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

I know you’re running again for President in 2024, and your age is a liability to many of our electorate, but I have some suggestions for...

As most people know, Ron DeSantis has been the Governor of the state of Florida since early 2019. Before serving as governor, he...

The massacre in Nashville marked the 17th school shooting in the United States this year, according to tracking by the Washington Post....

This blog post results from reading social media commentary on the latest online news articles. Some of these comments may be extreme...

It's a new year, and Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of words that deserve to be "banished" from our...

I received a call on my cell at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. I was waking up and missed the call, so there's always voicemail if the caller...

Now that the weather has gotten colder, I don’t see my neighbors too often in the yard so one of my opinionated neighbors decided to text...

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...