Author Archives: theboeskool

An Open Apology To Gay People Everywhere

Posted on May 9, 2012 by theboeskool

The people of North Carolina went to the polls yesterday, and they spoke their minds. North Carolina became the 31st state in America to have a gay marriage ban in the language of its state constitution. Even though gay marriage is already … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Amendment 1, Apology, Gay Marriage, Jesus, North Carolina | 21 Comments

Public Nudity, Incarceration, & Setting the Prisoner Free

Posted on May 2, 2012 by theboeskool

“We should go skinny dipping.” The words cut through the evening heat like a sexy summer breeze. It was the sort of hot where people don’t even go outside until after the sun goes down, but the air was still … Continue reading →

Posted in 4) All Of The Above | Tagged Corrections Corporation of America, For-Profit Prisons, Incarceration and Race, Injustice, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr, Shawshank Redemption, Skinny Dipping | 6 Comments

Pink Slime, Whole Foods, and Sweet, Sweet Slim Jims

Posted on April 24, 2012 by theboeskool

For some reason, people who work in restaurants always seem to be ravenously hungry. Every once in a while, after an off-site catering event, the people who worked the event will bring back these big pans of uneaten food and … Continue reading →

Posted in 3) Bathroom Humor, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Beefaroni, Good Kale, Healthy Food, Jon Stewart, Lean Finely Textured Beef, Meat is Murder, Pimento Loaf, Pink Slime, Slim Jims, Whole Foods | 9 Comments

Eskimo Poets and Rich Christians

Posted on April 19, 2012 by theboeskool

There are a group of people in this world that would probably only recognize me as a furry, poetic Eskimo named “Nanook.” Nanook was a character that would come out as an “interrupter” during Young Life Club (Young Life, for … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Americanized Church, Eskimo Poets, Financial Breakthrough, George Costanza, Greg Boyd, Jesus, Jesus T-shirts, Jesus was homeless, Nanook, Prosperity Gospel, Pyramid Schemes, Rich Christians, Shane Claiborne, The Church, The love of power vs the power of love, The Myth of a Christian Nation, Young Life | 11 Comments

Billy, The Bully, and Me

Posted on April 3, 2012 by theboeskool

I know that you will probably find this hard to believe about someone who does something as cool as BLOGGING, but when I was a kid, I was a complete dork. At recess in elementary school, if people did things to me … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Being Cool, Bully the Movie, Bullying, Christian School, Cool Lessons, Drakkar Noir, Jesus, Loving the Unlovable, Napoleon Dynamite | 12 Comments

Trayvon Martin and Dutch Ninjas

Posted on March 27, 2012 by theboeskool

I was racially profiled in college once. For those of you don’t know, that race is…. Uh, I guess “caucasian?” I belong to the Dutch race. Netherlandic, I suppose? I don’t know–I’m a white guy. And I went to a … Continue reading →

Posted in 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Barack Obama, George Zimmerman, I am Trayvon Martin, Justice, Racism, Self Defense, Trayvon Martin | 12 Comments

Brewster’s Millions, and Why Politicians Are Like Diapers

Posted on March 26, 2012 by theboeskool

I don’t have a funny little story right now, so I’m just going to go ahead and get to the point: Politics in this country right now is killing the spirit of America (if such a thing ever existed). Imagine, for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2) Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Brewster's Millions, Bulworth, Etch-A-Sketch, Goonies, Mitt Romney, Political Gaffes, Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke | Leave a comment

Gout, Pop, And Being A Quitter

Posted on March 20, 2012 by theboeskool

I’m getting old. I make noises when I put my shoes on these days. Most of these noises are the natural byproduct of bending over while having a belly that is larger in circumference than the circumference of my pants. I’m pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in 3) Bathroom Humor, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Caffeine, Erectile dysfunction, Gout, Grumpy Old Men, Mountain Dew, Quitting, Reasons to quit smoking, Smoking | 14 Comments

Jerusalem, Cleveland, and Getting Hit With A Plastic Dinosaur

Posted on March 13, 2012 by theboeskool

Part of what I do for my day job is I go into schools and teach first graders problem solving skills. After doing a program that demonstrates kids solving a problem, we ask them to help us solve a problem. … Continue reading →

Posted in 4) All Of The Above | Tagged Cleveland, David Wilcox, Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Loving Your Enemies, Palestine, Peace, Prophecy, Three Brothers | 5 Comments

A Bench Press, A Biskit, and Some Broken Hearts

Posted on March 6, 2012 by theboeskool

I have rarely thought of myself as being what doctors refer to as “strong.” While I was in Cadets, a friend of mine was working on his Weightlifting Badge. His dad was one of the counselors, so he had just … Continue reading →