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The List Keeps Getting Longer

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Doug

The internet is a kind of time capsule in which nobody bothers to read the date or time stamp of its contents. The current generation has no idea what it is like to live offline. There are stories, images, and the like that have shelf lives that would make Twinkies and the McDonalds fries stuck in your car seat cushions…

How Close Is Too Close?

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Doug

When I was younger, a lot of my future expectations were shaped by Saturday morning cartoons, specifically the Jetsons. After thinking about it, I was pleasantly surprised to realize that many futuristic concepts in the Jetsons have come to be. Pleasantly surprised, that is, until googling to confirm my assertion. In doing so, I happened upon this image, one that…

Smokes On A Plane

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Doug

Be forewarned: I’ll be taking yet another trip in the ol’ wayback machine, so tap out now if you don’t want to suffer my nostalgic waxings, or musings, or “get off my lawn” buffoonery. There was a time in the not so distant past when people smoked pretty much everywhere. Aside from bathyscaphes or the occasional oxygen tent, and even…

Just Because I Can

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Doug

I recently noticed on something that I noticed recently that Krispy Kreme was marketing lemon glazed donuts. At least in the mind of this “blogger”, the paradigm has shifted for the better. What paradigm, you probably don’t wonder? I’m not sure. How do we classify donuts in the food-type realm? I guess we could deem them breakfast items, although there…

Hurry Up And Wait

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Doug

Recently, I wondered how much time we spend waiting. We wait a lot. When we were kids, we waited for the last bell to ring at school. We waited for Christmas. We, well I, waited all week for Wide World of Sports to finally show some stock car racing, and was wildly disappointed by the scant couple of minutes wedged…

I Know A Guy

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Doug

Truthfully, I know a couple of guys, even bunches of them. But generally speaking, when a guy says that he knows a guy, he isn’t simply making the statement that in the course of his life he exchanged handshakes, fist bumps, high fives, noogies, or whatever the cool kids do these days with another guy and now knows the guy….

All But Extinct

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Doug

Admittedly, I’m a cultural Luddite. I’ve only seen the first two Star Wars movies, which I think are episodes 3 or 4 or something, and I couldn’t tell you the difference between Marvel and DC, comic book or movie-wise. To me, Grand Theft Auto and Mario Kart may as well be the same game. And Fortnight is a time span,…

Sinners, Saints, and Pop Tarts

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Doug

I was meeting with some Christian friends the other night, discussing things that matter to the body of Christ and by extension, the world around us. Central to our conversation was the mandate to reach others, the redeemed and the lost, through the written word. Important questions asked included, “How can we improve our craft?” and “How can we expand…

A Man Can’t Just Sit Around

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Doug

We all dream, at least according to the 30 second cursory “research” I just did on the interweb. Much of what we dream about is immediately forgotten, either too insignificant or fleeting to leave a lasting impression on us. And that might not be a bad thing. When I was a kid, I had a recurring dream about an individual…

Christian Cannibals

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Doug

Seems to me that we don’t hear much about cannibals these days. When I was a kid, I had the impression that cannibalism would be much more prevelant in my adult experience. Not that I would be personally involved, either “giving or receiving”, mind you. While I’m thinking about stuff that I figured would be more common, doesn’t it seem…