In a new telephone survey by the lovely people at the Rasmussen Report says that 75% of Americans think that Americans are getting ruder. I wish this surprised me, but it didn't. I think all of us have first hand experience with this truth. Even the people you expect people to be the kindest like
My wife and I(I really like saying that) had dinner last night with our photographer . We went knowing we were going to get to see our wedding photos but that was not the reason I was most excited to go. I was super pumped to see his chidren. My wife has been nannying for them for the past few months. And while we were on our honeymoon we talked about how we missed their world of the <a title="wiggles" href="http://thewiggles
Praise the Lord, I am now a married man. I have spent the past week on my honeymoon(which explains my absence) and am now back in the real world ready to love my wife the way Paul commands married men to. We spent 7 nights in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. When it was finally time to leave we were both ready to come home. Both of us recognized the importance of a honeymoon away from family a
Tomorrow, the married men in my church body are going to hold a prayer breakfast for me. My wedding is now one week away and they figured the best thing they can give me in some awesome prayer. Maybe with enough prayer they wont have to bring a nurse in to revive me when I faint. People keep ask me if I'm nervous, and I just tell them that I am ready for this awkward planning period to be over so I can have a<a titl
I live in an area of the country where the summer has not felt like summer at all. There were only a few weeks of blazing hot weather, which is nothing compared to last years summer where I felt like it never cooled down. Instead of the heat, there have been beautiful, cool days. The reason for the title of the article is that I heard someone attributing this to global cooling and I just thought it was funny because this time last year someone was attributing the weather to global warming. I'
My fiancee has been doing a lot of babysitting and I realized that some parents are very protective and selective with who can babysit their children. I guess it makes sense, but from what I remember my parents would take anyone they could get their hands on. Then on the opposite end of the spectrum are parents who won't settle for anyone short of a nurse . Families want a babysitt
Just got home from IKEA . We were given pretty significant gift cards and decided to stock up on a few things we needed for the apartment. That store is crazy. It probably has one of the best business models of any business I have ever seen. They have anything and everything under the sun. I could go to pick up dowel pins and end up having a swedish meatball
It seems like daily I'm reading about soldiers and people being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in large numbers. I've come to grips that as long as people are alive, there will always be kiling. No amount of 5.11 gear or preparation on anyone's part will stop a man's desire to kill. What happens is that people become conv
In the past year there have been a couple of stories about people being kidnapped and hidden for, not months, but decades. This blows my mind. I can't imagine leaving the world you against your will and not being able to enter back into it for almost two decades. People who do things like this blow my mind, I'll never understand.
It has been crazy to hear about the CIA interrogation techniques that have surfaced in the past few weeks. This issue has been really hard for me to wrestle with. Not necessarily their methods of interrogation but the question of how should interogation be done. Obviously men in 5.11 pants toting d
As an almost married man, coming up with date ideas is a constant thing. As I have been coming up with ideas, I wanted to recommend to everyone that going to a broadway show is a great date. You can find cheap boradway tickets online then search for a restaurant that she enjoys nearby, and finally find a nice place to have a cup of te
I have some friends that play professional blackjack . They travel around the country going in and out of casinos gambling with the best of them. I have wondered for a while whether this is a morally legitimate business. My friends are always playing under the umbrella of a different personality in hopes to never be black listed from any casino worth playing at. Being a blackjack player with other people's money cer
Mark Driscoll has plenty of insight for men. I encourage you to browse around his sermons and listen to some of the ones dealing directly with men.
I was wondering how important it is for me to watch the news, read a newspaper, or even update myself on world events online . It seems like no one is really doing these things anymore. The only people that are doing these things consistently are also building model athearn ho trains in their spare time. Being up to date on international affairs has become somethin
Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls 'Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard Is it true the perfect love drives out all fear? U2's song crazy tonight makes a great point. Every generation has a chance to change the world. When I first heard Bono sing these words I was really convicted and challenged. I started to think about wha
Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls 'Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard Is it true the perfect love drives out all fear? U2's song crazy tonight makes a great point. Every generation has a chance to change the world. When I first heard Bono sing these words I was really convicted and challenged. I started to think about what my generation would be known for. Would it be our obses
So the phrase The Glory of God is tossed around an awful lot these days. I wanted to give some insight into what that actually means, well not my personal insight, but insight nevertheless. John Piper has a great view of the Glory of God check out this sound bite. Glory of God
I'm at home visiting and as I sit on the couch in our living room, I find myself surrounded by pictures. The life of my family from our mickey mouse clubhouse days to the engagement photos can be seen in almost perfect clarity. Honestly, I was one of those kids who was embarassed to have a mom who brought her camera bag everywhere. You n
I'd venture to say that the rest of the world finds Americans very, very weird. If we locked ourselves into a room with a 100 diverse people from around the world and we had our internet connections, laptops, and jill e bags, they would look at us and be amazed. We'd be one of the 2 or 3 people in the room that has all of that. Over half of the world makes $2 a days</
I am writing this blog in a book cafe. What is a book cafe you may be wondering? It is a place exploding from floor to ceiling with bookshelves. Every award-winning book you have ever or never heard of spans the walls of this quaint little cafe. While I was sitting here surrounded by books, I realized that no one is actually reading any of them. Everyone is always on their computer. Don't get me wrong despite the re
So I realized something the other day while I was at home watching an episode of Burn Notice . I realized that it is easy for me to get too caught up into the fantasy world of television and movies. It can almost become debilitating, especially for anyone who has real responsibilities. I realized that I was wanting my life to be a drama like in the movies
So, I'm new to joeuser but figured I'd dive in with some thoughts and ramblings. I titled this article quarter life crisis because I am watching my roommate go through one as I type. He is 25, about to turn 26 in a few days and he is being overwhelmed with this transition that he has created in his mind from his "adventurous days" as he calls them, into a more formal type of manhood. Over
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