Pinball wizard

My mind is like a pinball game with a hundred different paddles and bumpers that my mental ball can ping off of at any moment.  And ping it does.   One never knows in which direction it will head next - from what happened on a sitcom last night to the nuances of interpersonal communication when [...]

Spot on.

I have had my cat Spot for 13 years now.  He is my spoiled baby boy.  He believes that where I am he is entitled to be.  He also believes that it is his prerogative to sit on anything I own if he can't be near me.  So Spot settles in on top of odd things. [...]

Loss.

Today, NDSU mourns the loss of four students killed in an automobile accident yesterday - Danielle Renninger, Jordan Playle, Lauren Peterson and Megan Sample.   The sudden loss of these four young women has been met by a wave of support from across the community and the state.  In such a trying time I am gratified that the [...]

My Sunday offering…

I think there are likely different levels of Hell - if you are on the upper floors you likely did bad things, but the lower floors and the basement are reserved for the truly heinous offenders.  A Hotel Hell if you will - similar to Hotel California, where you can checkout any time you'd like, [...]