Incongruous Circumspection

A Dad's Park Duties

2013-06-10T19:08:00.000-07:00

Being a dad sucks. So, we have these neighbors. The woman has four kids. She grew up blocks away from my wife. They never knew each other. Then, years later, both of our families moved to the same lovely neighborhood and we met. The women became fast friends and our kids will end up marrying each other. Today, I got a call at work. "Come to Dairy Queen after work. Me and the neighbor

He Loves Me

2013-06-04T06:29:00.000-07:00

Jack (4) burst out of the door and ran down the stairs, screaming and weeping. He was incoherent and obviously completely out of his mind with sadness. He kept pointing up to the sky and yelling some words, gazing beyond the tops of the trees. Renaya (11) followed him closely, consoling him for a matter I was yet to be aware of."Jack! What's wrong."More crying and weeping. I couldn't

MN House Passes Gay Marriage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2013-05-09T14:07:00.001-07:00

Passage in the Senate is a formality and Governor Dayton will sign this bill! Thank you to all the people in the State that believed in my call (not that you listened to me, specifically) to jump on the General Election failure of the constitutional ban on gay marriage in Minnesota and fight for actual legalization of gay marriage. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.Even better...my favorite

Religion Is a Set Up for Ignorance

2013-05-06T10:24:00.000-07:00

Read this... In that article, Steve Wells points out the reasons for killing prophets in the Bible. While the article is hilariously revealing, Wells' point wasn't what stood out to me. Rather, it was the idea that GOD ACTUALLY EXPECTED SIGNS TO COME TRUE from prophets of what that god considered as false gods. How is that possible!? Are the gods really all that false? Was the Bible god

The Best Principal in the Universe

2013-05-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Principal Bob Sampson of Bellingham Christian School wins the first ever I. C. Best Principal Ever Award.Why?Read this...

Kids Are Smarter Than You Think

2013-05-03T06:27:00.003-07:00

One of my favorite people on social media had this story to tell about her son, Jay. It warmed my heart to read it. Jay asked me to ride his tricycle with him (WITH him, not to be confused with pushing him from behind I learned). So I tried. I can't really describe my positioning, but I was sorta kinda "on" the very tiny bike with him. Anyway, there was a small tin in the way (like a

Bryan Fischer: "Heterosexuality is a Choice"

2013-05-01T08:24:00.002-07:00

Yes. I know he said homosexuality was a choice, but his argument logically leads to my conclusion that he should also believe that heterosexuality is a choice. After all, if a homosexual's selective process for picking sexual partners proves that homosexuality is a choice, then the same for heterosexuality.Okay, okay. I might be wrong. When I met Kristine, she forced me to marry her. It's

If You're Gay, You Can't Be a Christian

2013-04-30T08:45:00.001-07:00

Jennifer LeClaire, Editor of Charisma Magazine, recently wrote a low-key piece about NBA player, Jason Collins and his announcement that he was gay, in an interview with Sports Illustrated. I don't really take issue with her approach. She goes out of her way to praise him for his talents and heap admiration on his head for what she considers an integral member of any basketball team. I also

Daddy, I'm Scared You and Mommy Were Fighting

2013-04-30T03:50:00.001-07:00

The car door slammed, the engine roared to life, the gears shifted, the tires crunched over the sand I missed while blowing off the driveway, the thud happened as the tires bounced into the gutter, the brakes squealed softly, the gears shifted again, the motor revved, and Mommy drove off to meet a friend for an evening walk.I sat in the living room, the warm spring breeze lightly brushing past

Beat That Baby of Yours When He Throws a Fit

2013-04-30T03:36:00.000-07:00

As Libby Anne, from Love Joy Feminism, says, I grew up in a Michael Pearl, child training, environment. When your baby "throws a fit", you train it out of them by beating them. Some may say that the word "beating" is too harsh a definition of what Michael Pearl advises, but, anything is a beating when you're hitting a baby when he's crying - because he's crying.Michael Pearl is an idiot and

The Errant Priorities of the Romeike's and the Perpetuation of them by the HSLDA

2013-04-22T08:46:00.000-07:00

Darcy writes a quick and emotional piece about the infamous Romeike family. All homeschoolers who subscribe to the HSLDA are now living in fear over this story. The HSLDA has made sure of that fact. They push misinformation and twist facts in order to "prove" that America wants your kids and wants you in prison, should you desire to homeschool your kids. It's simply not true. Read Darcy's

I'm Tired of Glenn Beck

2013-04-20T12:34:00.000-07:00

Glenn Beck assumes that, unless you think exactly like he does, you are not a patriot (whatever that means), do not love this country, and want to destroy everything that enables human beings to be happy and prosperous. He, like the infamous John Edwards, sees two Americas, only his Americas aren't as boring as the former Senator's. No, Glenn Beck's two Americas are those that are distrustful

Squirrels

2013-04-15T08:04:00.001-07:00

The front door swung open on its own, aided by the brisk wind outside. The owners were away. Despite the escaping warmth, two playing squirrels took one look and ran on by.

