Advent 2012

  • Advent 2012: The Human Fund

    One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where George makes up a charity and then tells everyone that, for Christmas, he’s made a donation in their name to that charity on their behalf. He called that charity “The Human Fund”. And then, when his boss offers a $20,000 contribution to the same…

  • Advent 2012: Make it Look Real

    When I was about 12 or 13 years-old, my friends and I thought it would be fun to stage a fight in a high traffic area so passers by would think there was something wrong. May not have been the most appropriate thing for us hoodlums to be doing and I am not sure…

  • Advent 2012: Beyond the Shadows

    Lord, I am preparing this blog post using an Amazon Kindle Fire as my youngest daughter lays quietly resting on my lap. Most nights, this is how I blog. Often, it’ s as I lay next to my middle daughter as she tries to sleep or as I sit in a chair next to…