Book Lovers Anonymous

Hello, my name is Art….and I’m a bibliophile.
Hi, Art!
I know they say the first step on the road to recovery is to realize that you have a problem. So, I confess here that I do have a problem when it comes to books. Actually, I have two problems. One is, I don’t have enough book [...]

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Family Updates (sort of).

The snow has finally melted, so I have decided to take down the picture of the winter scene on my header pic (see above) and put up one of flowers. But due to the cold and snow and the general state of FAILURE that this Iowa winter has been there were no flowers, so I had [...]

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Lewis & Clark: Secrets Revealed!

I was going to write this blog entry when I was done reading “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen Ambrose, but it’s taking me too long to read, so I thought I would go ahead it anyway. The book is quite good, just kind of long winded. It’s about 500 pages long, but these are big pages with [...]

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Barack the Builder

In case you’ve been living in a cave, or are illiterate, or too focused on your Xbox, there is a Presidential Election trying to be run this year. Believe or not, I am actually kind of interested in it. I’m not sure if it’s because of my age, or if it’s because I’ve been reading [...]

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I’m Still Kind of Pumped from Using the Greek

Warning: the following entry contains disturbing scenes of Grammarian Depravity and Senseless Violence. 
Reader discretion is advised.  
Late last night I finished up my paper for Greek Exegesis II class that I’m taking at school this year. It was Paul’s use of the term “mystery” in Colossians 1. I think the passage in Ephesians is more fun, but [...]

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Little Men

I think Ryan has a good handle on how to treat women. At the very least, he is on the right track. A friend of his at church (A girl) will be moving to Nebraska on Saturday.  Yesterday he made her a homemade card so that hopefully he can give it to her before she leaves. [...]

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Forever Young: the computer literate elderly, and the women who love them.

It’s official. We live in a weird world, and I might want off for a little while. Relax, I’m not talking about doing myself in. I’m just saying that I want to go away for a little while. Maybe to a nice island (But not the “Lost” island, because that one is creepy), where I [...]

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