Good Morning!

I've thought about putting up a blog for a long time, but never got around to doing it. I figured a blog should have a purpose, that it should focus on a particular area. But, a friend that I met on a forum I participate in regularly, nagged me long enough that I finally caved in. She convinced me I don't need to focus on a particular subject as some blogs do. So, I get to put my thoughts on the following things (and more) out there for anyone to read:

• God
• My family
• Music
• Guitars
• Firearms
• Things that bug me

I'm a family man. I love my wife and my two daughters. They mean the world to me. I'll probably write about them from time to time. You might not see pictures of them. I discovered recently how easy it is to find exactly where someone lives and get their phone number. I'm not a private person, but I care about my girls, all three of them.

I lead the worship team at the Church I go to, so I'll probably put some thoughts about that on here. Even more, I love music, especially worship music, so I'll probably write about Matt Redman, Paul Baloche and Jason Upton from time to time.

I play guitar and keyboards, not very well, but I do. I'll write about that once in a while. I might show off my toys too. If I ever get a recording environment set up, I might post my music once in a while.

I have recently taken up the hobby of shooting, mostly rimfire, so I'll write about that here too.

I love God's creation, the outdoors, the wildlife, squirrels, snakes, rats, turtles, etc... They are fun to be around and watch. I enjoy walking around my pond and playing with my daughter there.

I'm very conservative in my world views, so expect that I'll write about the things I see right and wrong around me. When asked to label myself, I go with conservative libertarian. The founders of this country wrote the Constitution to not be a living, breathing document. They documented their thoughts, the process they went through to come up with the founding documents of this great country and made it well known to us. They wrote letters to people who had questions and they're out there for us to read.

If you don't agree with me, I'm not going to argue with you. I'll tell you what I believe, I'll have friendly conversation with you, but if you argue with me, I'll stop talking to you. If you're vulgar, I'll delete your comments.

I'm a nerd too. My hobbies used to involve programming, but now it's my career. I still get excited about technology and will post things about that. You'll probably hear about Linux, Firefox, Ubuntu Studio, Grails, Java, Groovy and all that other stuff I like and get payed to play with.

Most importantly, I'm a Christian. I love my God and wish to serve Him in my life. I often fail, but I desire to glorify Him. He created me, He loves me enough to have allowed His Son to die for me. The least I can do is love Him back!