Rearview Roadkill: Intellectual Roadkill
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Chronicle of a reformed partier
I’M NOT, BY DEFINITION, a homebody. In college I would begin Wednesday nights and trail blaze until Sunday morning – ears pinned back blowing the doors off. In youthful defiance I promised never to marry a woman who didn’t drink, I felt such a person couldn’t be trusted, always critical of her heathen lush of [...]
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The worst financial mistake couples make before spending a dime
For almost five years I’ve served as a financial advisor at my church. Individuals, but primarily couples, who have reached the edge of their fiscal cliffs take the rather bold and often humbling step towards fixing their monetary lives by reaching out to someone for help. I’ve found that it usually takes a catastrophic event, [...]
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Time for something new and different: Introducing Fatherhood Wide Open
No longer are dads sitting on the sidelines in this game of parenting, but instead, are rolling up their sleeves and digging right in along side the mothers. The days of Ward Cleaver are long over and fathers are doing the very duties that once seemed reserved only for women. The internet has given voice [...]
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Radical Love
In our modern lexicon the word ‘radical’ has become synonymous with fanaticism, rigidity, and bigotry. For someone’s views to be defined as radical implies one who is plebeian, a fundamentalist, and uneducated. Someone radical is usually seen as lesser than compared to the rest of erudite society. What is your first impression when you hear [...]
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2012 Redux – the good, the bad, and 20 posts I’m kinda proud of
This is the second year of Chopperpapa. Frankly I’m surprised to have made it this far without throwing in the towel, 80% of blogs fold in the first 90 days never to be resurrected. If that’s true it means I’m well beyond puberty now. I’ve learned one thing from it all, practice does come with [...]
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Convulsions of Conscience
There are events which occur in life where the contemplation around their true meaning is enough leave our consciences in a state of upheaval. The accounts of heroism and bravery amid the tragedy of 9/11 come immediately to mind. The numerous actions of rescue personnel and random citizens who sacrificed their own lives to save [...]
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A divorced dad’s observations and revelations while decorating his Christmas tree
My first Christmas tree was a two-foot tall ‘tree in a box’ I got for $16.95 from K-Mart. To provide context, it’s the same kind of tree our adult children will bring for our rooms at the nursing home. It was December 1992; six months earlier I had graduated from college and fraternity life and [...]
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