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Excuse Me, Do You Know Where Foxfire Drive Is?
The true private investigator story that racked up over a million views on TikTok, plus the ending I left out and the comments that wouldn’t let it go.
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College Football Needs Relegation (Here’s the Fix)
College Football Needs Relegation College football needs to become more like soccer. And no, not American soccer. I mean real soccer — the kind with promotion, relegation, regional leagues, and standings that actually mean something. Right now, college football has built a system where everyone complains about conference realignment, nobody understands strength of schedule, teams…
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If God Is Great, Why Does He Allow Bad Things to Happen?
The #1 question I get when people open up about their faith struggles. I’ve asked friends, family, and my followers on social media the same thing: What’s the toughest question you have about God? Hands down, this one keeps coming up: If God is so great, why does He allow bad things to happen? It’s…
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In the Beginning, Order
I used to picture creation like a magic trick. One moment, nothing. The next moment, everything. Somewhere along the way, I also picked up the idea that you had to choose a team. You were either a “Bible person” or a “science person.” Either Genesis or physics. Either faith or facts. But the older I…
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Why a Signature Can Make Something Priceless (and a Crayon Can Ruin It)
There is a strange and mostly unspoken rule we all seem to agree on. If a professional athlete signs an object, that object becomes more valuable. If a toddler draws on the same object, it becomes less valuable. The object itself does not change. The ink is still ink. The surface is still the surface.…
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Why We Think the Bible and Science Are Arguing
Most arguments between faith and science don’t start with hostility.They start with a misunderstanding about what the other side is even trying to do. When people say “The Bible and science contradict each other,” what they usually mean is that they’ve placed two very different kinds of writing into the same category and expected them…
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The Least Southern Parts of Alabama
To be fair, yesterday I ripped Texas a new one on its southernness. So, I had to return the favor to my home state. Alabama is known for being deeply, undeniably Southern.We baptize everything in sweet tea.Half our conversations happen on porches, and the other half in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot.And our grandmas can…
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If You’re From Texas… You Might Not Be From “The South”
Here’s a statement guaranteed to start arguments at family reunions, church potlucks, and at least one Buc-ee’s fuel parking lot: Not all of Texas is Southern. Texas is enormous.It’s like four states duct-taped together with a cowboy belt buckle.And somewhere along the way, Texans collectively decided their entire 268,000 square miles counts as “the South.”…
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From Ninja to Private Investigator: The Interview That Changed Everything
I showed up to a PI job interview in a rent-by-the-hour office, told a Marine I was a ninja, and somehow got hired.
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The Game: Understanding the Rules and Origins
The three rules of The Game, where it came from, and why you just lost it. Sorry. Not really.
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Who is DJ The Invader from the Savannah Bananas
The Savannah Bananas pitcher in the space helmet keeps his identity a secret. So a former private investigator went looking.
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Is the Hatsumi Lineage Fake?
The case for and against the Bujinkan lineage, plus my take as someone who trained this way, passed the sakki test, and thinks the real ninja is long gone.
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