Twisted Sideways

So I have been following all of the hype on the news the past few days about all the issues that NASA has been having with the upcoming launch. It’s already been resheduled two times due to weather and recently they found gaps in the foam that prevent the fuel lines for freezing. And even [...]

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

An idea isn’t worth that much. It’s the execution of the idea that has value. If you can’t convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it’s not worth it.
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So I’m at a loss for words at the moment. I am still trying to comprehend the words spoken by Louie Giglio at the PDWC this past week. It was incredible to hear the man speak about how what we truly offer God is not good enough. How we can and need [...]

So it’s about 1:35am in Austin Texas and we just got back from the Purpose Driven Worship Conference at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. We left Orange County around 3:45 CA time. Getting home this late, sitting inside of the airports and doing nothing is pretty draining!
On the flight home, I started to talking to [...]

So it’s a new look for a new leaf. At least I hope. I just attended a mini-seminar at the Purpose Driven Worship Conference at Saddleback Church about blogging. It fired me up to start up on blogging again. I had gotten so side tracked with like stuff and not being [...]

I have never claimed to understand women. I have never once said I get it. And this week has been no different. I count my blessings when I think about the fact that I am male. Don’t get my wrong, women are great but I have a hard time understanding the [...]

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) on Thursday posted a quarterly profit of $9.9 billion, its biggest ever and one of the largest in U.S. corporate history, as it raked in a bonanza from soaring oil and gas prices.
Record profits for Big Oil at a time when consumers are paying sky-high prices for gasoline have brought [...]

So recently, I became aware of my roommates obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to shower. I’m not talking about long drawn out showers where you wonder exactly what might be going on in here but rather the urge to shower more than two times a day.
There are times when one might call for two or three [...]

Vince Young ran for 108 yards and a touchdown and threw for two other scores, and No. 2 Texas converted three turnovers by Missouri quarterback Brad Smith into touchdowns in beating the Tigers 51-20 Saturday October 1, 2005.
And this is just one more step closer to catching a National Title.

It’s a wonder that kids these days find that they get their asses kicked at school more than we would care to admit. Back in the day, when I worked as a substitute teacher for the Austin Independent school, I would see kids like the one in the video link below and wonder just [...]