Tip of the Hat to Ken, my gramps

So I thought I'd join the ranks of other ramblers and create a blog. I decided to name this blog after my grandfather who passed away on May 21st, 2008 from Alzheimer's. He was a member of an organization in Texas called the Odd Fellows, which works to do good deeds in the community. One of my grandfather's many catch phrases was "wake up and grow!," a mantra meant to rally his other members into recruiting new ones. As an appreciation for their achievement, my grandfather wanted to present them with a trophy with this phrase engraved on it. However, the engraver misread the exclamation mark in the quote and wrote "Wake up and growl" on all the awards. My grandfather was always one for pranks, so I'm sure he had a good laugh. Then he probably made the engraver give him the trophies for free (he was quite the shrewd business man)!
Let the ramblings begin......