Author Archives: Arlan

Budgeting Tips

I don’t like thinking about money. A random blogger I read on Sunday said she hates Christians because they leave lousy tips after church on Sunday. I wonder how many souls I have flung into hell. I don’t understand tipping. I prefer being told in advance, anonymously, how much something costs. If I decide it’s a fair price I will Read More


“The same force that drives people to slot machines is what drives me to my computer”

I identified with a lot of this self-diagnosis.


The song of the patriots is forgotten

I recently heard the “Star Spangled Banner.” This is actually an uncommon experience for me so I was able to really appreciate the strengths of the song properly sung. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave? It is a song of triumph, no doubt; a song of assurance, confidence, victory, necessary and inevitable success! But if that success actually Read More


Penetrating darkened hearts with the light of the gospel

For a class presentation in college another student showed a clip out of a video about a woman who wished she were male. One of the concepts in the class was that the roles and functions of gender are something we invent and impose on people (which, like a lot of modern criticisms, is partly true but greatly overapplied). I Read More