You know the book is going to be labored when it has four headlined sections in the preface. You could never get away with that in a fiction book (well, perhaps I shouldn't say that, but it would have to support something really special), but in my most recent text book that is exactly what … Continue reading Communication Ethics: a lengthy, belabored prologue →

(Continuing the series of our visit to the Kansas City zoo). Since we had purchased the unlimited transportation package, we wanted to get the full benefit of the pass. So we decided to do the Sky Safari again -- this time riding the full circuit. We would get on and off at the same station, … Continue reading KC Zoo: Sky Safari 2 →

(This is the 12th and final part of the series on my only solo concert to date: A Concert of Sacred Metaphors, 2006). The concert ended with this song from Michael Card: Joy in the Journey. A reminder that life in Christ is a journey, not a destination.

Yesterday was a day of amazing coincidences.  The Bureau of Homeland Security assured us that none of them were caused by any "malicious intent", but that doesn't present the conspiracy-minded from seeing all those plausible connections. After all, how many times does: 1) An airline's system grounds all its planes for 2 hours. 2) The … Continue reading Hack or no Hack →

Just a reminder that hit me today... when people are so sure they know all about you .... They are often 100% wrong.

On this Independence day I thought I would share this TV special from years gone by, featuring John Wayne.  I have been hearing one of Wayne's speeches from this at the amusement park for the past several days, but they never share the whole thing.  So here it is: It is especially worthwhile after reading … Continue reading On Independence Day…. →

Today's post is going to be a review of last night's viewing of Pippin at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, MO Usually in a drama or musical you have a hero, a sympathetic hero. Pippin isn't that. He's more of a whiner and complainer. "I'm so special and no one realizes it ... I can't … Continue reading Pippin — A review →

Today is a quick post/video about a home fix.  We have a dehumidifier in the basement. It has either a bucket you empty, or a place where you attach a hose and it goes to the drain. For some reason the place where you attach the hose no longer gets water -- it all goes … Continue reading Home fix-it →

Today's Post is a quick one with lots of pictures.  We have been painting the living room, one wall at a time, for the past few summers. This year we finished the last wall.  That dark burgundy with white trim is now billard table trim and cucumber crush. We also started one wall of the … Continue reading Summer Paint Job →

Monday I had a new biking experience -- one I wasn't trying to have -- someone tried to run me off the road. I was riding eastbound on N.E. Parvin Road, and was somewhere past the fire station when I heard a vehicle come up close behind me, followed by honking and then it swerved … Continue reading Run off the Road →