You’re the best, Right?

Alright, I will tell you, you are the BEST!  In my mind there is no doubt about it.  You’re going to do the best for yourself, achieve the best that can and if you have a family; you’re going to make sure they have the best.  It is and should be your natural instinct. I am reminded of this as I am...

Alphabet Scuba Soup

Remember as a kid, floating the letters around in your soup to make words?  Doing that till mom scolded you for letting the soup get cold and now you had to eat it that way….  Well, mom is not here to scold you about letting the soup get cold.  If you listen to some, you are going to be scolded because...

Living On The Scuba Edge: Tech or Not To Tech

Some of us scuba divers build up curiosity and courage to venture out of the norm of diving.  This is a good thing!  The types of divers that push to the edge a little are hungry for knowledge and experience.  Assuming they look in the right places, they will get just that and learn additional safety...

Scuba Review

Another year is upon us and its cold here in Chicago. Many of us scuba divers are looking at magazines, looking for travel deals and talking to other scuba divers about the next diving destination. We can almost taste the warm atmosphere. For most of us, life gets in the way. Chasing the kids, family...

Scuba Search on Google – Scuba Diving Chicago Gets Better

Over the weekend, I was relaxing my living room thinking of an idea to write about.  Of course, my mind was drawing a blank.  So I decided to search the word scuba.  Google <http://tinyurl.com/62688k5> came up with 13.8 Million searches for that key word. Right under local listings, scubabutch.com...

A Scuba Diving Marathon Chicago

As a scuba instructor it can be a pleasure (as well as a curse) to dive and teach to share your scuba knowledge of the world of scuba diving. A couple of weekends ago I was out at Haigh Quarry teaching several Open Water Scuba Divers and Advanced Open Water students. Due to everyone’s schedule, I...