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John

There is nothing more relieving than the feeling you get when you finally quit trying.

About Me

Pretty uncomplicated : Twenty-six years of age, military veteran, and currently work for the local Sheriff's Dept.

My Interests

skeet shooting, xbox, reading non-ficton, history, building things, travelling and good conversations.

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, William Wallace, C.S. Lewis, General George S. Patton, Erwin Rommel, Sir Winston Churchill, Voltaire and the guy that pioneered modern astrophysics, because, well....why?

Music:

Most everything, however I enjoy Alternative, Punk, Country and Oldies the best.

Movies:

Patton, Ben-Hur, 300 Spartans, M. Night Shaymalan movies, Luther, Black Hawk Down, Monty Python -- way too many to list.

Television:

CNN, Fox News, Discovery, TLC, History. As far as shows : Jericho, Lost, Pushing Daisy's, Nightline,UFC, Jeopardy, Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters and anything else that happens to hold my interest.

Books:

Patriots : Surviving the Coming Collapse ; Man of the House - Tip Oneill ; Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis ; God on the Dock - C.S. Lewis ; Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis ; Uncle John's Bathroom Readers ; The Savage Nation - Michael Savage ; War Stories - Lt. Col Oliver North ; Left Behind series ; and anything by Francis Shaeffer

Heroes:

My Parents and Grandparents

My Blog

Hanging Up My Uniform...For The Last Time

Wow...I only have one more night of work at the S.D. As is my custom, I came home from work this morning and layed my shirt and pants carefully on the ironing board and then placed my boots neatly be...
Posted by John on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:29:00 PST

Stumbling Towards The Sunset

  I am now two weeks away from turning yet another page in my life. This chapter has come to an end. For those of you who don't know, I leave permanently for Alabama in mid October. My decis...
Posted by John on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:33:00 PST

Life and Love

I've been thinking upon the above topics today and I think I have reached conclusions about them both. These thoughts will stand until I am proven wrong. LIFE : What single word defines life the best?...
Posted by John on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:25:00 PST

Needing Suggestions

Well...I am bored. I need some suggestions about what I should blog about. Throw some ideas my way. I have opinions on EVERYTHING! lol ( even if they happen to be wrong!) :-)  
Posted by John on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:04:00 PST

Do not think about a white polar bear!

** Please do me a favor. No matter what you do while you read this, DO NOT think about a white bear!!!! It is very very important that you do not think about a white bear! **   Have you ever trie...
Posted by John on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:31:00 PST

Thermal Mass and Oxygen Transference

Ok folks, lately my free time has been occupied by formulating concepts for use in sustainable housing. The apex of sustainable housing is to create a living environment in which nature will prov...
Posted by John on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:32:00 PST

Altruism

Altruism is the idea and practice of creation sacrificing it's own self interest for the benefit of progeny. Evolutionists would lead you to believe that we have arrived at our current "advanced" stat...
Posted by John on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:39:00 PST

Divine Symmetry, Divine Numbers

  A certain divine law seems to exist within the realm of nature. I've often thought about how curious it is that so much of creation follows this law, almost without exception. You by now must...
Posted by John on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:53:00 PST

The Horseman Rideth

Just a quick memo regarding the ongoing conflict on the Georgian and Russian border : I cannot believe that the Olympics and the John Edwards affair have remained as the media's most reported&nbs...
Posted by John on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:25:00 PST

Bombshell.

Well, yesterday I did more research about the relationship between baptism and salvation, however I didn't have the time to update the blog. Here are some of the results : > I do not usually become sh...
Posted by John on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:11:00 PST