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Cherry Unleashed

// February 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // My Favorites

http://www.cherryunleashed.com/

Once in a while I find stuff that just doesn’t get the recognition it deserves… like The Orange.I think “Cherry Unleashed” a blog by missionary Justin Cherry in New Zealand,  deserves some recognition.  The thing I like about this blog is that Justin is great at translating his thoughts in short meaningful tidbits that challenge the status quo; Something that I tend to like… ALOT!   I like his introdution…

Too often we try to be something we are not and too seldom we try to be who we were made to be.  I am a coward, I am a fake, I am a messed up follower of Christ.  This is me unleashed, untamed and not quite dangerous…yet!


So stop by and visit him at http://www.cherryunleashed.com/ and just drop him a comment to let him know you appreciate what he does!

Tags: authenticity, blog, bloggers, Christianity

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Waiver of Parental Rights

// August 31st, 2009 // 6 Comments » // My Confessions, My Life

I am thinking tonight about Abraham, walking up the hill to sacrifice his firstborn son, his only heir. These days God doesn’t just stop by for a visit and start up the conversation “I need you to make a sacrifice for me”, there are no stone altars, or rams caught in the thicket in the nick of time. There are lawyers and loafers, children and adults, men, and women, all in some way seeking their own interests. These days the issues are clouded and principals are less important. Being right, or winning, or out maneuvering your opponent is more important. These days if you do something wrong, just be sure you file the paperwork right and everything will be easy like butter. What you don’t say is more important than what you do say, and how you don’t say it is even more important! It is not doing the right thing but looking like you are doing the right thing while you are cashing out on someone else’s misfortune.

As I looked at the “waiver of parental rights” affidavit that old feeling came over me… the cold clammy fingers of fear and dread gripped over my heart squeezing it until my throat felt like I was swallowing a baseball. “It has come to this…” I breathed. There are really no words to express the feeling of being asked to sign a piece of paper that legally divorces you from your own child. The reality is that there are no words for these types of things at all… How horrible of a parent do you have to be for such a document to be necessary? Where is the rope that you grab to keep you from falling further down the nightmarish rabbit hole, where big is little and up is down? Perspective is all a matter of reality suddenly… the reality is that you have to make a choice… you have to think about “that which you would never willingly conceive of in your mind”… I am a man of reason, so how do you list your priorities and mark them off until you reach a reasonable decision? How… How do you even think about trying to choose?

The phone rings…he says it is what he wants, I will still be his dad… just not on paper.
I look at the paper… everyone says… fight! and win! God is for you! but the many years of seemingly good choices are dulled by a foggy perception…It is like looking back on a mine field where I stepped on every single mine and somehow survived. How can any choice be a good choice once you make the choice to walk through a minefield? I put my hand up to the past and turn away… “no” I cannot go there… others claim to remember it better than I do… and different… so different that I doubt myself… I wonder how my heart can be so sincere and yet so faulty… as faulty as my memory? The phone rings… he has questions… why I made choices… why I didn’t make others… I honestly don’t know… The questions are perfect and concise…. the type that don’t need answers… just delivery.

I sit… I sign. I sign the “waiver of parental rights” I go see a notary and look for the judgement on his face as he notarizes the “waiver of parental rights” I go to the post office and the postal worker drags the “waiver of parental rights” out of my resistant hand with a quizzical look. As the envelope leaves my hand my mind hears the deafening chorus of the abandoned as they scream at me of the fear of the unknown. I smile at the postal worker like a victim with a gun in his back as I swipe my card to pay the postage for the “waiver of parental rights”

The phone rings… people say… “you did the right thing” some of them are the same people that said “fight and win!” I think about all the times I have ignored the council of “Job’s Friends” thinking to have done the right thing, only to be found here apparently winning their approval… I value it little.. I value it less than little. I close my eyes to imagine a simpler time when life was catching toads and building forts.

(This post is a very real and honest post that describes the events surrounding the day that I actually did sign a “waiver of parental rights” for my first born son Collin James Carroll. My Ex-wife continues to actively read this blog and pass along my confessions that are meant for your encouragement as information that causes him to question my character and loyalty to him. My reasons for this post are not for the sake of drama, or sympathy, or counsel. I am simply hoping that through this post that you gain an insight and understanding possibly an empathy for those that are facing similar issues in life.)

