The Bad Wire In The Wall Socket

When I was a kid, I found an electrical wire at my dad’s house that had been cut off from some electronic item. The ends of the two wires had been stripped about an inch or so, evidently to reuse later. As I looked at the two naked wires, … Continue reading

Pain x4

A while back, I wrote an article about my experience with three different pains over the last several years. I was going to update it because of some new developments in my health situation, but I decided to just write … Continue reading

Asleep On The Job Again

I once heard about a man who was resting on his forklift at work and unintentionally fell asleep. As he was waking up, he realized someone was standing beside him. It was his supervisor. So before he opened his eyes, … Continue reading

Nailed To The Cross

If you’re a Christian, and/or attend church regularly, or if you’ve been around Christians much, then I’m sure you’ve heard somebody say that the law was nailed to the cross. They say the Ten Commandments were only for the Jews, … Continue reading

The Dune Buggy, The Bicycle, And The Drill

If you’ve read my books or followed my blog, you can agree that there just seems to be no end to the dumb stuff I did growing up, but you may be surprised when you read the latest dumb thing … Continue reading

Did Moses Write The 10 Commandments On The 2nd Set Of Stone Tablets?

Did Moses write the Ten Commandments on the second set of stone tablets, or did God? Some Bible disputers point out what they say are two contradictory scriptures. They claim that one account says God wrote the Commandments on the … Continue reading

Peleg And The Divided Earth

Genesis chapter 10 briefly mentions a man named Peleg and says the earth was divided in his days. The Bible doesn’t tell us much about Peleg, but we can uncover more than we see at first glance by looking at … Continue reading

The Archangel And His Trumpet

I’ve always loved music. As far back as I can remember, music has been a big part of my life. I wrote my first song when I was only 3 years old, with my grandmother, and sister. Growing up, I … Continue reading

Handling Bullies

Remember the fights in school? Remember how everybody would gather around and watch and encourage their friends? When I was in school, I was not a fighter. I didn’t get in trouble many times for fighting, but the few times … Continue reading

Where Was The TV Going?

Almost every morning on my way to work, I see the same little gray car headed East as I drive West. I guess I see a lot of the same cars every day, but I don’t really pay that much … Continue reading

Do You Know So-And-So?

When I was young, there was a little country store in a place called Hatchie Bottom, in Goose Pond, Mississippi. It was just down the road from Union Center. The owner’s name was Early Crum, and his wife’s name was Short. No lie. No joke. That was … Continue reading

A Lesson From Trash

When I was a young man, I worked for a company that employed about 300 people. They had a cost reduction program where they encouraged each employee to find ways to save the company money, and each employee whose cost … Continue reading

No Chicken For Me Please

When I was around nine or ten years old, I lived in the small town of Theo, Mississippi with my grandmother, and two of my younger sisters. The town was only a few square miles in size, so we could … Continue reading

Cats, Rats, Snakes, And Bobcats

When I was young, my aunt had a well in her backyard. It was the kind you have to lower a bucket down into and draw up the water. She built a shed over it connecting it to the house, … Continue reading

Firecrackers, Cigarettes, And God

When I was a kid, my grandmother put an empty milk jug in the fork of a small tree in front of our house, to keep birds away, if I remember correctly. I loved firecrackers and she would buy me … Continue reading

Read Between The Lines

When I was in school, there was a popular saying going around among the students. “Read Between The Lines.” As you said the words, you held up three fingers with the middle finger being in the middle of the other … Continue reading

Pain x3

In 2005, I was diagnosed with Deteriorating Disc Disease, which affects my spinal column which affects every other part of my body. It’s not just back pain, it’s body pain. For the past 15 years now, I’ve suffered from this … Continue reading

Children Are Like Arrows

I’ve had many scrapes, cuts, and bruises over the years, and they all hurt. Many of them left scars, so it’s not hard to remember them. There were a few incidents that were kind of related, at least to a … Continue reading