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A Quote to Start Things Off

If we ever think well it should be when we think of God. - A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

Blog Tryouts - Commenters Edition

  • Panorama of the Mountains
    Albums of the Month: Remscéla by Milkweed
  • jabblog
    First aid
  • Canon Fodder
    How to Have Healthy Disagreements Within Your Church
  • Writing In Wonderland
    Spring 2025 Submission and Reading Opportunities for Veterans, Graduates, and More
  • Where Bluebonnets Grow
    'W' Ward County Pioneers
  • Time and Tide
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Snow Kidding!

Snow Kidding!
These "kids" now range from 19 to 25

These Blogs Are SO 2024

  • The Poem Farm
    List Your Way
    5 months ago
  • Thoughts - Allen Levi
    On Wednesday, after the election …
    6 months ago
  • Star Trek - Sci Fi Blog.
    JERI TAYLOR - STAR TREK WRITER AND PRODUCER DIES AGED 86
    6 months ago
  • Another Fearless Year
    Grief: A Brief Description
    8 months ago
  • Are we nearly there yet? 
    Treasures everywhere
    6 years ago

Me from A to Z

Amateur Parodist, Blogger, Christian, David Davidovich, Evangelical Sans Trump Kool-Aid, Father of 3 Adult Children, Giraffe lover, Husband of One Amazing Wife, Iguchi Appreciator, Jester, Kindegarten Clear, Library Lover Muppet Man Narnian Optimist Poet Quintessential Worker RITA (Republican In Theory, Anyways.) Stonehill Fan Teacher U of I Parent - ILL, Voracious reader, White Sox Fan, Xenophile Yankovic Enthusiast Zoo Afficionado

Notre Fam

Notre Fam
Drew's Wedding 9/22 Late 20Teens

2025 Labels

10 Things 12 new movies 2024 White Sox A Poem A Wolf in Teens Clothing A to Z 2024 Holiday Edition A to Z 2025 - The ABC's of Me A to Z Reflections ADD Adulting Adventures in Substitute Teaching Allen Levi Amy Grant Amy Roller: Guest Blogger An Open Letter Awana Scouts Baseball Bears Big 5 Blah Blah Blogging Blogging A to Z Blogoversary Bob Bennett Box Office Mojo Bulls CCM COVID-19 Captain Abearica Chicago Chuck Coaches and Managers Cold Topics College Sports Commercials Trailers & Clips Concerts Covid 19 Crazy Uncle Dave Cubs Cycling DOL Rewind Dan Fogelberg Daniel Amos Dave Out Loud Davivers Travels Dick Allen Donald Trump Draft Status Educational Eulogies Facebook Faith Family Films Football Foreign Correspondence Frank Capra God Greece Grief HOF History Holiday Etiquette Homeschool Illinois Jimmy Carter Joe Biden Keith for 300 Kermit The Frog Kite Flying Larry Norman Last 5 Sporting Events Let Me Tell You About My Best Friend Libraries MCU Mark Buehrle Mel Brooks Memes Michael Card Mid Week Music Break Missions Muppets Music My Son The Action Hero OPB OPV Obligatory Posts Occasional Rants Olympics On This Day Our Bunny Girl Our Other Blogs Pajama Day Paragraphy Peanuts: Cartoon Boiled and Otherwise Phil Vischer Pictures Plays and Shows Poetry Friday Political President Obama Presidents not named Lincoln or Obama Puppy World Random Acts Randy Stonehill Relationships Reviews Rhett&Link Rubiks Cube Russia SB 136 Sesame Street South Carolina Speech Club Speeches Sports dot dot dot Spotify Stats Sunday Steve Martin Super Bowl Team Saturdazzle Television Tenor Thoughts For Food Top 100 Films Tweets Tweet Twit Twitter U of I Unbreakable Boy Veggietales Washinton DC White Sox Why We Homeschool Wordle March Madness Wordless Wednesday Work Related Writers Workshop Y is for Youtube Zachary Levi bible verses parodies robotics

