first noticed several months ago. I thought it was interesting how an ad, even though apparently a legitimate...

Faux News, Years ago, Fox News displayed their brand as “Fair and Balanced.” Interesting that you don’t hear that expression any longer...

United States COVID: 51,136,442 Cases and 821,335 Deaths - Worldometer (worldometers.info) The focus of this article is on the United...

When I left for Europe in May of ’82, I planned on doing a lot of camping and also staying at inexpensive youth hostels. I planned to...

This past week and for the first time in 10 years, the Green Bay Packers opened up shares of their common stock. For a mere price of...