Rick Head

1 week ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

In the midst of putting the finishing touches on several graduation sect ions last weekend, Sandy’s family was dealt a devastating blow. She received a phone call around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, May 18 as I was about to leave for the office telling her the body of her 23-year-old nephew had been found on property in Pierce County. His death is being investigated by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. I met Tristin Aspinwall about 16 years ago and have watched him grow and slowly mature into a young man.

1 month ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

While doing some research for a column, I came across an item called “Auto Mechanics Share The Funnie s t Things They See On The Job.”Auto mechanics have the task of servicing their local community’s vehicles. Whether they’re maintaining or repairing, it’s necessary to keep the neighbors moving. However, not everyone who owns a vehicle has been taught how to maintain them between visits. Some of these projects will make you scratch your head with the backwoods ingenuity.

1 month ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Scanning the worldwide internet, I came across headline called Bizarre Things - Odd Stuff - Crazy Headlines. It was the crazy headlines part that caught my attention. In the journalism field, editors at every level of our profession, from major daily papers to the small weeklies, will write crazy headlines — especially on deadline. It’s not until it comes off the press that mistakes are realized.

2 months ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Unless programs are winning games or matches and advancing through the playoffs, coaches catch the brunt when teams struggle. An injury or two to main players are sometimes crucial to a teams’ success. Sometimes its just the luck of how the ball bounces. The coaching profession is a thankless job compounded by those who routinely bash a coach or coaches. Coaches give their time and effort when they could be home with their families. It’s something they want to do.

2 months ago | theblacksheartimes.com | Rick Head

Has your pillow flattened out and now you’re dreaming its talking to you. It might have gone like this. Pillow: “We’ve had a good run this decade and a half. Me, a sweat-stained, yellowing bed pillow. You, a 62-year-old man. And now, after years of supporting you literally and figuratively, there’s only one thing left to do. “Please kill me. “It’s time. I just can’t deal with another night of being repeatedly flipped, folded and fluffed, in a futile attempt to be made comfortable.