At youth group this week we’ve been learning about conflict resolution. We all experience interpersonal conflict at some point in our lives. We get in arguments with siblings about using the bathroom in the morning. We get in heated exchanges with coworkers over what we think is best for a project. We get in frostyRead more
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Disney purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas yesterday for $4 billion. That news blew up my Twitter feed almost as much as Hurricane Sandy did. From my nerdy friends and acquaintances, the picture below can sum up the general feeling about Disney acquiring the Star Wars. For some reason people think that Disney is going toRead more
This weekend I went with some students to see The Lion King. Seeing it with students was a great excuse to see a kids’ movie, which I really wanted to see anyway. From the opening scene at Pride Rock, I was immediately caught up in all the nostalgia of the Disney classic. Here are someRead more
This week I’m at summer camp and it is providing a lot of material for this blog. Our speaker seems to be a little nerdy and he let his nerd flag fly a during one of his talks. He put up pictures of two fictional villains and had the audience cheer for who they thoughtRead more
As a young nerd I had crushes on pretty girls who were always a few rungs above me on the social ladder. Unfortunately I didn’t have a lawn mowing business and I wasn’t able to pull a Patrick Dempsey and go all Can’t Buy Me Love. I wasn’t without hope, though. I had crushes onRead more