Sandalwood

2013-04-12T20:51:00.004-07:00

I walk into a room and smell a faint scent. A quiet strong scent, though not overpowering. Across the room sits a beautiful woman, smiling at me, her sad eyes catch mine and hold their gaze. I am drawn to her side, her smile causing a warmth to well up inside my chest.As I kneel down to kiss her hand, the faint smell surrounds me on the cool air of the room. My lips meet her hand and my

Rick Warren's Son, Matthew, Commits Suicide

2013-04-06T16:47:00.000-07:00

..and I cry for Rick and his family. During my post-fundamentalist Christianity and subsequent post-Christian life, I have been outspoken about Rick Warren's beliefs and message. Actually, due to my fundamentalism, I was even against Rick while still a devout inerrant Bible believing believer. All of that is meaningless. Stupid life disagreements that have no place in this world when a son

I'm still alive!

2013-04-03T09:27:00.001-07:00

Just busy. And un-motivated to write.

Life is Stressful...And Good

2013-03-23T17:58:00.002-07:00

Kristine and I have entered a very time-sensitive period in our lives. She has the stress of watching a houseful of six rambunctious kids, working almost 30 hours a week during the evenings, and taking a credit load of 20 credits this semester, with an eye toward graduating this May. Her stress and my inability to make her happy is killing me. It's making me very sad, which makes me very

Software 101: What I have learned through the school of hard knocks

2013-03-10T10:44:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, I'm (unfortunately) not a full time writer. One day, maybe, but my day job is a software developer. I write software for a small joint in the great state of Minnesota. We are the best company in our niche market, growing at a pace upwards of 20% a year, and, well, I could go on and tell you all the wonderful things about who we are and how we function, but that's not

Dismissing My Leaving the Faith

2013-03-01T09:42:00.002-08:00

Libby Anne hits it out of the park with her most recent response to the old adage of "You were never really a Christian". I responded to my critics once with a very raw and angry answer. Granted, my critics weren't questioning my former Christian faith, but they were wondering why I was so adamant in chasing down and making an example of religious abusers. Libby Anne brings my thoughts to the

Grace Driscoll Does Not Masturbate

2013-02-27T20:27:00.001-08:00

Strawberry Boy reveals it in his epic chapter on masturbation in the booklet, Porn Again Christian. Mark Driscoll, a man obsessed by sex, and even more so, by gay sex, and even more passionately, obsessed by proper sexual activity, writes: First, masturbation can be a form of homosexuality because it is a sexual act that does not involve a woman. If a man were to masturbate while engaged in

Million Dollar Idea: Perpetually Clean Fish Tanks

2013-02-24T13:18:00.001-08:00

I'm calling it the Perp Tank. The Perp Tank is simple and takes care of two problems: Cleaning out a fish tank (which everyone despises), and water that is entirely useless in your toilet tank, until, of course, you go potty. This idea popped into my head when someone called me and asked me to come fix their toilet. I don't usually fix toilets, electing to call a plumber for even the smallest

Taking a Poll: Blog Metrics

2013-02-20T14:02:00.002-08:00

Many of my readers write blogs and they read mine to get material on the fringe elements of society. Yes. Me. The fringe of the fringe. The bloke who is madly in love with his wife. The guy with six kids by the age of 30. Right. The dude who talks more about sex than food, considering it as essential as the latter, if not exponentially more. I'm trying to gauge the popularity of

Danger! Your Teenage Son is a Rapist!

2013-02-20T10:52:00.000-08:00

Libby Anne wrote an excellent piece about how evangelicals view teenage boys in light of whether they allow them to babysit young children or not. She writes: [Evangelicals appear] to think that the fact that many (most?) teenage boys would give their right hands for a girlfriend and the chance to have consensual premarital sex means that these same boys would just as readily channel their

I Get Goog'ed!: Bill Gothard's Tampons

2013-02-19T15:51:00.002-08:00

Today, some unlucky soul, with reverence in their heart, and worship on their lips, found Incongruous Circumspection while doing his due Berean diligence on Billy Boy G. Their search term was: Bill Gothard's tampons I must say, I am not the expert on Billy Boy G., nor am I aware of his tampon use. But, I think you might be onto something. Tampons are super-absorbent and he has noted to the

Family Research Council Wants You to Drive a Horse and Buggy

2013-02-19T12:51:00.002-08:00

The Family Research Council, a far right wing organization in the United States, against everything that disagrees with the Bible - with exception to genocide and killing homosexuals and disobedient children, god-sanctioned kidnapping and rape, forced silence of women, and..well, you get the point. They pretend they believe in biblical morality but throw away the stuff they deem bad.In the end,