If I understand the hypotheses of Intelligent Design, there are things that exist in nature that are “irreducibly complex“, the various components having no independent functionality, and therefore must have been designed by “God“. To the general public, hypothesis and…

Leaving Homes I have lived in a number of different places. Mine is not a pattern of yearly moves to exotic and far-flung places, but rather a progression from one home to another, with a few interim locations. I was…

The day started as all the other ones. We woke just before the sunrise, ate a small meal, straightened our living area, and prepared to go out to gather provisions. We headed in a different direction, as he thought we…

Conversations come in almost unlimited variety. They define many of our moments on this planet. Some we have daily, some only once. They can be combinations of types (first, last, only, memorable first, memorable last, one of many memorable, heart…

Here’s a little amusing trick to use when forced to endure those one-sided, annoying, mostly childish, unavoidable cell-phone conversations overheard EVERYWHERE. Fill in the other side of the conversation! Here’s how it works; (OVERHEARD) So, what did he say… Yeah….…

I never understood the expression “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans?” Wouldn’t a St.Peter joke about 4 Nuns dying and going to heaven work better? Whoever thinks heaven is “heaven” has not met the file…

Is it really Love that dies or is it just an unwillingness to make the effort to sustain it? Loving someone is hard work. It is also bilateral. If you think THEY are hard to love, imagine how they feel…

Let’s look at some statistics for perspective; According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (a rather interesting combination of enforcement responsibilities) there are approximately 225 million (225,000,000) firearms in the United States. In 2007 there were 31,224 firearm…

There is a phenomenon that has grown more commonplace that completely baffles me. Why do fully-grown adults, particularly those that have grown in all the wrong proportions, wear sports jerseys bearing the name of some athlete? Sadly, this is a…

August 5, 2012 I came across a recent letter to the editor in the Florida Today newspaper.  The letter expressed agreement with Chik-Fil-A President Dan Cathy’s position on Same Sex Marriage. I will give them one thing, at least they didn’t hide…