10+ – The number of people I know who got to spend time in the hospital. 9 – The number of websites I created. 8 – The average amount of sleep I got, in hours. 7 – The number of days I spent outside of the country. 6 – The number of wins the Makeshifts [...]

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Saviour is born Christ, the [...]

CRACK. The player nailed the ball with the bat, sending it hurtling toward outer space. I knew it would be a home run from the sound of the hit and trajectory of the ball. I saw it all from my seat behind first base. But wait, the center fielder is running toward second base. What’s [...]

Dad: “Go shovel the snow off of the sidewalk.” Calvin: “Why?” Dad: “It builds character.” (A general quote from Calvin and Hobbes) I reached to grab my sno-cone from the attendant. My sister was slurping away on hers. I looked over a noticed that she had a larger and more-colorful one. Immediately, I started to [...]

Micah tagged me, so I will continue the trend: (although I can’t believe that I’m participating in this) Here are five things that you may not know about me. 1) When I was born, my feet were misshaped, curving in too much. I had to wear my shoes on opposite feet for some period of [...]

I’m coaching a boys’ basketball team this year, and when I was talking to the league director before the season started, he said, “The awards are what you make of them. If you make them a big deal, then the kids will treat them like a big deal.” And so I will now work toward [...]

“Andrew, come in here and shut the door.” “Okay, Chris. What’s up?” “I need to know when you’re coming back from Thanksgiving.” “Ummmm, I plan to come back on Saturday afternoon.” “Perfect, I need you to upload some stuff on Sunday morning.” “Huh?” “Here’s the deal: you can’t tell anyone about this, but a pastoral [...]

Serious emotional statements and actions without a corresponding relationship lead to the feeling of cheesiness. Think about it: we’ve all seen movies with sappy moments that made us laugh. We’ve also seen movies with similar statements and were a little choked up. What’s the difference? The latter film was created in such a way that [...]