25 Random Things About Me

I realize that I’m far from the first to do this post, and I’ll likely be far from the last.  People have been getting tagged with this like a 7-11 wall in south central L.A. and I’m just one of the most recent to have received this love tap.  My hope is that I can [...]

“L”ucky Man

A couple days ago Jenn and I were out for Chinese at Casey’s Restaurant in downtown Swiftyville.  I’m not usually a big fan of Chinese smorg – I prefer to be able to order individual dishes – but when someone else is paying you certainly can’t complain.  All in all it was a good meal, [...]

My Best/Worst of ‘08

My brother Jon gave his best of list this past week, and I guess it would only make sense for me to again steal someone else’s idea and give my best of list. As is usual for me though, I will also give my worst of list in the hopes of possibly disuading you [...]

The Redemption of Christmas Music

It’s no secret that I’m not a big Christmas fan.  I love Jesus dearly, but Christmas hasn’t been about Jesus in an awfully long time if we’re being honest with eachother.  Christmas music is especially wretched.  You are completely inundated with the stuff for months ahead of time – there’s no escaping it.  I don’t [...]

A Treatise on the Discovery of the Biblical Squirrel

There are a lot of animals in the bible.  Bulls, and goats, and pigeons, oh my!  But for the first time ever a couple weeks ago we came across a squirrel during the youth bible study.  One of the kids was reading James 4:1 for us and it read as such, “What causes fights and [...]

Oh Swiftyvillerton . . .

I have mentioned many times before the strange quirks of our tiny town of Swiftyvillerton, but subject of this photo just reinforced to me how no matter what modern wonders try to move into this town, something will screw them up.  There will always be something that they do just a little different than everywhere [...]

The five people I’d invite to my front yard barbecue

At first you may be thinking, “Wow, that’s a really interesting idea for a post. How original! There are lots of people I’d like to meet, but would I want to barbecue with them? I wonder what interesting people Ben would invite?” You may be thinking these thoughts, unless your name is Brad in which [...]

Questions?

Well, I’ve been inspired by David Crowder’s blog, and I’m now opening a “Questions” section of my own on my blog.  I realize that he’s far more popular and well known, and lives a lifestyle which people may honestly be interested in, and I also realize that my life may not be nearly as interesting [...]

Ben Kramer and the Hotdog Flavored Water?

 
 
 
 
 
Okay, so the secret is finally out thanks for Jon’s blog: I have been living a secret life under the pseudonym of “Fred Durst” for the past decade or more.  It’s not something I’m proud of, but when you grow up in the church and go to bible college you can’t do a lot of [...]

The Soundtrack of My Life . . . ?

I found this interesting little exercise in the comments of Knotter’s blog and thought I would give it a go.  As all of you who know me at all know, I am a hopeless music addict.  Between Jenn and I we have over 500 some albums.  Right now there are 327 albums listed in my [...]