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I’ve never been addicted to any substances. I’ve never tried any illegal drugs. I’ve never smoked a cigarette. No one has ever told me that I need to go to Alcoholic’s Anonymous. Addiction is a terrible thing and thankfully God’s grace has kept me from falling into that trap. Even though I’ve never had anyRead more

    Since I work with students I need to stay up on as many adolescent trends as possible. Snapchat's popularity skyrocketed this year as did its potential dangers. I'm all for social media and changing technologies, but we need to be aware of how they're influencing our behavior. Snaphack is just another social mediumRead more

A few months ago I wrote about Snapchat, an app that allows its users to send photos and videos to other users. After a set amount of time, normally a few seconds, the photos and videos disappear somewhere into cyberspace never to be viewed again. Someone learned how to hack a phone, though, and findRead more

Spoiler alert. Boomer is a Cyclon. That’s not much of a spoiler since Boomer is revealed as a Cylon in the miniseries. More spoilery, though, is that Boomer goes sleeper cell and shoots Adama, severely wounding him. Since she was a sleeper agent, though, Boomer had no idea what she was doing; she didn’t knowRead more

The Next Generation will always be my favorite Star Trek series but Deep Space Nine is way up there. DS9 told a story that was so different from every other Star Trek series that both preceded and followed it. DS9 was mostly confined to a space station and showed a darker and less utopian sideRead more

I finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I actually finished it two weeks ago and have just been going back and writing up my reflections. People were right; I wasn’t able to only read four chapters at a time. Once things really got going I had a hard time putting the book down. I’mRead more