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About Me

"There is just no reason for a life of sadness if Christ is really enthroned over your life. There are times of periodic sorrow and there are even moments of great misery and sadness, but for the life of me I cannot grasp how the Christian can justify perpetual long-face...It isn't a matter of personality, it isn't a matter of temperament, it is a matter of heart!" - Chuck SwindollJoe is a ChristianJoe is a husbandJoe is a sonJoe is a brotherJoe is a friendJoe is a member of The Grace PlaceJoe is a loser (198 and counting)Joe is a songwriterJoe is an engineerJoe is a musicianJoe is a geekJoe is a readerJoe is a herferJoe is a hockey fanJoe is describing himself in the third person for some unknown reason

My Interests

Joe loves history (especially the U.S. Civil War)Joe breathes musicJoe likes readingJoe likes computersJoe likes cigars

I'd like to meet:

Ed Bearss: The definitive Civil War tour guide and a national treasure.Billy Graham: He's Billy Graham. What more needs to be said?Tony Campolo: Another man of God Joe would love to talk with. Maybe Joe can have dinner with Tony and Billy Graham together. Wouldn't that be a blast?Les Paul: Without Les, music as we know it might have never existed. Simply by inventing multi-track recording he gave thousands like Joe a job, a hobby, and an obsession. Oh yeah, and then there's that guitar...;Stephen King: If you could pick one person to tell ghost stories around a campfire, what other name would come to mind?Wayne Gretzky: 'nuff said.Alton Brown: Joe loves to cook and Alton seems like he'd be a fun guy to hang out with.Reggie Dabbs: What a testimony this man has!View All Friends | View Blog | View Pics | Add Comment

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Music:

Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author UnknownAnd the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal away. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done

Movies:

Joe likes Sling BladeJoe has lived Spinal TapJoe likes Christopher Guest "mocumentaries"Joe likes Animal HouseJoe likes Standing In The Shadows of MotownJoe is living Office SpaceJoe likes Monty Python & The Holy GrailJoe likes The SandlotJoe watches The Passion of the Christ every EasterJoe likes The Green MileJoe likes The Shawshank RedemptionJoe likes historical documentaries, especially those from Wide Awake Films

Television:

Joe likes BritcomsJoe likes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - the original in VegasJoe likes Doctor Who - the old and the new onesJoe likes MythbustersJoe likes Good EatsJoe likes Family GuyJoe likes The SimpsonsJoe likes Iron Chef AmericaJoe likes the History Channel - when they actually talk historyJoe misses Schoolhouse Rock

Books:

Joe continually reads The BibleJoe likes Stephen King novels - most of 'em anywayJoe likes Douglas Adams - H2G2 still rules!Joe likes Kurt VonnegutJoe likes Shelby FooteJoe likes Tony Campolo

Heroes:

JesusMy ParentsThe Apostle PaulThe members of our US Armed Forces

My Blog

A Rare Repost

With Father's Day coming up, I went back in the archives and dug out a blog I posted on Father's Day 2006. Just wanted to share it with everyone again. -- Joe The fifth of seven children, he was born ...
Posted by Average Joe on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:59:00 PST

My latest addiction

If you don't know by now, it's Twitter. Yep, I drank the Kool-Aid and joined the millions of others who dove into the Twitter pool and found the water to be fine. I can't really put my finger on the a...
Posted by Average Joe on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

Monday morning stream of consciousness

Why are we disappointed when we continue to put our trust in Earthly things?Haven't we been told that nothing here is perfect?The only perfect thing is God's loveYet we still expect everything to alwa...
Posted by Average Joe on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:43:00 PST

Aint it funny how time slips away&

Today the "new" me is a year old. Sitting here looking back over the past twelve months it almost seems like a dream but one look in the mirror (or at the scales) proves that it is real. 366 days and ...
Posted by Average Joe on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:01:00 PST

This Isnt A Hoax!!! Please Read!!!!

(Sorry about the tantalizing subject line. Annoying isn't it?) A Public Service Announcement (reprise): Before you forward that latest "you aren't going to believe th...
Posted by Average Joe on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:56:00 PST

Not Me

I woke up tired and cranky because I hadn't slept well the night before and my first thought was "I'm just going to cancel today and hang out on the couch." It wasn't really a viable idea because I'd ...
Posted by Average Joe on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:10:00 PST

Another one bites the dust

I'm overweight. I can hear you now..."Thank you Mr. Obvious!" You're missing the point. When I weighed in today my BMI is now in the range that is considered "overweight." That means I've gone ...
Posted by Average Joe on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:25:00 PST

The Big Four-Oh!

Yep, today is the Big One. Rather than go on about what it's like to hit this milestone, I thought I would list a few of the things I've learned over the past 40 years: It's not whether you w...
Posted by Average Joe on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:29:00 PST

One Down

Well our first performance of "The Feeling of Chirstmas" is over and I'm sitting here in my Stewie pants trying to catch my breath and looking back on the evening. While the time leading up to the sho...
Posted by Average Joe on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:02:00 PST

The "Feelings" of Christmas

If you've been paying attention, you know that this week I'm going to be appearing in a Christmas production at our church. Those of you who known me for more than five minutes are undoubtedly wonderi...
Posted by Average Joe on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:48:00 PST