ThatTallDude

Guest Post: The Gift of Rural North Dakota

After reading my thoughts about the Hazelton story, Troy had a great point about how sometimes a town just isn’t the right fit for you, so I asked him to write a guest post, which he very...

Small Town Outsiders: Embrace The Change

Perhaps we should all consider forming a welcome wagon committee, meeting monthly to dream up new ways we can be more inviting and helpful to new families. In the past 15 years my hometown went from...

I’m A Creative Type, How About You?

Perhaps this is why some people have such a hard time understanding and connecting with me. I have a tendency to do random and completely unorthodox things simply because I can. I resist a typical 9...

Guest Post: My Brother, My Hero

If someone had asked me the question "What do you think of your older brother?" two years ago, I would have said, "I love him, but I don't particularly like him." Two years ago, Shawn, an average...

Veteran, 5 Years Home

5 years. I can hardly believe it’s been that long. The older one gets, the faster time flies by. High School 7 years ago, I was a senior in high school. 18 years old, doing the things you...

Officially Use Bitly Pro

The other day I wrote about my little work around to use my short url with Bitly, but now Pro is officially here! Verifying my short url was a snap, I adjusted the A Record a few days ago. It was...

Use Bit.ly Pro Now

Many of us woke up this morning to an email from Bit.ly. In it contained instructions to change the A Record for our short url. Eager to begin using the Pro features, I eagerly changed it, then...

Proper Date Conduct: Treating Ladies Right

Dear Internet, I recently went on a date. For those who know me well, you already know that this does not happen often. For those who know me really well, you already know that I wasn’t sure...

Are The Newboys Back?

Are the Newsboys back? A loaded question, to say the least. Some of us grew up with the Newsboys. Take Me To Your Leader (iTunes, Amazon) was one of the first CDs I bought. That was back when they...

I Still Love The Cowboys

I’ll try to keep this short. Dallas had a great year. Minnesota had a great year. I still won’t cheer for Minnesota. I expect Jerry Jones to keep Philips and Garrett and the majority...