Category Archives: 5) Not Quite Sure

Blogs that don’t really fit into one of the other categories.

Bury The Boston Bomber in My Backyard

Posted on May 6, 2013 by theboeskool

If you haven’t heard by now, they are having a very hard time finding a cemetery willing to accept the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Marathon bomber who was killed in a shootout with police a few days … Continue reading →

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Thoughts And Prayers About The Boston Marathon Bombing

Posted on April 16, 2013 by theboeskool

There was a bomb that went off here in Nashville too. A bomb was detonated inside of a little school called Hattie Cotton Elementary a little over 55 years ago. It went off one day after President Eisenhower signed The … Continue reading →

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Picking A Fight With NASCAR

Posted on January 12, 2013 by theboeskool

Before I continue my work as a missionary of sanity in this crazy freaking world, I have something I’ve been needing to get off my chest. It doesn’t have social ramifications of Gun Control, or the emotion of The R-Word, … Continue reading →

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More Guns Are Not The Answer

Posted on December 21, 2012 by theboeskool

I feel like I should write something about this Connecticut shooting. It’s been a week now since it happened, but a few things have kept me from writing: One has been a truly debilitating sadness that has overwhelmed me since … Continue reading →

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Letting Go Of The R-Word

Posted on December 4, 2012 by theboeskool

When I was in Junior High (“Junior High” for us meant 7th, 8th, and 9th grades), there was a strange man who would hang out near our school. He would stand on the sidewalk with a pad of paper, and … Continue reading →

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Aaron’s Last Wish, and My First $500 Tip

Posted on October 15, 2012 by theboeskool

I’ve discovered that you can learn a lot about God while watching your kids play soccer. I believe that God loves us like we’re his kids–that we are children of God. And every once in a while, while I’m watching … Continue reading →

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Domestic Abuse and Finding Your Voice

Posted on October 11, 2012 by theboeskool

I have never been known for my manly voice. Every once in a while, while talking on the phone or on a drive-thru speaker, I am still occasionally referred to as “Ma’am.” As in, “No, Ma’am—We do not have a … Continue reading →

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Mormons.

Posted on September 19, 2012 by theboeskool

This is not going to be politically correct…. My life is full of examples of times that I have said things without thinking. I have a friend who is always planning secret trips and parties and events for his wife, … Continue reading →

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Collecting Coins and Climbing the Ladder

Posted on August 29, 2012 by theboeskool

I don’t think I realized that I was as compulsive as I am until I played Super Mario Brothers. We had an Atari, and I played a mean game of Pitfall. I was also a Q-Bert champion (especially after I … Continue reading →

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A Father’s Take On Breastfeeding

Posted on August 26, 2012 by theboeskool

The other day, my oldest daughter got out of the car and asked me to pick me her up and carry her inside. She’s almost eight and I was tired, and my initial reaction was “You can walk,” but then … Continue reading →

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