I work with high school students so I hear a lot of youthisms. One of the most popular ones is “YOLO”, which stands for “you only live once”. The phrase inspires people to do the most with their lives because they only live once. Unfortunately, in my experience, YOLO is merely used as a justificationRead more
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I’m in Las Vegas again. This time I’m not on vacation with my wife but celebrating my friend, Ron. Ron is getting married next weekend and we’re here for his bachelor party. I obviously don’t believe that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. So instead of having a Hangover type weekend I’m having moreRead more
I spent yesterday at Six Flags Magic Mountain with our junior high and high school groups. Even though it was nearly 100 degrees we still had a great time. I love roller coasters so I never mind taking the students to Magic Mountain. While riding modern marvels like X2 and Tatsu, I couldn’t help butRead more
Comic Con is this week in San Diego. I’ve never gone; I’ve never even thought about going. I can imagine that it would give me plenty of content for The Christian Nerd. It would also give me an excuse to spend more time in San Diego. Even though I’ve never been to Comic Con, IRead more
I’m starting to get really excited for The Dark Knight Rises. It’s less than two weeks away and I want to see how Christopher Nolan wraps up his Batman trilogy. Since the movie is coming out so soon, it’s more and more difficult to avoid spoilers. I try my best to avoid spoilers because theyRead more
Spider-Man has never been my favorite super hero. I’ve always preferred mutants and the X-Men. I saw all three of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies and didn’t mind any of them, even Spider-Man 3 (I saw it a year after its release so my expectations were tremendously low). I wasn’t nearly as excited for The AmazingRead more