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Remember thinking about this question? "How can the universe be endless?" It boggled my mind and to be honest it still does. If there is an end what's on the other side of the end? Is there a wall or something, then what's on the other side of the wall? As Charlie Brown says: AAAAARRRGH!!! I can hear my science teacher's smug voice saying: "Well, Dennis the universe is ever-expanding". If that's true, where the...

My Rock-N-Roll Life I Have Always Been An Avid Critic Of Any New Generation (Me talking) Why these young people are lazy, they have no respect, don't know how to do anything useful, and think the world owes them a living. (sound familiar?) I was born in 1952, during the birth of rock-n-roll. As I grew into my pre-teen years, I endured constant criticism from my parents. This criticism was not only directed towards me...

Superhero businessman tearing the suit. Pop art retro illustration kitsch vintage 50s 60s style Politicians are fond of using the phrase "words mean things" Politicians are pretty good at stating the obvious and it almost made me happy to have found at least one thing politicians were good at. That is until I realized they only used this phrase when it fit whatever agenda they were trying to sell to us. But for real human...

A boy sitting on a rock getting his feet wet in water It was so dark now; if not for porch lights, I could see nothing. I sat on the edge of someone's porch and began to cry, when off in the distance, I heard a whistle. Then I heard it again, and I knew it was my dad! I always dreaded hearing that whistle. His whistle always meant it was time to go home,...

Pessimism, negative pessimistic thinking bad mood pessimist, negativity. I always tended to be a pessimist. Lord, I can't understand what Liz ever saw in me, or how she could have put up with me for so long. Even when something good happened in our lives, I couldn't enjoy it, because I knew bad was soon coming. I really believed that if a good thing happened, bad things would shortly follow. Once that good thing happened,...

A boy sitting on a rock getting his feet wet in water I sure hated moving away from that tiny trailer in the run-down, but awesome, trailer park and would miss my friends. However, Big Jon would not be missed. We lived in many places during my childhood, but it never seemed to matter where - there was always at least one bully. I guess it was the same for all boys unless you were...

With such a weird title as: "Having the Faith of A 57 Chevy" no doubt you are asking yourself, "what in blue blazes is that about?" Well, just hang in there with me for a few moments. I'll try to explain. This was a post on my blog. Yes, I am one of those, a blogger. But writing is one of my few gifts which became much better with the Holy Spirit's guidance. Writing about...

A boy sitting on a rock getting his feet wet in water It was several days before Saturday came. That was the day selected by dad for me to race Big Jon. In the days leading up to it, I received training each day. Although there was some running, it was not so much physical training, it was more a mental preparedness. The Nurse Neighbor My ribs still hurt and mom had noticed the bruising,...

"How Great Thou Art" "How Great Thou Art" is one of my favorite hymns. We sing it often at Olvey Bible Church. Most times I just sing along with everyone else just trying to stay somewhere near the correct key so I don't embarrass myself too badly. But yesterday I began singing the song at home by myself and when I got to the chorus "I really let er rip"!! Luckily I don't have any...

A boy sitting on a rock getting his feet wet in water Admittedly, when I heard dad's whistle I began to cuss. Cussing was an art form to us boys and I could hold my own with any of em'. Each of us had been homeschooled by some of the best. Our dads were cussing scholars. They could weave together a seamless run-on sentence placing correct obscenities in all the appropriate places.* After belting out my short...