Surfing Safety Lesson

This morning, as I was driving down Harris Road to go surf at Wrightsville Beach at a little before 7 AM, I saw a number of police cars blocking off all the roads off of Harris.  I got to a checkpoint near Briarcliff Apartments, where my brother-in-law, Michael Mercer, lived until very recently.  I reached […]

Michael Mercer’s Sting

There was a pizza, a Red Baron pizza, in the freezer.  I can’t remember how long ago Amanda and I bought it, but it seems like every time I suggested fixing it, Amanda wasn’t in the mood to have it.  So I fixed it myself today for lunch.  Yummers. Michael came by to pick me […]

Surfing After Work

I went surfing after work today.  Michael had called up earlier in the day and asked if I wanted to go and I told him I’d check the surf report around 5:00 to see what it was like out there.  The surf report said that what was out there was about shin-high and nobody was […]

First Time Technical Directing

I got up at 5:30 this morning to go volunteer at Port City Community Church.  I guess I’ve been doing that for about three years now (Really – wow!) but this was the first time I’d done it in the new church building. When  the church was held at Roland-Grise Middle School there was equipment, […]

September 3rd Small Group

I did end up watching both the BBC’s Robin Hood and HBO’s Deadwood last night. I sent an e-mail out this morning to the members of our small group strongly urging everyone to show up for our September 3rd meeting.  Amanda and I have chosen that time to have a discussion about commitment and what […]