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Why my boy is smarter than me.

runwolf13 | January 11, 2010

So we went to the Tennessee Aquarium this weekend. And once again, my six year old son proved he’s smarter than me.
On the way there, he saw a sign for the Aquarium that advertised their penguin exhibit.  Very cool, and he got excited.  He asked me if they had “Macaroni Penguins.”  I tried not to [...]

The World is Going to Hell in a Hand-basket!

runwolf13 | November 17, 2009

I posted recently on the combination of Twitter and 24/7 news adding to the feeling of desperation in the world.  A wise commenter posted that it isn’t that the world is getting worse, we’re just hearing about it all the time.  I couldn’t agree more.  And I have an example to prove the point.
Ask the [...]

Eat, Drink, and be Merry

runwolf13 | November 9, 2009

Recently I was forced, on two separate occasions, to consider and report on my favorite bible verse.  I’m not a real bible verse kind of guy.  I don’t find a verse particularly useful and rarely find them meaningful.
This is not a judgement on the entire bible, rather it is how I look at individual verses. [...]