Author Archives: Chris

Wrecking and Rapping ep 77

This conversation explores the birth of Jesus Christ, focusing on his lineage, the structure of the Bible, the significance of names and terms, the gifts presented by the Magi, and the role of angels in the nativity story. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding these elements in the context of Christian faith and tradition.

Part 4

Then Joel saw a rack of clothes in the store, some hoodies and even better, sunglasses. If he was going to be tracked, then he’d need a disguise. He grabbed a hoodie with sunglasses and headed to the cashier. “Good morning, find everything you need today?” she asked. “Yes, thank you,” he replied. When theContinue reading “Part 4”

Part 3

With no luck at boating supplies, Joel had to move on. He had too many questions and too many decisions to make. Weight began to build in his head, making him feel helpless. As Joel was collapsing on himself a train horn startled him upright. “I can’t think!” he shouted. “Why are there helicopters out?”Continue reading “Part 3”

Part 2

“You can’t be serious. Dreams aren’t reality.” Joel’s wife, Mary, pleaded with him. “It wasn’t just a dream, or at least it felt like more.” “Well, what are you going to do?” He shrugged and got up to start the day. As he went through the morning routine, food, coffee, and brushing teeth, inside hisContinue reading “Part 2”

Part 1

“Last night I dreamt the heavens opened up and it began to rain, maybe forever, but I never saw it stop. People watched the water rising and wouldn’t believe it was coming for them. Every time it reached a new height they were certain that was the end. At no time did they think toContinue reading “Part 1”

12 December 2025

In the continuing saga of trying to overhead press my 140 pound grappling dummy, I was able to get it over my head, but not lock out my arms. That’s ok, I’m still figuring out hand placement and weight distribution. The danger happens after the weight has reached it’s peak height, I’ve got no gripContinue reading “12 December 2025”

11 December 2025

The big news today is I was able to overhead press 155 pounds. Yesterday, I was talking about increasing the weight on my straight barbell to 155, mostly to look nice and even. A 45 pound plate then a 2.5 pound plate looks a little silly. The fear for me was if I could doContinue reading “11 December 2025”

10 December 2025

Does time even exist between Thanksgiving and Christmas? This will probably be the last week I write of the year and it seems like nothing is going on. I’m going to talk about my gym as I recently increased my weights. In the gym there is a straight barbell that stays on the squat rackContinue reading “10 December 2025”