Standards of commitment
I have friends who are both married and not. I have a friend who, last year, divorced her husband after he abandoned her. Let me ask this one question of everyo...
Category: Life
Gadgets you can keep
Recently the New York Times ran an article by Sam Grobart called “Gadgets You Can Get Rid Of (or Not)” in which he severely downplays the usefulness...
To all Christians
To all Christians, On March 11, 2011, about a thousand citizens of Japan lost their lives when an earthquake erupted in the floor of the Pacific, sending a tsun...
What’s in a name?
A man marries a woman. Traditionally she takes his last name, but some woman opt against doing this for various reasons. Who knew that the idea of a woman not t...
Aiming at the wrong target
Imagine this scenario: you own a restaurant a couple blocks from the police station. It proves popular with the police department as well, and officers are freq...
Praying for me
Anyone who’s read a bit of this blog knows how I feel about prayer. Several who know me know that I’ve used words more harsh than I’ve publish...
Ingenuity and electrical tape
There are times where a little knowledge can save you some money. I have a beard/mustache trimmer that I bought back in 2004, over six years old, well past warr...
The need to be honest
For quite a while I had been lying to practically everyone with whom I’ve crossed paths about something so important that I really cannot continue to lie ...
Ashamed to be American?
On YouTube, I subscribe to a user called PaulsEgo. Now on YouTube, he recently made a short series of videos that have caught quite a bit of attention because h...
Rep. Giffords, a federal judge, and a 9 year-old child
True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! — But taking sorc...