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Pastor’s Corner: Santa Pause!

I love the story of the man hurriedly driving home one Christmas season after finishing his shopping. A new law was in effect that if you ran a red light or broke the law in any way, a camera would flash, taking your picture and you’d receive a ticket in the mail. Crunching down on the ...

Magic Mike 6XL: The anti gift giving guide

‘Tis the season for Christmas joy. Tis the season to give and receive crappy gifts. Now, I'll admit it, I don't usually give the best gifts. The things I think about and am sure will be the big hitter fall flat, while those I just grabbed off the shelf; they end up loving. I do have an ...

Magic Mike 6xl: Who the hell is Sue?

I like words. Scratch that. I LOVE words. Twenty-six letters make up approximately half a million words in the English language alone. And those half a million words make up absolutely everything. What I love more than words alone is the grouping of words into spectacular combinations. Now, ...

Christmas traditions

It seems every holiday has its own traditions, first camping weekend for Memorial Day weekend, parades & cook-outs for July 4th and so on and so forth but Christmas is really in it's own special category for traditions. Every family has their special Christmas traditions and probably many ...

Pastor’s Corner: You clearly misunderstood me!

Think about it: English language is comical! Politicians throw around the phrase, “Well, they CLEARLY MISUNDERSTOOD me!” “Clearly...misunderstood?” Kitchen cooks complain of something that has “freezer burn!” Something’s burning in the freezer? They call these ...

Magic Mike 6XL: Car soup

As a fat man, I, of course, love to eat, but there is one place I like to eat in particular. The car. Yeah, I know what you're saying. The car? But it's true and it has been forever. Now, I am not talking about eating and driving, mind you. I am talking about riding in a car, watching the ...

You’ll Figure It Out: Politics-Smolitics!

Ya know, for the most part I'm pretty easy going. Just ask my wife. Hmmm, maybe not. But today's column is going to be "therapy" for me because there are things in the political world that's really bustin' my chops. Yea, I'm not a real happy camper these days. In fact I'm vexed to the ...

Magic Mike 6XL: Ode to a toilet seat

I wanted to talk about Thanksgiving this week. Maybe tell some funny story about me and a turkey or something. But I can't. There's something else that needs to be talked about today. I'll begin with the fact that there are four people in my family. And we are all nestled under one roof. To ...

Magic Mike 6XL: Just another Howard Hughes

At any moment, at any time, I have it in me to walk inside my house and never walk out again. Quarantine was hard for some folks, but for me, it was a nice fall breeze. Why? Because I've done it before, and chances are, I'll do it again. Ya see, as ya know, I am not a normal person. And with ...

You’ll figure it out!: Thanksgiving thoughts!

Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. But alas, it's that "one day" of the year that we have to be thankful for. I guess. So here's my thankful list in no particular order… -Meat! Good hamburger, roast, hot dog....makes no difference, I am thankful for ...