Well, that was an interesting week. Apparently cranking the controvers-o-meter to the max ends up breaking the internet and “setting the mommy blogging world on fire” as one person put it (I really gotta make sure to put that button … Continue reading
Not every gospel doctrine class shows five minute clips from the Matrix, but some do. Well, at least one did. It was 2004 and I was on my LDS mission in Italy. “Brothers and sisters,” our fine teacher began. “What … Continue reading
Living outside of the Stars and Stripes for three years forced me to evaluate somethings about my upbringing, sports in particular. When I grew up, football was king. It was emperor. It was god. All other sports worshipped it and … Continue reading
I have loved a good pun for as long as I can remember. Anyone that knows my family can probably guess that my affinity for a play-on-words more than likely traces back to my dear old dad. We were raised on … Continue reading
As I have gotten older, I have come to better understand myself. There are some things I like, some things I don’t like, some things that give me hope and some things that worry me. It is something in this … Continue reading
When you read what I have to say, I want you to know that I do not intend to diminish the miracle that is a newborn child, or humanize the divinity of creating a new life. I wish only to … Continue reading
I have always enjoyed doing voices. I don’t know what it is about it that is so thoroughly satisfying. Perhaps it’s the repressed actor inside of me sneaking out in doses. I remember, as a kid, being in my older … Continue reading
I now wish to speak on a topic that, whether for awkwardness or apathy, goes largely undiscussed. Like with the birds and the bees, some parents might find this topic uncomfortable to broach. They would rather rely on a school teacher … Continue reading
As an introduction to my website and blog, I would like to present the Controvers-o-meter. Each blog post will be evaluated using a highly sophisticated controversy detection method, whereby I look at what I write and think “how many people are going … Continue reading
Church is boring. It doesn’t diminish the truthfulness or usefulness of the thing to say it, but it’s true. Whenever my kids complain about church being boring, I consciously abstain from trying to put some entertaining spin on a pioneer or … Continue reading
