Relationships

How come my back hurts?

My favorite book series is the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind.  It’s a good sword-and-sorcery, good-versus-evil fantasy. But I’m not here to talk about that series.  Rather, I’m going to talk about one particular scene in book 6, Faith of the Fallen. There’s a scene where Richard, the protagonist, ends up in a socialist…

How Much is Too Much?

I work. A lot. Aside from my day job, I’ve got my gun training classes, this site, advertising and online marketing for a few companies, and a large custom software project.    I’m working 60-70 hour weeks and have been for at least 2 years. When it all started, it was all necessary.   We…

I’m the Bad Guy

My wife and daughters are active in a saddle club, even though we don’t own any horses.  We’ve been borrowing them for shows when my girls compete. My wife’s cousin has been trying to sell one of her horses for a few months.   Because this horse has alpha-male problems, it has to be kept…

Kids Are Temporary

Have you ever watched someone go nuts after they have kids? I mean, even after the I-haven’t-slept-more-than-20-minutes-in-a-row-for-3-months stage of babydom? These people dedicate their lives to their kids.  They sacrifice all of their hopes and dreams and focus on the brats.    They can’t have a date night because little Sally might get lonely without…