Need a Good Laugh? Check Out These Videos:
Sometimes Wednesday feels like the middle of nowhere. Check out these videos and laugh your way into Thursday:
The first two are by Tripp and Tyler. Their “Sh*t No One Says” video may or may not be on The Today Show at 10am this morning.
The hilarious bears video was created by Bryan Allain. For the entire “The Truth About…” series, click HERE
Cade and I Discuss the Merits of an Invisible God Who Often Doesn’t Seem to be Listening
Awesome photo taken by http://jamiebg.blogspot.com/
“Hey, Dad, how come hard things happen in life?”
I stared into the rear view mirror, peering through the darkness to catch a glimpse of my 8-year-old son in the back seat of the minivan. After the meal at Friendly’s, I felt stuffed. Heat rushed from the dashboard, trying to put me to sleep. My recent back pains had even died down a bit now that I was sitting in the van. We were only waiting for Maile and the girls to come out with our takeaway ice cream, and then we’d be good to go.
“What do you mean by hard things?” That’s called a stalling tactic. Read more 
Five Writing Secrets Found in the Movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
I don’t remember the first time I watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but (as I’ve explained while pulling writing secrets from other 80s movies) I was only nine years old for most of 1986 and there’s no way my parents were going to let me watch a PG-13 rated movie at that point. But it is one of those 80s classics, right up there with Breakfast Club and Can’t Buy Me Love.
Here are some of the secrets it has to teach us about writing: Read more
My Plans For Next Halloween
Halloween is less than a day behind us, but I’ve already got some great plans for next year.
First of all, I’m going to build one of these:
And when it comes to pumpkin carving next year, this is definitely the way to go (thanks to Brandon Fisher):
But if I tried to blow something up, this is probably what would happen (thanks to Katdish):
Can You Solve Today’s Story Riddle?
She sat there, in bed, looking around at the others. She tried to act normal, tried to disguise the panic slowly rising. Nothing out of the ordinary had happened to them that morning – they went about their routines. They stretched and eventually stood up, grabbed a bite to eat, took their time getting a drink, then finally walked outside.
Yet she still sat there, completely still. Scared to move because of what had happened earlier that morning.
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