YAY!! I HAVE ARRIVED! Guest Post over on GROWUP318!!

OK...all 6 of my followers...you have to do a favor for me!

Head over to Grow Up 318 to read a guest post I wrote for her about being EXCITED about what God has done, is doing, and WILL DO!

I love Heather Joy's blog, because she is real, and comes from a similar place I do (Fundy Kids Unite!).  Look around over there and read what she has to say.  It is solid, thought-provoking material.

Her series of posts "Confessions of a RIFB Girl" are AWESOME!  She pokes fun at some of the topics that I grew up thinking were Convictions, but were really Preferences.

She does good work!  Go read there, and BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT OR TWO!!!

Inferiority and Un-Ugly People

SO, I am walking out of Zoe's Kitchen the other night (I love their food, when I can afford it...yum) and almost run slam over a young lady.  We were coming in different directions, heading for the same door.  I fortunately caught myself before I plowed over her, or at the very least broke her toes as I clumsily tried to put on the breaks...hey, I need to lose a few pounds, ok?

Anyway, we kind of bumped shoulders and I almost dropped my tea.  This would've been much more upsetting to me than crushing her feet!  We both awkwardly said "Excuse me, " and made eye contact....

Now, before we go on, I AM INDEED 100% MARRIED AND THINK MY WIFE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN  ON THE PLANET.  I mean that.

That said, this young lady was very, very, very, very, very, very NOT Ugly. (this type of verbiage is approved by my BEAUTIFUL WIFE!!!)  Get off my back and stop judging...

Who will be #100?

I started this blog as an outlet for my own crazy observations/spiritual life lessons. 

Why? 

On those occasions when I was asked to speak to a student group, men's fellowship, or teacher's meeting, I found myself looking at events from my own life as illustrations.  And realized there was plenty to work with (sometimes good..mostly where I screwed up).  Not that drawing on stories of others is not a good thing, but there was so much material in my own world that could be drawn from that it made it more real to me.


I honestly thought that I would have one friend who would read it, and that would be it.


I am not saying I am the next Jon Acuff or JamieTheVeryWorstMissionary, but it has been nice to get feedback from people all over the 'Net regarding my posts. 

Apparently, I have one person in both Germany and the UK who reads every post.  That's cool to me!

Last week I passed over 1,000 Pageviews.

And now I sit at 99 comments. 

Thank you to all who have read. 

Thank you to all who have commented.

I hope I encourage you through this random-thought-filled, quasi-diary of jargon and awkward writing!!!

Whoever does post Comment #100 will win exactly nothing, which has a cash value of zilch! 

Let the Race begin!!!!

Tracking Down Brian...

OK...almost didn't get a chance to write this, but since yesterday I wrote that I would tomorrow and tomorrow is today, I can't post another saying I will write tomorrow again because that would be day after tomorrow when I wrote I would tomorrow, and with my loyal readership of 3, I gotta keep it real!

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS POST ABOUT AN AWESOME KID I KNEW WAY BACK NAMED BRIAN THEN YOU WON'T "GET IT."

Update Tomorrow....

Please read my blog post entitled

"Interior Decorating, Hardee's, and Psalm 77"

I got an update on Brian from the story I told...

I can't wait to share it!! 

Interior Decorating, Hardee's, and Psalm 77

When I was a senior in high school (FEELIN' GREAT, LOOKIN' FINE, 'CUZ WE'RE THE CLASS OF 89), I became pretty close to my basketball coach and his family.  They had a son roughly my age, so I would find myself over at their house often.  They were new to the school, and were a blast to be around.  I actually blame Coach M for some of my sarcasm.


They had a son that was in 10th grade, a daughter in 7th, and another son in 1st grade.  Just so happens I was the 1st grade "teacher's aide" that year at our school, so I was assigned to Brian's class. 

When I was introduced to Brian, before I met Coach M, I could tell something was definitely different.  Not wrong...just different.  He was not very good in class, and at a small Christian school, there was no one there equipped to help Brian how he needed to be helped.  He lasted about 2 weeks before he had to be home-schooled.


Brian had autism.

I Love the 80's...Love Notes Edition!

When I was in high school in the late 80's, there was no facebook, twitter, myspace, or texting as avenues for romance.  What we had was the plain old white sheet of paper.  Of course it was intricately folded so that there was a little flap to secure it...can't let others see your note.  Love Notes were an art form.  Different colors of ink and marker were used.  The amount of time put into them was not brief.  I remember getting one with Glitter in it (not a good idea, by the way). Love Notes were the currency of Emotion!!  At my school, we even called them "Jewels."  

Lame?  Nerdy?

Yes...And Very.

AHA!!! Satan is trying the ol' switcheroo!!!

This post may have absolutely ZERO relevance to anyone but me.  So?  This blog started as a journal, and I actually have a small few who read it, therefore, I can write personal issues and not feel bad about it.  I mean, I am no Jon Acuff, right?

When I was a highly successful, much decorated, well-respected (had enough?) basketball coach, one of my favorite things to do to the opposing team was to lull them into a sense of comfort.  Even granting them success at times....How so?

And the Award for Best Actor goes to....

I am not a big fan of movie/tv/music awards shows, but I would be lying if I didn't say I tune in a few times a night to check them out.  Back in my free-wheelin' college days, I was actually into it a bit.  I would try to see all of the films up for Best Picture at the Oscars before the show.  Just a hobby...stop judging. (You have something, too.)

A couple Sundays ago, the Golden Globes were on.  My wife and I turned by when they were giving some kind of lifetime achievement award to Robert DeNiro.  They played an amazing montage of many of his movies.  He truly is fantastic.  Sitting there watching, probably 3 or 4 times I said "I forgot about him in that movie."  He has done a wonderful job in so many films, I guess I remembered the top 4 or 5, and kind of shuffled the rest away.

But when he started to make his speech...YIKES!

"Wet Spaghetti" Reminder...Get the Surgery!!!

Circa 1995, I knew a young lady who had a problem in that she was waaaaay too competitive.  She knew it.  I knew it.  Her family knew it.  The dozen or so broken putters from various miniature golf courses around the southeast knew it.  I would sometimes purposefully draw cards in UNO, even if I had the winning card!! 

It was BAD!  Not good bad.  Not Michael Jackson with a cool, catchy beat and terrible music video "Bad."  Just Bad!