Blog Roll 2025

  • Wendy's Waffle
    Friday's Fave Five - 16/5/25
    1 hour ago
  • Reflections on the Teche
    Poetry Friday: The Meaning of your Name
    1 hour ago
  • Breakpoint
    Another Study on the Dangers of the Abortion Pill, Renewed Interest in Spirituality, and Questions from Listeners
    5 hours ago
  • FanGraphs Baseball
    RosterResource Chat – 5/16/25
    5 hours ago
  • Keith's Ramblings
    204 words!
    7 hours ago
  • Sox On 35th
    White Sox Farm Report: May 15, 2025
    8 hours ago
  • Rambling Ever On
    Stop Whining and Choose Gratitude
    8 hours ago
  • Real 80s CCM
    Walter Hawkins And The Love Center Choir – Love Alive – 1975
    10 hours ago
  • Laws of Gravity
    That Teen Attitude
    10 hours ago
  • soxnerd
    MAY 16TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: SOX TOP HITTERS VS. CUBS
    10 hours ago
  • Live Your Poem...
    Picasso Speaks of Pigeons poem
    12 hours ago
  • Ramblin' with AM
    Directional Skies #SkywatchFriday
    13 hours ago
  • The Sound of One Hand Typing
    Five For Friday: Lenny Breau (Guitar Heroes)
    15 hours ago
  • More than Writers
    20 hours ago
  • Wolf of Words
    Media Update 5/15/25
    20 hours ago
  • Laura Purdie Salas
    “Rainbowfish” and “What Does the Rainbowfish Know About Love?”
    1 day ago
  • CHARLIE PEACOCK
    The Big 50
    1 day ago
  • Comics Archeology
    Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #33-37
    1 day ago
  • Plugged In
    Episode 286: Is Summertime Screen Time? Plus, Christian YouTubers
    1 day ago
  • GirlieOnTheEdge's Blog
    Let’s Start Over. It’s a 6.
    1 day ago
  • Hot Dogs and Marmalade
    Grammie
    2 days ago
  • ikissedthebricks
    IndyCar is a Small World
    2 days ago
  • Lindy Scott
    Da’ Pope: A Gringo Pope as an Antidote to the “Ugly American”
    2 days ago
  • The Rabbit Room
    The Divine Gift of Music—Mark Meynell
    2 days ago
  • Tyrean Martinson - writer, daydreamer, teacher, believer.
    Addressing Real World Issues Through Fantasy Novels
    2 days ago
  • Comedy Plus
    Wordless Wednesday
    2 days ago
  • ♪Jesus♬Rocks♬The♬World♪
    Robert Crumb Comix
    3 days ago
  • The AAUGH Blog
    It’s all relative
    4 days ago
  • Books & Such Literary Management
    Finding distraction-free time
    4 days ago
  • The View from This Seat
    In Admiration of John Wesley and Methodism
    6 days ago
  • April Blogging from A to Z Challenge
    A to Z Road Trip 2025 #AtoZChallenge2025
    1 week ago
  • A(nother) Year of Reading
    Poetry Friday: Fuel
    1 week ago
  • Andy Unedited
    Ten Key Books
    1 week ago
  • hdhstory.net
    A to Z Blog Challenge 2025 – Reflections
    1 week ago
  • The Curry Apple Orchard
    Reflections
    1 week ago
  • Sue's Trifles
    A to Z Reflections 2025
    2 weeks ago
  • journey & destination
    Katherine by Anya Seton (1954)
    2 weeks ago
  • Gateway Theology School
    We Believe in One God
    2 weeks ago
  • Strings
    Acronyms 'R' Us
    3 weeks ago
  • Dewey's Treehouse
    Fashion Revolution Week and a Wardrobe Update
    3 weeks ago
  • Janet's Smiles
    G is for Getting Along
    4 weeks ago
  • https://www.truetunes.com
    John Fischer (Counterculture vs Subculture)
    5 weeks ago
  • News - Kane County Cougars
    Cougars to Hold Garage Sale
    1 month ago
  • Backsies Is What There Is Not
    Forever My Child
    1 month ago
  • The Messed Up Church
    The Cluster Bomb of Bad Ideas Exploding Inside the Church (Part 1)
    2 months ago
  • Why Homeschool
    The Federal Government will be more friendly to homeschooling
    3 months ago
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These Labels Are So Last Year

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  • Acrostic
  • Art
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  • The Proclaimers
  • Tim Anderson
  • Volunteering
  • ZDoubleO
  • bandcamp
  • last 500 days of my 50's

I Still Do My Own Stunts

I Still Do My Own Stunts

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