What’s the ROI?
In marketing, there’s a concept of Return On Investment. Basically, it’s the increase you see for the advertising dollars spent. If you...
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May 23, 20214 min read
Context Matters
There’s a book I read about joke-telling where it pointed out that the joke, “There once was a man from Verdun,” is pointless without the...
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May 16, 20211 min read
Two Witnesses
Mysteries are popular. Back in the day, Columbo wanted to know, “Just one more thing.” Later, Monk would say, “Here’s what happened.”...
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May 9, 20213 min read
Dungeons and Dragons
When I was in college I started playing AD&D. At first I wasn’t very good. The game was (probably still is) very complex. The way the...
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May 2, 20213 min read
Twenty-Two Years
About 22 years ago Linda and I decided to get married. That decision, IMHO, is among the best ones I’ve ever made. I love her with...
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Apr 25, 20213 min read
M&Ms
Most people have probably heard the story about the bowl of M&Ms. Some rock bands have a “rider” (technical and personal requirements)...
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Apr 18, 20212 min read
The Last Episode
The last episode of the Seinfeld show dealt with the Good Samaritan law. If you see a crime happening and do nothing about it, you can be...
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Apr 11, 20212 min read
Objection!
One of the criticisms about Christianity is that the God of the new testament is different from the God of the old testament. I object!...
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Apr 4, 20211 min read
In A Nutshell
What it all boils down to is this: 1 - God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) made everything, including the rules. 2 - Humans broke the rules by...
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Mar 28, 20213 min read
Chronicles
As I read through the Bible I try to find the lessons within and apply them to my life. All the while I do that I’m keeping in mind that...
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Mar 21, 20213 min read
UFO
There’s a joke about a gas station attendant who looked out of the building and saw an alien pumping gas into a flying saucer. On the...
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Mar 14, 20212 min read
Hell Ain't Fire
Or is it? Whether there’s a literal Lake of Fire as listed in the book of Revelation isn’t the important issue. The imagery is simply the...
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Mar 7, 20213 min read
The Big Game
By the time this is scheduled to post the “Big Game” (the other name is protected) should be over. As I write this I have no idea who...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
Is It Time?
I may have explained this scam before. Someone writes a thousand letters, half of them saying Some Stock will increase in value in the...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
Gazing Balls
There’s a tendency to follow others. I saw it in the ornaments people chose to put up for Christmas. Some of them are year-round...
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Feb 14, 20213 min read
Dog Bed
Working from home has its benefits. I get to watch my dog, Stitches (AKA The dog who would be King). One day he came into my office and...
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Feb 7, 20212 min read
Dot Matrix Universe
One of my first posts had to do with Seurat. For those unfamiliar with that artist, he creates his wonderful paintings by placing single...
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Jan 31, 20213 min read
Do You Want Heaven?
I’ve seen video clips of people asking Christian pastors and pundits, “Am I going to Hell because I don’t believe in Jesus? What kind of...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
Simulation
I used to draw. Part of my high school classwork was architectural drafting, so I’m a bit familiar with a three-dimensional...
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Jan 17, 20213 min read
Lotto
I used to play the lottery. Whenever the jackpot got big, say, $100 Million and above. I mean, what’s a buck or two when there’s a chance...
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