O to dream like a child! My wife has often told me that her dreams border on a reenactment of real life. And nothing luxurious either (not that there is much in the vein of luxury to draw on). If you were given your druthers to choose a memory from the subconscious to dream about,…
An End of Eras
For those of you who have been following along, we have had two ongoing sagas. I was inclined to call them basketball-gate and neighbour-gate, but there probably isn’t enough scandal to warrant a “gate”. I also shouldn’t bother trying to give them a trendy name seeing as they both seem to be coming to a…
Optimism
Most people think of me as a pessimist. I don’t think that’s quite fair. I prefer to think of myself more like Batman: a contingency plan for every eventual bad situation. Perhaps that I think of them as eventual is what makes it pessimism. Of course not every bad thing that can happen will happen,…
I Should Have Kept My Big Mouth Shut
If you’re only vaguely familiar with Bible stories and it’s been a while since your last Sunday School class you won’t likely remember much more than Noah’s Ark and anything you saw in The Prince of Egypt. If you are a more mid-level observer of the Christian faith, you may be familiar with the only…
A Treatise On Why You Should Not Headbutt People
Since I started this blog there have been some sagas that people have been interested in. I have been regularly asked by readers how things are going with our neighbour and with our basketball team. Today we add to the basketball saga. Full disclosure, I haven’t had a great track record with basketball leagues. I’ve…
Outta the Closet and Into the Fire
So here is the revelation of the worst kept secret: all of Charles Young Writing is authored by me, Tom More. Now of course, most of you knew this. Most of you knew this because I told you directly. There may be a few of you as well who saw through the thin veil of…
Millennials
Firstly, I appreciate that an article on ‘what’s wrong with millennials’ is piling on. I also feel compelled to tell you that technically I am one, though I resent that characterization and find it misleading. Apparently, millennials are those who became adults in the new millennium, roughly speaking. More technically, most people whose job it…
And Thirdly
You will sometimes hear the common refrain, “all religions basically teach the same thing”. The other one which is even more baseless is “the God of all religions is the same God.” The people who make these claims, you will find, often could not tell you the basic tenets of any of these religions, but…
Forgiving Small Sins of Stupidity and Selfishness
Blogging Why write a blog? I’ve often complained about how many people, especially young people, have a blog. My primary issue is just how many people think they have something important to contribute to the public square several times a week. Yet, here I am. To be clear, I may go so far as to…
Fishy Thoughts 