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Baseball and the Giants

I posted this back in 2010 just before the SF Giants won the World Series. Seemed appropriate to post it again considering that they won again! Woohoo!!! So here it is:
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It was a beautiful summer Sunday. My father had promised that we would go to Candlestick and watch the Giants play, my first memory of seeing a live professional game. It was probably 1965, and I was perhaps 6-years old, so my memory of details could easily be mistaken. But I think they were playing the Dodgers that day. Or at least I want to believe that.

To …

Handicapping a Horse Race, Junkyard Style

This post is a complete fiction. I made it all up. Don’t believe a word of it. Because, obviously, it can’t possibly be true. My family is more respectable than this.

It was in the early 70’s and my parents had just purchased the Sunol Ranch. My Dad agreed to let my Uncle George board a few race horses on the property. I have no idea how Uncle George ended up owning race horses, but then he was always up to something out of the ordinary.

The thoroughbreds were beautiful to have around and I grew curious about the horse …

My 2012 Predictions

A friend recently asked me what was going to happen in 2012. I looked at him curiously … why would he think I’d have a clue? He persisted, “Make some predictions. I’m curious what you are thinking.”

Well … hmmm …

I never did answer him and instead promised a junkyard wisdom post about the question. So, at the risk of looking like a total idiot a year from now, here are ten predictions for 2012.

1. The economy is going to slowly improve. Liberals will decry even fatter Wall Street bonuses as they brag about a recovery under an …

Nicknames

Had a nice conversation with an old friend the other day, and he kept calling me “Kid” even though I was his boss for two decades. I finally stopped him and asked, “What’s up with this “kid” stuff?” He laughed and reminded me that it was my nickname when I was working in the wrecking yard. I’d forgotten about that! When we worked there I was always the youngest around, thus the name.

That got me thinking about all the nicknames I’ve had over the years. Thankfully not many of them have stuck. Thought I’d share a few of the …

Burning Bibles & Qurans

Below is a post that came from an article I wrote over 15-years ago. It has a dated feel to it, but it’s relevant today due to the idiots in Florida who want to burn the Quran.

The whole thing in Florida is so clearly a publicity ploy. It has zero relevance to any political or theological statement, zero relevance to the state of affairs with Muslim countries, zero relevance with any discussion between Christianity and Islam, zero relevance with any geo-political perspective, and zero relevance with any cultural awareness. It’s just a publicity stunt for a pastor who is …

Baseball

It was a beautiful summer Sunday. My father had promised that we would go to Candlestick and watch the Giants play, my first memory of seeing a live professional game. It was probably 1965, and I was perhaps 6-years old, so my memory of details could easily be mistaken. But I think they were playing the Dodgers that day. Or at least I want to believe that.

To my dismay, we had to go to church first. Church got out at noon, and we left soon after, and I remember being nervous about missing the first inning because the game …

Church Fatigue

Okay, so I’m in a grumpy mood and need to be curmudgeon for a bit. Sorry, but this entry focuses on a pet peeve of mine.

It came to mind when I had an interesting conversation with a friend. He will remain nameless because he’s smart enough not to draw attention to himself.

The conversation was about fatigue with the Church. But we were having a hard time defining exactly what it is we are tired of. It took us some time to figure it out. We aren’t tired of what we’re doing in the Church or in our personal …

Just Plain Silly….but a lot of fun

Now here’s a crazy idea: Heaven is going to be a customized place for each individual. God would become bored designing just one idyllic place and soon ache to find new ways to express creativity. Creating one set perfect Heaven is simply too stagnant for a Creator who took the time to create 350,000 types of beetles. God is too much in love with life to live within such limitations.

So, Heaven will be a customized place that fits the needs and interests of each of us. The generous God that I know would want to provide anything and everything …