Tags: Art, blog, choice, choices, dad, doing the right thing, dread, fear, friends, God, perception, perspective, sacrifice, sin, the past

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Bow to the lowest common denominator! Politiots!

// August 12th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // My Life, My Thoughts

Don't bother explaining anything, nobody is listening

Don't bother explaining anything, nobody is listening

On the way to work today I got to hear an excerpt of a “Town Hall” meeting that was supposed to be to answer questions about the upcoming health care reform bill. I had actually heard beforehand that someone somewhere had actually come up with a novel way to sabotage the upcoming town-hall meetings and was spreading the word through media hype and bloggers. The plan is simple… Just yell out and interrupt the speaker preferably at a critical point in their explanations. The goal is to simply heckle the speaker until they are so distracted that the meeting is useless and everyone goes away having wasted the evening and still knows nothing about a critical piece of legislation. It seems these days you don’t even have to know about what you are protesting. Just protest for the heck of it! I don’t even know what to say anymore! What does it say about a person’s intelligence when the best they can do is yell “neiner neiner neiner” every time you try to talk about a serious issue?

Personally my opinion on health care reform is that we need it but I have no idea how to fix the problem. However I am not here to argue health care reform. I am here because I find it completely insane that these people have been whipped into activism about a subject that they need know nothing about. The only requirement is the ability to sabotage any attempt at reasonable dialog. These types of antics just expose to the rest of the world that we are already on the slippery slope of decadence. In a country where the government is actually willing to have dialog and work to resolve a problem people would rather thumb their nose and babble for the sake of chaos.

The sad thing is that these folks think they are fighting for something… to save their quality of life, their morals, their ideals.
One lady was protesting because she did not want to pay for insurance that would pay for abortions, However i doubt that she even bothered to check if her private insurance covers abortions. (most do) but all that was needed was some politician with an ulterior motive to make the announcement… “if this bill goes through your premiums will be paying for abortions!”

So the Politiots (Political Idiots) lower the bar once more. Bowing to ignorance as a way to promote an agenda… way to go guys! Thanks for contributing to the further decay of the intelligence of the general population. If you keep it up you can set the stage for an Idiocracy!

Tags: blog, hype, novel, perspective, politician, reform

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Blog News, an RSS oops and a comment about comments

// August 8th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // My Life

Just a quick note… I did not realize that my RSS feed has been set up wrong… so for anyone that has attempted to subscribe I sincerely apologize. I believe everything is fixed and subscribing should work better now.

On to the news… as you can probably tell I have hit a streak of opinionation (if that is a word) so maybe the writers block is over ? woo hoo! I have successfully shed 30 lbs of dead weight and feeling pretty good lately (queue witty comments about “dead weight” here) Anyways I have a lot more energy and have actually considered going outside to do something other than getting into a vehicle :) I guess I owe you a post on why I am losing weight so keep an eye out for it…

and a short word from our sponsors,

About comments,

I really wish that my loyal readers would be half as prolific a the spammers that visit my blog! I am up to 40 or more spam comments a day! And while i really appreciate their efforts, it is much more fun to read “Actual” comments by human beings that enjoy reading… or have some feed back. so take a second to just, i dunno … let me know whether you love or hate the stuff I write! at least try to top what the spammers are doing! :)

jason the bald guy

Tags: blog, Fun, Love, RSS, sin

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SEO Search Engine Optimisation

// April 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // My Favorites

My fellow bloggers,  A lot is being tossed around about SEO(Search Engine Optimisation) and how to make your site more SEO friendly.  Well it is mostly greek to me but I have found a tool that can been helpfull in finding out how many backlinks you have

Backlinks-  are websites that link to your blog

Backlink Checker

Tags: blog, links, search engine, SEO

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About Me

// April 19th, 2009 // No Comments » //

jasonthebaldguyI am a man that has truly lived my life, for better or worse I have stumbled, tramped, ran, slid, walked and flown through more incredible, horrible, amazing, scary, wonderful, sorrowful, awe inspiring moments than many might experience in two lifetimes. I am learning patience, wisdom, faith, perception, meekness, and love by living and depending on Jesus Christ whom I met soon after meeting the girl of my dreams in a nightclub. If you want to know more about me… you should check out my blog… http:\\jasonthebaldguy.com

Tags: addictions, blog, Faith, jesus, jesus christ, Love, nightclub, patience, perception, porn, pornography, wisdom

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