Your Favorite Blockhead!

Last night, I received a heart-breaking text from a very close friend of mine. My wife and I have always had the support of this sweet girl. For confidentiality reasons, and to bring stronger emphasis to this blog, we will just call her 'Seagull'. Seagull tells me that her day has been shot to hell. Her boyfriend has dumped her and she answered him back with a text. Ya know, the kind as Nixon described during the Frost/Nixon interviews, "I gave them a sword, and they stuck it in...and twisted it with relish..."? He had told Seagull that he was not sure that GOD!! wanted them to be together. After all that I have learned this year, by reading books by 'Christian' authors, and learning how to critically think about salvation and the history and diversity of not just the Christian faith, but the Church itself, all I could think at that moment was, "WOW! What a coward!" Now, before I get rolling, I want to mention that this is not meant to be a Christia...

This is going to seem strange. A guy, writing a blog in regards to fashion?!? Well, this married man has good reason to write about this topic: I have learned NOT to be afraid of fashion, thanks to my beautiful and oh-so-patient wife. What triggered my urge to speak out about this? Well, it all began in one of my classes last semester. A friend of mine exclaims out loud, "What is it with women and their shoes?!?! I JUST DON'T GET IT!!" I whipped around in my seat, a man being married less than half a month, and said, "Bro, you are NOT going to win that argument! Don't even try." Suffice to say, my response to his outburst got a round of applause from the girls in the class. What I have learned about women's shoes is this: typically, their shoes say something about them. The shoes are as much a part of their identity as men and football. The shoes can tell you how they feel that day, whether comfort or 'take a second look, boys' is their goal.  ...