David Obbee's (obbee) Blog

Last night as we ate, my wife and two daughters and I had a frank discussion about our diets, and we acknowledged that none of us eat enough vegetables.  We do eat them, of course- we're not that unhealthy- but we don't have enough vegetables with our meals, at least not according to the dieticia...

Yesterday morning, on the way to work I stopped at an organic grocery store to pick up a few things.  While I was there I came across something I had never seen before: cashew juice.  I always thought cashews were nuts, but they're not; they're seeds, and apparently juice can be made from the fru...

Over the weekend, my wife and I were flipping through the channels on cable tv.  Our service provider has an "information" button on the remote; if you press it, a little box will pop up with a synopsis of the program you highlighted.  My wife hit the button on a movie ("King of the Lost World") ...

Last night my wife and I attended a fundraiser dinner for a local charity.  Afterwards, she was saying goodbye to some friends while I waited with some other folks at the valet queue.  The couple standing next to me looked vaguely familiar, so I asked them if they had gone to my college.  They ha...

Today marks my 75th blog on Active Rain.  I have tried very hard to come up with stories, anecdotes and lessons that are useful for salespeople in any profession, while also implementing the keywords that help promote Obbee.  Obbee provides cutting edge sales leads for the real estate, mortgage,...

Last night my daughters and I took my wife out to dinner at a "fancy" restaurant.  Both of my girls ordered spaghetti, one with marinara sauce and one with alfredo.  My younger daughter, who sat directly across from me, struggled mightily but valiantly to eat her spaghetti without making too much...

Last night I was reviewing my fourth-grade daughter's social studies homework.  The past week her class has been studying the (American) Civil War, learning about Abraham Lincoln and the history of slavery in our country.  Her homework consisted of a study guide which asked her to write answers t...

My puggle is a house-dog.  He enjoys going outside, and he loves a good walk- However, he is quite the hedonist, preferring to spend his days napping on a couch, ideally curled up on a blanket.  He is not a hunter, my puggle.  Fetch is a mystery to him; he wonders why anyone would throw a perfect...

I've been on a kick lately to try to read "good" books.  I printed out a list of titles I should have read by the time I went to college, let alone graduated.  And so, currently I am reading Paradise Lost by John Milton.  The introduction to my edition had some interesting biographical informatio...

Today, as many of you know, is Earth Day.  At my daughters' school, they are holding an anti-pollution art contest and will be discussing means of saving resources, such as recycling.  Did you know, however, that today is also National Jellybean Day?  Were you planning on eating a few jellybeans ...