(Editor’s Note – This was written prior to the 2006 Purdue-Notre Dame Game.  It is a timeless classic that is brought out every September.  This was written by HFO Writer Kurt Braeckel and posted to the message board at GoldandBlack.com and subsequently inducted into the GBI Hall of Fame.  Since Kurt is in the middle [...]

Cue Cranberries song!
“It’s not you, it’s me”….”I think we are better friends”…..”I think we should see other people”….”I am not ready for a commitment”…..”it’s just timing”…..how often do we joke about those lines? But I have to admit….one time or another, I have used them or heard them. How often have you had a break [...]

I should start this blog by apologizing for the lack of updates lately.  Frankly,  Iwas hoping we’d hear from our resident bachelorette, Emma Rhodes, or our new Mommy Kristen, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.  I’m guessing those lovely ladies were just as busy as the Hicks Family.  Cindy and I, however, do have a good reason [...]

Today is my parents 40th Anniversary, and I thought I would take them on a wild ride of memories.  I know how tough it is to make a marriage work for a few years, but 40 years is amazing, and we’re all very excited for you.  Cindy and I only cried like 3 times trying [...]

Time changes everything.  It was only a little over a year ago that I can remember chatting with Ms B and Ms S in the office about which Sex And The City character we were most like. You see, our little foursome had grown quite close during the long days at Ft Knox, and we [...]

This past weekend, I was showing Cindy a video of our old tailgating group from the 2004 Purdue Football Season. Since this was seven years ago and I was much LESS “mature”, we (the knucklehead crew) were attempting to complete “The Century Club”. For those of you who don’t know, Century Club is drinking one [...]

So….as we all get to see a glimpse of Kevin and Cindy’s path to matrimony…it got me thinking about the jealousy that ensues of their upcoming honeymoon. I imagine Fiji, Mexico, Australia, Paris….do I dare say…the Indiana Dunes??? I have never heard of a single person ever complain of the honeymoon unless it included hurricane force winds [...]

I can’t believe its been over five years since I made this video.  Cindy makes fun of me about this relentlessly, but I was pretty proud of this video.  Not alot of people can make these effects easily.  Hopefully it will give people an idea of what I’m really capable of once we get HFO [...]

It was brought to my attention last week that somethings on HFO might be a little confusing to the casual, new reader.  In hopes of enlightening the masses, I’ve created this post to serve as our FAQ.  This post will remain tacked at the top of HFO for new readers to check out first and therefore enabling our first time [...]

This is right about the time I expect to throw off my most loyal readers.  Perhaps someone will come to HFO today and expect my latest verbal abuse of the most recent Jack Ass of the Week, only to find out we kindly retired our weekly feature this year.  Call it “Growing up”, but please [...]