Saturday afternoon. I was coming off a 12-hour shift at the Air Force Base on a Guard weekend. From the train station, it was a 30 minute taxi ride to my apartment. I was tired. I grabbed a cab, told the driver where I was headed, and donned my Walkman headphones ready to drift into a dream. I rummaged through my satchel and found the cassette for In Through The Out Door. *Click*Pop*Click* and the opening chords of Fool in…
Sometime in January I made a commitment to get better. To become a better human being. To be less cynical and more open to the ideas of others. And while the short term results have, for the most part, been amazing–the more I practice I find myself routinely confronted with certain baggage that gets in the way of breaking through the din of the world to a more peaceful state-of-mind. Most notably the concepts that get in the way are…
According to my mother, the flower of the dogwood tree is significant to Christianity. * First of all, it only blooms around Easter. But that’s not the only reason. If you look closely, the tips of the white petals are crimson-colored. Combine this with the fact the flower’s petals are shaped like a cross, and you can imagine the tips of the cross stained in blood. And if you look really closely, you can see crimson spots speckled on the white…
My daughter’s high school soccer team is ranked #15 in America (and just #5 in NC – to illustrate how competitive soccer is here.) They’re 7-0-1 after tonight’s 9-0 victory against Garinger. The girl had three goals and two assists tonight. When I arrived at her school for the game, the JV women’s soccer team had just won by mercy rule, and the baseball team was destroying the Garinger by 20 runs. As I sat in the stands watching…
A wise person once told me that when something is free, it isn’t. Since about 2009, we’ve all grown accustomed to using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to share our lives, read the news, and keep in touch with friends and relatives. And the most amazing part about this is that you can use these platforms for FREE. All you have to do is turn over an email address and you’re in. An email address is a direct…
The kids who survived the attack at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida have made national headlines since the murderous rampage that took the lives of seventeen of their fellow classmates. At first, these students were seen as courageous, articulate souls standing up to the beast of bribed government policy. But once Big Money had a chance to reassess, they spun these kids as “crisis actors” brought in by liberal directors. And when that didn’t stick, they were called foul-mouthed…
