Ignorance is bliss. Is that true? Well, according to one source, it’s a misquoted line from a Thomas Gary poem. According to the website’s author, the mere...

As you might have noticed, there haven’t been any new posts in recent months. I’ve had a lot of work and other writing projects going on, so I’m taking a l...

It is a dark and velvety cold winter night here at the ocean. Humidity and clear night skies always offer a special kind of blanketing aspect to the cold I…

If you have rightly loved the men around you, the men in the Body of Christ, then you have fulfilled the law of God. The law of love says, “I don’t want to...

In what is becoming a weekly event, another cartoon show for very young children decided to start pushing the gay agenda. “Doc McStuffins” aired an episo...

A friend of mine told me that we should probably *sneak *anti-Trump arguments past Trump voters by not mentioning Trump if we want to make any headway wit...

My blog appears as the landing page when I open my internet browser. I usually just begin typing away and don't even give my blog a second glance, but toda...

After one month into the North Carolina covid19 lockdown, my mother (who is 78 years old, has multiple comorbidities, and lives alone) said something to me...

Tennis is classy. Fans don’t paint their faces silver, put on a pair of horns, and stand waving giant cardboard signs while sipping from Beer Hats. No, t...

I am grateful to be a part of this church and the high value and emphasis it places on missionary work. I’m also grateful... The post Virtual Stake Missi...

When we all went into this thing in March, I tried to remain as positive as possible. I still believe everything I said before, about how I want to come ou...

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, we sit down with four experts on […]

In serious chess games, every move is written down. That way, every choice made by either player can be analyzed, by anyone, even centuries later. The nota...

Sad to see an irresponsible critic of the Church pushing the easily debunked theory that a General Authority, B.H. Roberts, lost his testimony due to the...

Are you constantly stewing about a frustrating person or situation? This simple approach, that takes less than a minute a day, can help you break the cycle...

Every week you’re invited to join me in Writer’s Workshop by responding to one of the provided writing prompts posted each Tuesday. The directions are simp...

With regard to the debate between Ideological Darwinism and St. Thomas, I'm trying to consider it from the widest possible angle -- or at least a *new* ang...

"Beauty should be for truth's sake. If it is not subordinate to something higher, it will be appropriated by something lower." — Robert Godwin

"In principle, the Intellect knows everything because all possible knowledge is inscribed in its very substance." — Frithjof Schuon

"Don't wait for a clear runway for courage. Courage is not pure. It keeps company with fear and with doubt." — Keith Ablow

"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more." — Woody Allen

"The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." — Marcel Proust

"You don't have to know what you're looking for, you just have to start looking." — Unknown

"You don't have to know what you're looking for, you just have to start looking." — Unknown "Even the things you cannot imagine are possible." — Vincent Barnett "The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." — Marcel Proust "It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more." — Woody Allen "Don't wait for a clear runway for courage. Courage is not pure. It keeps company with fear and with doubt." — Keith Ablow "In principle, the Intellect knows everything because all possible knowledge is inscribed in its very substance." — Frithjof Schuon "Beauty should be for truth's sake. If it is not subordinate to something higher, it will be appropriated by something lower." — Robert Godwin "What scares me is not trying." — Kevin Costner

Things I've attempted to ponder so you hopefully won't need to... NOTE TAKING Whenever I jot down a note, I make sure to carefu...

—HUMANITY, LIMPING ON PARADE— We’re an idealistic bunch, we humans (you know who you are). Pachyderms, meanwhile, are quite a bit more gro...

To whom it may concern: Adoring life, it’s fitting to remind oneself that it’s all worth it. As I peruse this big bad beautiful world from...

Once somebody has convincingly pulled off a role and we've gotten used to it, it's nigh impossible for anyone else to fill in suffic...

Quick, give me a topic. All right, I'll give you ten seconds if you must... Maestro, cue the orchestra for the Jeopardy! soundtrack... (...

Our friend Rusty has written eight months’ worth of blog posts, and he wanted to experiment to see what might happen if he went a while with...

Life is good. Relatively speaking — compared to all the other lives we have. A sign in front of the store said "Open For Busin...

For example, I this began to germinate three weeks hence ago. While it represents a mass of and accumulated observations-in-waiting that con...

Making lists is kind of a pastime for me, although I decided this time to make a list for a different reason than just to compile something....

Ever notice how raindrops falling on a windshield seem to go after all the open spots? If the landscape is ugly, just photograph it in ...