Cloves are one of the greatest things ever. If you don’t know what they are, they are those little spiky things you see sticking out of Christmas hams. I first got hooked on cloves back when I used to smoke. I know, I know, I was supposed to get addicted to tobacco and not the […]
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Category: stuff
Last year one of my students graduated from high school. Travis is a very mild mannered guy who always keeps his nose clean, and also a huge Superman fan. He was one of my very first students, and we hang out once in a while. However, the fact is, graduations are always boring. So I […]
I will be returning from hiatus on July 6, 2010, and will be updating the site every Tuesday and Thursday, with possible interruptions as Vacation Bible School nears in August. See you then.
I’m going to take a break from the site for a while; I’ll probably pick it back up in July. See ya later.
In pro wrestler Chris Jericho’s book A Lion’s Tale, he passes on some advice he learned from Jesse Ventura. It’s excellent advice–and not just for those of you looking for a career in sports entertainment: If you want to be a wrestler, you have to be prepared to live every day in pain. If you […]
The world is a better place thanks to George Washington Carver, and not just for his brilliant invention of peanut butter. The following is excerpted from a thank-you he wrote to the members of his senior class at the Tuskegee Institute: “…it is needless for me to keep saying, I hope, except for emphasis, that […]
Spring 2002, a long time ago. I was out of work–me and everyone else but two people from my old job were laid off right before Christmas. I’m standing in downtown Kansas City. The photo is super-grainy because we are using a 1.2 megapixel Kodak I got from the aforementioned job. The camera was as […]
I’ll get back on this soon; I’m just pretty tired.
Apparently kissing an Air Marshal’s daughter is a chargeable offense. My trial date is April 15.
So, like, my so-called friends say I look like Harry Potter, on account of my youthful appearance and resemblance to Daniel Radcliffe. So anyway, I’m in line at the airport. I’ve already got my ticket and made it through the gate and I’m just about to step onto the plane and the Air Marshal pulls […]