Like many people, I’m sure, I had somewhat of an epiphany in the late 90s/early 2000s after The Matrix film was released. There was the movie itself, which boasted visual effects and action that really hadn’t been seen up to that point in cinema. But beyond that,...
The first time I ever remember hearing about an ARG or Alternate Reality Game would have probably been in 2004, prior to the release of Halo 2, the sci-fi space marine game made by Microsoft. I was a huge gamer back then. Even though I was a father by that point, you...
“After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.” That’s Hosea 8:2. For quite a while I pondered what that meant. Certain commentaries and study bibles will link the verse to Matthew 16:21 in reference to...
2006 seems like such a faraway time and place from the tragic vantage point of 2020. I remember I had just started a new job, one where I would be traveling all over the country, mostly to little Podunk towns in Nowheresville, USA, to provide in person setup and...
I’ve lived smack dab in the middle of flyover country for the better portion of my life. In fact, some people in flyover country especially like to fly over Nebraska. The I-80 corridor has to be one of the longest, most boring stretches of road in the world. If you...
In 1914 world-champion chess player Frank Marshall wrote a book about his controversial methods and tactics entitled, Marshall’s Chess “Swindles”. In the game, a swindle is a tactic whereby a player who is clearly losing makes a move or set of moves that is a ruse to...
LIKE many an American kid, I was entranced by cinema early in life. And yes, entranced is completely the appropriate word. For as long as I can remember, going to the movie theater to see the latest blockbuster or critically acclaimed drama has been kind of the de...
EBAY. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat. TikTok. Youtube. Amazon. Uber. TripAdvisor. Airbnb. Twitter. How long has it been now? eBay and Amazon started way back in 1995. Facebook first came online in 2004. Twitter in ’06. It’s been 25 years since we all started giving...
WHENEVER someone asks me why I believe what I believe I always half-joke and tell them that I committed the one unforgivable sin: I read the whole book from front to back. I confess. I’m guilty. You see, when I first came to understand that there was such a thing as...
IMMORTALITY. It’s what we all long for. Sure, some may deny this and claim they’re just on the rollercoaster ride we call life and when it’s over it’s over. But when you look in dark corners and listen to hushed whispers you’ll often find it’s the nihilists who are...
It was 1950 when Immanuel Velikovsky first set the world on fire. Literally. And not only the world but the fiefdoms of astronomy and scientism at large. Cue that wrecking ball song by that illuminati chick who sticks her tongue out all the time. Cosmology, geology,...
THE 3RD SEASON OF WESTWORLD recently concluded and was a go-to, I’m sure, for the ‘rona ridden masses. I’m not going to go into all the details of the show as this isn’t meant to be a critique or review. If you want to know more about Wesworld in general, and haven’t...
GREEN LAKE, Wisconsin is beautiful in the summer. I have fond memories of fishing in that lake. I also have fond memories of the seemingly endless tornadic activity terrorizing the village along with neighboring towns such as Ripon and Berlin. Fond memories, too, as...
Nuance. It’s not something that our “global” culture seems to appreciate much anymore. If it indeed ever did. A person has to either be one thing or another, left or right, black or white, red or blue, pro-this or anti-that. To lie somewhere in the middle on a...