Spooky Spells (alternative title: Altered States)

I had lunch with a friend today. We were kidding around when the topic of religion came up. We have similar backgrounds and have complementary world views. He said something that, while making me laugh, took me to another place and time, when I was another person. It would be like watching someone brush their […]

The Many Faces of One

For the past few months, my wife and I have been watching reruns of Star Trek Voyager on Netflix with my son. I make no apologies for trying to get him hooked on science fiction. I think science fiction teaches us a lot about what it means to be living in an ever changing world(s). […]

Bizarro Christmas

This should be a pretty short entry. I am just checking in to say, “Merry Christmas.” This Christmas is bizarre to say the very least. Why? My faith is on the rocks. I have no family coming or going to share the holiday. Work is intense. My wife has to work ‘round the clock. And […]

I Can Do All Things (Phil four thirteen)

Go to church long enough and the same topics and scriptures are repeated. If they use the lectionary it is roughly every three years or so. At most churches it is somewhere between 3 and 5 years…except around Christmas and Easter, they are repeated annually. Rarely do you hear a good sermon about Jael driving […]

Standby for Hibernation Mode

Were I to be on the design team for humanity version 2, there are a couple of new features I would add to the human brain: Standby Mode and Hibernation. Standby mode would allow us to disengage huge portions of out intellect for a pre-determined portion of time, minutes or hours at a time. Here […]

Junior High Boy Is Alive and Well

When you are in Junior High, you have sex on the brain 24/7. Every dirty word, every dirty thought is a new vista. Not a word or phrase can be thought or uttered without first trying to make a sex joke out of it. So I was watching a Ted video on Sunday and someone […]

Thoughts of Patriotism

I think of patriotism the way I think about bowel movements. Both are necessary. But if you get too excited about either one, it just becomes gross.

Gordon Lightfoot and the Robots Read My Blogs

I am jonesing for vacation. My brain is fried and work has sucked my will to live. I have been looking at my blog statistics and I am seeing an amusing trend. Most of my hits are from spam websites. Not sure how I got so lucky as to attract their attention. Do their robot […]

Big Fat Baby

This morning I had to drop off some supplies at my son’s school. I was in a bit of a rush and I was not watching where I was going. That was when a traffic pylon decided to attack me in broad daylight. I fell pretty hard. I got scraped up and jammed my pinky. […]

The Insomnia Advantage

I have gotten into a really weird sleep pattern. I go to bed at my normal time. I wake up at my normal time. But from 2-3AM, I am wide awake. I am not complaining. I love this. I get a whole hour of time to myself in a quiet house. I can read, listen […]