Archive for January, 2009
You can take this job and…
Some people think being a full-time youth pastor (or any pastor for that matter) is very easy money. You can see it in their eyes when they ask “What do you do all week?” (if I had a dollar for every time…). Agreed, I don’t have to perform endless hours of manual labour, but believe [...]
So what does it all mean?
The following video will blow your mind… trust me.
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
PaisleyJade just finished reading a story about wolves, entitled ‘A Wolf Story’ (witty title), by James Byron Huggins (her review is over at flannelgraph). I’m a huge Huggins fan, but reading about cuddly talking animals doesn’t sound all that macho… that is, it didn’t until this morning. I was researching broad-tipped arrow heads (Deadfall got [...]
Kali, Thugees & the Temple of Doom
Those of us raised on a regular media diet in the 80′s will remember well Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I was all nostalgic the other day, and watched it on DVD (the first time in nearly twenty years). I must say that I was appalled by the human-sacrifice-to-Kali-goddess-of-death-by-thugge-cult-fanatics-in-temple-under-palace scene. The ‘Fast Forward’ [...]
Nana was kung fu fighting
Nana passed away when I was a tween. She lived out of town and I never saw her all that much. She was an elderly, eccentric, half-Italian lady, who knew a lot of grief in her lifetime. One memory of her that always makes me smile is the time she stayed with us a few [...]
Flipper… shark repeller!
Q: What do you get when you cross Flipper with Jaws?A: A fish that will bite you in half then save you from drowning. But seriously folks, as a follow up to my Surfing With Jaws story, I would like to retell the events which happened at a local beach (about 45 minute’s drive from [...]
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