Your Favorite Blockhead!

Sometimes when I visit the library I will break away from my normal Non-Fiction selections and browse through the Graphic Novels section. I have stumbled across many a jewel in those time, and I always enjoy reading them. Yes, it is shocking that Blockhead would choose in this blog to not talk about Charlie Brown and the Peanuts but about a more familiar DC Comics hero: The Dark Knight, Batman. The example I am using is not from any DC movie, but from a collector’s mini-series entitled The Untold Legend of the Batman . When I was a kid, I had Part 1 and it was certainly one of my favorite cassette tapes of all time. Granted, the theme song is vintage 80’s and a little corny, but it did not occur to me that this story included three parts until much later in life. YouTube can definitely plug the gaps from your childhood if you let it! The conclusion to Part 3 is a powerful one for me, so allow me to summarize it for you as best as I can… Bruce Wayne cancels all his appointments...

Since YFB is trying to drop some dreaded lbs in a way that is fun, I went online looking for a set of Muay Thai pads and some MMA gloves for a Christmas present and to get started on my punches and kicks. Let me just say, I am so pleased with Century Martial Arts. I could not imagine trying any other fight brand on my journey of losing weight and keeping it off! I have a link below for you to try out their authentic Shin-Guards for those of you who want to work on your leg kicks: <iframe style="width:120px;height:240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=bclittle84-20&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B0084IE70O&asins=B0084IE70O&linkId=7e916a439d7d2c14deaedfeb977829f6&sho...

The following thoughts are from a few years back, yet they still hold relevance today... "C.S. Lewis once said, 'We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.'  I have had the honor of attending a funeral where I received the best Christmas gift I could have asked for: getting to meet the Patriot Guard Riders and a chance to watch them in action.    There is much honor in the way these men and women conduct themselves for 'a warrior that has crossed over'. It truly is an antithesis to the evil factions in our broken world. Now, in this context, I am referring to the skewed (to say the least) views of a clear dichotomy, the Westboro Baptist Church, but this goes deeper than patriotism and honor for the fallen. Lately, I have revelled in reading Charles Colson’s final printed work,  The Sky is Not Falling  (just in case you are unsuspecting, Colson, after surviving his prison sentence followin...