No, not the heavenly bodies- I am pondering the word “star” in the sense of “famous” or”celebrity”. Specifically- when did anyone who can get on TV for any reason be called a star? I am embarrassed to admit that I have gotten sucked into the latest season of the TV show Dancing with the Star. It’s mostly because of my… Read more »
There have always been the fringe folks (or as I call them, the tinfoil hat wearing nut jobs) among us. You know the people I mean- the ones who have political views that are so off the wall all you can do is stare at them when they explain them to you. The ones who spend their life savings chasing… Read more »
I am not a big fan of conspiracy theorists. Quite frankly I don’t think our government is capable of pulling off a huge hoax so that shoots a hole in the vast majority of the crazy tales I hear. That being said I do think it’s true that we do have much less privacy than we did even 10… Read more »
This is an odd thing to think about and an even odder one to blog about. But it’s been on my mind a lot lately so here we go. As human beings we are all mammals. As mammals we all produce waste products. For whatever reason this is an embarrassing thing for a lot of people. So embarrassing for… Read more »
I am experiencing a post- Olympic let down this week. I wasn’t even planning on watching much of the Games but I got sucked in about day two and watched it all- skiing, skating, even curling! The only thing I didn’t watch was hockey because that really bores me (and yet I watched curling? Yes, I admit that makes less… Read more »
Remember when we all thought the year 2000 was so far away it would never come? Even better, remember when we all thought we would be living on the moon and driving spaceships by the year 2010? I am a child of the 80s. I remember very clearly the day my school got its first Apple 2c computer. I was… Read more »
If you were raised Lutheran (as I was) you heard and read this question many times as a teenager- it’s a staple of Luther’s Small Catechism. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in Confirmation class. But I am a member of a local LCMS church and I do try to attend services a couple times a month. Tonight… Read more »
Generally I am the last person to complain about winter weather. My response usually is “If you don’t like it, move”. But this winter has worn me down by its constant storming and seemingly endless amounts of snowfall and all the trials and tribulations that go along with that. To illustrate here the the past day of my life in… Read more »
There are a lot of things about me that people find odd. The fact that I am six feet tall is fascinating to some people. The fact that I don’t have- or want- children is another “oddity” about me that I have spent hours discussing with people for years now. Another thing about me that people tend to think… Read more »
I love music.Granted, I don’t think there are many people who would say that they don’t like music. But I really love music. I love playing music, I love listening to music and I even love karaoke. But my favorite thing about music is how it can affect you. I experienced just last night how the right music can help… Read more »