Stuff I Learned Yesterday

For those of you who are parents, have you ever wondered if your kids are listening? Who am I kidding, of course you have. Sometimes it’s maddening. There are times when my wife or I will tell our kids to do something only to hear them say they never heard us. I know that it’s possible to not hear someone even when they are in the same room, but I’m quite certain that there are times when my kids...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a contribution from Isabella. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 295- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More .

Like you, I love hearing the stories submitted to our Friday forum each week. This past week we heard a story from Faith about her love of teaching and how it was never her intention to become a teacher. Hearing her story gave me an idea for today's episode. So thanks Faith. I touched briefly on my journey to be a graphic designer way back in my very first Friday Forum submission in SILY number 10...

Did you hear last Friday’s episode? It was a really great episode with Friday Forum contributions from Faith and Justina. Justina closed out her call with something I found simple and profound. She said, “The stuff that I learned yesterday has turned me into the person that I am today.” As I expressed during my comments to Justina in Friday’s episode, her choice of words really got me thinking. Ho...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share contributions from Faith and Justina. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 292-Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & Mor...

Cornwall is a border city. It's situated along the great St. Lawrence river and offers an international bridge to the state of New York. It's actually two bridges. The first one takes you across to Cornwall Island and the Akwesasne Indian Reserve. Akwesasne is an interesting place. The north side of this native territory sits Canada and the south side sits in the USA. To make it even more interest...

Have I told you lately that I love what I do? I’ve had the great fortune of spending most of my working days doing work that I enjoy. My previous career in the corporate world was mostly good. In fact, it was mostly great. The last few years were challenging for sure, but I’m not complaining. It was a good company to work for and most of the people were great. Most of the customers were great. The...

Today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a Friday Flashback. Friday Flashback episodes feature some of the most popular episodes of Stuff I Learned Yesterday. Today we hear one of the episodes that has received the most listener feedback, Stuff I Learned Yesterday Episode 21-The Journey From Crippled to Courageous. Read More... The post 289- Friday Flashback appeared first on Golden Spiral...

Back in January, Darrell, myself and a few others via the Friday Forum proclaimed our goals for the year in the hopes that making them public would keep us accountable. One of my goals was to loose weight. At the beginning of January I weighed 234 Lbs. I set the goal of loosing 34 Lbs. before Podcast Movement which starts August 31st. Read More... The post 288- Motivational Push appeared first on...

A couple of months ago the arbor society of our town announced that they would be giving away free trees. Since I managed to kill the tree that was currently in our yard, Kari and I thought it would be a great opportunity to get a new tree. After all, the price would be impossible to beat. The announcement said that they would begin handing out trees at noon, but Kari and I both had busy mornings...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a contribution from George. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 286- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More .

We form many ties during our lifetime. We form them with friends, schoolmates, coworkers, and neighbours, but none of these compare to the family ties we form. With the former we get to choose who we associate with. We decide who we want to hang out with at school, who we want to be friends with in our day to day life and even who we want to converse with in our neighbourhood. But we have no say w...

Today’s episode is about perspective. I’ve spoken on this topic several times before, but that’s because I believe it is incredibly important. It’s not only important, but it’s a topic that needs to be looked at from many different angles to fully appreciate. Last week I had coffee with a good friend of mine and the topic of perspective came up. He’s a pastor and he shared how interesting it is to...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share contributions from Geoff and Andrew. You can participate in the Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 283- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & Mor...

Now, one of the great things about Comiccons are the wonderful costumes that some of the attendees wear. You can really see the thought and effort put into them. In fact some of the attendees have better costumes than the convention's special invited guests that are professional cosplayers. Read More... The post 282- Comfortable In My Own Skin appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment P...

Well, as I mentioned on Friday, we were under a high alert for severe weather over the weekend. Fortunately, the weather did not get nearly as bad as predicted. We did get a lot of rain, and quite a few people sustained damage due to flooding, but the Oklahoma City metro didn’t get hit with any tornados over the weekend. However, that didn’t stop us from being prepared just in case.   Stuff I Lear...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share contributions from Bonita and Justina in honor of Mother's Day. You can participate in Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 280- Mother’s Day Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainme...

I am currently 39 years, 2 months, and 19 days old. I hope that I am currently only half as wise as I will be when I am twice my age. Although there are days when I go to bed and feel like I haven’t learned anything that day, most of my days do include learning something. I’ve even discovered that on days when I felt like I didn’t learn anything at all, I actually gained experience that will pay o...

I want to talk to you today about the circle of life. Now I'm not talking about the Simba, Timon and Pumbaa verson, and don't worry, I'm not going to break out in song, after all, we're trying to attract more listeners not scare them away. What I'm referring to is the circle of life we go through with our parents during our lifetime. Read More... The post 278- Circle Of Life appeared first on Gold...

Today is the Friday Forum!! I'm Darrell Darnell, and in today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share contributions from Therissa and Bryce. You can participate in Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 277- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More...

When I was 10 years old my family moved to Cornwall Ontario. It was a big adjustment for me moving to a city where I didn't know anyone. My dad knew I loved watching hockey and he wanted me make new friends as well as learn how to skate. So to kill two birds with one stone, he enrolled me in the local hockey association's house league. Read More... The post 276- Camaraderie appeared first on Golde...

Remember a few weeks ago when I tried my hand at making deep-dish Chicago style stuffed pizza? That was a fantastically delicious experiment. However, it definitely did not go as planned. I don’t cook much, and I’ve never baked anything, so the idea of making pizza from scratch was a little bit daunting and a little bit exciting. The only tricky part seemed to be making the dough. I wasn’t worried...

Today is the Friday Forum!! In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a contribution from Andrew and Shane. You can participate in Friday Forum by visiting our Feedback Page or calling our voice feedback line at 304-837-2278. Read More... The post 274- Friday Forum appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More .

Nobody ever said parenthood was easy. Just like everything else in life, there are ups and downs to raising children, and if you're lucky the former outweighs the latter. Along the road that is child rearing there are certain childhood milestones one may encounter. Your child's first words, first solid foods, and of course first steps. There's also a flip side to that, in your child's first tantru...

Today’s story begins on the morning of April 13, 2015. I’m currently sitting comfortably at 45,000 feet above the earth as a highly trained Southwest Airlines pilot takes me from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas. My day began when my alarm went off at 5:30am. For a guy that normally stays up until after midnight and sets the alarm for 7:45am, hearing that alarm this morning was not a welcomed sound. On...