The Cribs Oxen Make

aka: An Ode to a Messy House My kids are a mess. My kids are loud. My kids are immature. Picky. Moody. My kids are too much like me... But my kids are also kind. Caring. Compassionate. … [Read more...]

Since I’m not dead …

Today is my 34th birthday and I’m not dead. I’m happy. Not happy in the sense that “any day that you’re alive is better than the alternative.” Though, that’s a pretty good reason to be happy. No … [Read more...]

Cede nothing without making them show their work

On the plane from Atlanta to Dallas today I set by a former missionary and had a good chat. When the conversation came around to Evolution ... Brief Aside: Most of my conversations come around to … [Read more...]

Fatalistic Faith: Or Why I Hate Faith

I hate Faith. Not my sister Faith. I love her very much. I hate the word "Faith", especially the Word of Faith movement. Problems quickly arise because the Bible says that “without Faith it is … [Read more...]

Killer Compassion

Love and Truth. Compassion and Justice. Forgiveness and Vengeance. It doth appear from where I stand (or more often sit) that our society is schizophrenic. We are caught in a dichotomy of our … [Read more...]

Certainty in Fallacy: Working Hard versus Striving to do God’s Will

I haven't published a blog entry in over seven months. This absence was not purposeful, I just had better stuff to do. And judging from all of the reader feedback lamenting my absence, so have … [Read more...]

David Stern and the San Antonio Spurs stink really … really bad

Sour Grapes sure. But I'm not too far off. So here goes my tirade. David Stern should just give the Spurs the title. Basketball is becoming a circus much like the other "controlled" sports: boxing, … [Read more...]

The April Fool

My wife had some of her friends from out of town come visit us today and we had a BBQ. Between the three families there were 12 kids and they played very well together. It made me especially glad that … [Read more...]

Birth Control, IUDs, "Hand Drawn Diagrams" and other cursings in disguise

I find it easy to write about stuff I know nothing about. It comes with the territory of earning my BS degree in Journalism. But my kids... I find it hard to write about them. Nothing I conjure up … [Read more...]

Jury Doodie

Today I finished three days of Jury Duty. Yes I was surprised as much as anyone who knows me that I was selected. As Winston Churchill said (and my “nemesis” in the jury room reminded me) … [Read more...]