Why A Blog?

Legitimate question. Why would I, a guy who ordinarily is NOT listened to, make a blog. Well, it's for that reason exactly. Oh, people do listen to me at times, but even if nobody does I still have something to say. Now please, do not get me wrong, this is not going to be a long running commentary on society, granted what I talk about largely comes from the issues generated by societies many ailments, but still, I think in a way few others do and I wish to share what I think with the handful of people who will ever read this. Also, I'm a funny guy and I wish to add a dash of humor into this blog. I wish to be spiritual at times, serious at times, scathing at times, satirical at times, off the hook, off the deep end, off my rocker, ranting, raving, and rolfling. I hope this what I accomplish.

I fill my life with a lot of things, theology, history, news, weather, the military and especially the Air Force, international affairs, I'm a gun nut, and I love Stargate. These are the types of things you'll probably see pop up in posts on this blog. I read the BBC for most of my news, though I'm not opposed to AP and Reuters for general headlines. I like the BBC for international news because I feel them to be incredibly unbiased towards most affairs and I like seeing words end in "re" and extra vowels to us across the pond. I dislike CNN and FOX News for their obvious slant towards one side of the political spectrum or the other. Granted, being a conservative myself I don't mind things presented as such, but I know that's the way things are and the news should be just telling me what happened not analyzing it for me. I have a brain. Let the political machines put spin on it, not the news outlets. But I'm sure this will come up later as it bothers me.

I'm a big fan of Stargate SG 1. I own all ten seasons, the original movie, Ark of Truth and I'm waiting for Continuum. I like watching it on TV or DVD and I love watching it with my girlfriend Lisa, who is just getting into the series. I will probably allude to something in the series or quote it (most of the time unknowingly).

Twentieth Century history has always been an interestingly attractive subject for me. Early church history is something I've recently gotten into as well. As with a lot of people, WWII constitutes the bulk of my knowledge for the last century, but the Korean War (yes it was a war not a "police action") and the Cold War form mostly the rest of my area of interests. In the early church, it's all about people, who's who and what they wrote and believed. This will become my doctoral dissertation if and when that time comes. I don't know how many Baptist Chaplains and ethics professors have a Th. D. (not a Ph. D. or D. Minn., go big or go home).

Before I was called to ministry, I was planning on becoming a meteorologist. The weather has always fascinated me and I still consider it a hobby of mine along with shooting. I love my CZ-452. I love most guns. I read Guns and Ammo and the National Rifleman magazines monthly. I also get the Military.com newsletter. Interesting reading material I know. Hopefully, this will more entertaining to the general public. I have a lot of say about a lot of things...maybe somebody will hear me. Not that it matters if anybody actually does, the fact that I said it is all that matters.