Texas and the HPV Vaccine

My wife, Danielle, caused a little bit of a stir with her latest MySpace blog post having to do with Texas offering the HPV vaccine to 6th graders. I won’t comment too much about the post here. I already did so in the comments on Danielle’s page. I must digress and state that sometimes when ...

Almost Successful Upgrade

Tonight I upgraded to WordPress 2.1. The upgrade went smoothly, except for one tiny little part. I thought I had backed up everything I needed for the transition. When I upgrade my WordPress installation, I follow a pretty simple process, although I wouldn’t recommend it. Always follow the upgrade instructions at the WordPress site. My ...

2006 Stats

Several blogs that I read have posted their 2006 statistics over the last couple of weeks. Although mine pale in comparison, I thought I’d share them anyway. Thanks to the good folks over at Google Analytics, the statistics are as follows. Total visits: 457 Page Views: 1,937 And to help prove that you never know ...

Revenge of the Skunk – Part 2 2

A few days ago I wrote about our troubles with a certain skunk who had taken up residence under our home. I had no idea that the situation would be rectified so quickly. First, I should note that God allows us to go through tests in our lives I believe to see how we will ...

Revenge of the Skunk 1

It seems that a skunk has decided to visit our house and displace us for the time being. It’s funny, since my last post revolved around the story of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus and how there was no room for them at the inn. Well, now there’s no room for me at my “inn.” I ...

Away in a Manger

While I was thinking about the meaning of Christmas this year, I thought back about the manger and how it’s not much different than our own hearts. It’s interesting that God chose a manger to use as the birthplace for His only Son, Jesus. There was nothing special about that particular manger, I’m sure. Think ...

Redecoration 1

I don’t know why, but I get the urge to rearrange all the furniture / entertainment equipment in our living room every once in a while. Like I said, I can’t quite explain this phenomenon. I guess I just get bored with the arrangement every so often. Danielle would tell you that I don’t always ...

The Purpose of Problems

Tonight I heard an interesting point of view while I was listening to the radio after Monday night basketball. It had to do with the problems and hardships we go through in life. The particular comment had to do with the life of Joseph, who was left in a pit by his brothers and later ...

The Name is Thanksgiving 1

I hate, hate, hate it when people refer to Thanksgiving as Turkey Day. I’m not 100% sure why this phrase elicits such a negative reaction from me, but it just bothers me. It feels that so often in this country when their is a holiday that might have even remotely religious undertones, we try to ...

Give to Caesar What is Caesar’s

I was reading my latest copy of Newsweek tonight, and I stumbled across some responses to the editor that caught my attention. The first response include the quote from Scripture, “Render to Caesar that things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” I have no problem with that statement at all. ...