Reading Time: 11 minutesI’ve loved learning languages for most of my life. Because I hold degrees in two languages and demonstrate varying levels of proficiency in several others, I sometimes get asked how many languages I know, or when, or how, I started … Continue reading
Category: Life and Arts
Let’s get offensive! Religion and politics are on like Donkey Kong. Oh, and maybe I’ll talk about music, too.
The Performative Verb and Jesus
Reading Time: 4 minutesFour or five years ago when I was still considering seminary, I wrote on a few topics within Christianity for the heck of it. So I think it was a Wednesday night around 10:00 pm that I wrote this. About … Continue reading
Gun Debates Don’t Fix People Problems
Reading Time: 9 minutesIt’s only a few weeks after what happened in Aurora that we see it again: One person steals life from another. He shows the world how little he values life— and he really worships death in cruel and sick ways. … Continue reading
What a blog post about gun control taught me about guns (and Fox News)
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn a late Saturday night just a little over a full day after the Aurora shootings, I got fed up with friends and pundits telling me why we needed more gun restrictions or why someone with a gun would have … Continue reading
Yes, I’m a hypocrite: I ran my mouth on gun control
Reading Time: 7 minutesA few days ago, around midnight, I published a wildly popular article rant on gun control. By wildly popular, it’s had over a hundred unique pageviews since Saturday night (a record for anything I’ve written). I don’t average that many unique … Continue reading
Yes, you can shutup about Colorado and keep your opinions on gun control to yourself
Reading Time: 6 minutesI moved to Colorado about ten months ago.And though I am a native Texan, Colorado is my adoptive state. In my 31 years, 18 were in Texas and 12 were in Illinois, so that should tell you something. I love … Continue reading
Politics and Religion: An Evangelical Libertarian’s View on Gay Marriage
Reading Time: 7 minutesI don’t blog much about my faith and I’ve never really talked about politics before. I am a born-again evangelical — just about anyone who’s spent more than 20 minutes talking to me will figure that out. And though I enjoy … Continue reading
An Open Letter to My Congressmen Regarding SOPA
Reading Time: 2 minutesBelow is the the message that I’ve emailed to each of my congressmen regarding SOPA. Hello congressmen Udall, Bennet, and Polis,
My First Experiment(s) on a new guitar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSo, a few weeks ago, my wife in her infinite beauty and grace allowed me to buy an Ibanez 7-string guitar. That makes a total of seven guitars. My fingertips are happy. I got the 7-string so I could have an … Continue reading
Office Politics: Take It or Lead it
Reading Time: 5 minutesA very wise man once told me to expect Office Politics anywhere. He actually didn’t need to tell me, because I kind of suspected it. But regardless, he reminded me that every business is crazy in their own special way; don’t expect crazy to just disappear. I thought that I was okay with that axiom, but as it turns out — I’m not. I accept the existence of Politics as a fundamental nature of humanity. But when it becomes harmful and dangerous to the business, I don’t think that it’s okay to just cough up the phrase, “that’s Office Politics for ya. Take it or leave it.” If someone tells me just to take it, I think I’d rather lead it, than leave it.