Avoid all entanglements
post a comment | posted Jul 17
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all e...
There's no golden ring at the end of the ride
post a comment | posted Jul 16
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
Since canceling cable several months ago, I've actually had even more time to devout to quality television (and movies). I had succumb to the "because its on I'll watch it" blindness. But no more. I'm now finding the time intentionally watch shows ...
All things pale in comparison
post a comment | posted Jul 15
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
Its not hard to find someone who's going through a much more turbulent, tumultuous and difficult time; which gives reference to our own little problems. A friend from church (our worship leader) Andy Reider had lost his mom earlier this year, and t...
The one that doesn't much matter, but at least its new
post a comment | posted Jul 12
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
Its never easy saying something. Not anything, but something.
Something that might matter. Something that might make someone laugh or learn or cry or feel connected or uncomfortable or amused. Then you get stuck trying to find that matter, preocc...
The one where I remember how badly I wanted a rollercoaster in my backyard
post a comment | posted Jul 5
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
As a little boy I liked to draw, quite a lot. In church I'd use the bulletin cover to draw elaborate roller coasters that looped around spires, careened down mountain sides, tunneled through water and lasted hours on end. Oddly enough, I was terrif...
CHALLENGE: Go Mix It Up
post a comment | posted Jul 2
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
So, Michael has a new Summer Mix Series? starting again (which is always good times) and I have an idea for a mix -- a challenge if you will. I've been jotting down songs and titles and trying it myself, and have found it way more difficult than I ...
Distractions: Might As Well Make Art Edition
post a comment | posted Jun 30
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
I need a bit of randomness and distractions today -- perhaps lots of us do, a little humor, intrigue and fun?
I know I've shown these before, but they bare being shown again -- 1930s - 40s in Color
Famous People Punching Steve -- it is what it is
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A Man of Destiny, A Boy Of Dispair
post a comment | posted Jun 24
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
In ancient Jerusalem, during Yom Kippur the people would cast their sins and burden upon a ceremonial goat (a scapegoat) and sent it off to the wilderness to perish. A symbolic gesture -- a literal escape goat -- much like the confession of sins an...
The last of the real men
post a comment | posted Jun 23
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
I just finished a book on Eustace Conway ("The Last American Man" - which I'll review soon); amazing how generation after generation the only idea of "frontier" (someone who is able to live of the land, build their own houses, tools, garden, make...
Apparently his dog doesn't deserve to live?
post a comment | posted Jun 18
Originally posted at Armstrong Family Circus
Ohio got it into its dumb skull that a certain type of dog needs to be eradicated -- regardless of its true disposition or even public record. House Bill 568 is a ridiculous bill that seems to at best not understand dog behavior and breed versus ...