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  • New York City Skyline as seen from Jersey City. Photo by David W. Shelton

    Remembering the September 11, 2001 attacks

    September 12, 2019
  • Unification: Rise of the Thunderblade

    Unification: Rise of the Thunderblade

    May 8, 2019
  • Battlestar Galactica and the quest for a great story

    May 6, 2019
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    Lessons from Star Trek are timeless

    March 9, 2019
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    March 5, 2019
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    “I am a Christian, therefore…”

    February 26, 2019
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    February 17, 2019
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    June 10, 2017

The Attack of the Monday Monster!

By David W. Shelton On July 6, 2008 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries, Humor
Note: this piece was previously published in a slightly different form in 1999. The golden morning sun poured into the bedroom as I arose for yet another week. Life had once again welcomed a new day sure to be filled with excitement, challenges and more of the same routine experiences of every day life. Or [...]
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Raiders of the Lost Pizza

By David W. Shelton On June 6, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Humor
The air in the ancient Sicilian cave was cold and stale. I could see the faint hint of the vapors of my breath in the light of my torch in the near-fifty degree temperature. I turned the corner, and realized that this wasn’t just a cave, it was a long-lost prehistoric firebrick kitchen that had [...]
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Hoppy Easter!

By David W. Shelton On April 8, 2007 · 1 Comment · In General Commentaries
I finally figured out why I’ve always liked Easter. And it’s not just because I’m a pastor. No, I’m not talking about the Resurrection or other parts of one of the most important Christian holidays of the year. It’s Easter. It’s springtime, filled with flowers, a brisk bite in the air in the mornings, and [...]
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A nation of techno-phrenics

By David W. Shelton On January 30, 2007 · 1 Comment · In General Commentaries
A few years ago, I noticed a woman behind me in her luxury car. She seemed to be perfectly normal, and didn’t even pick her nose. Not while I was watching, anyway. But I did notice that she was talking. There wasn’t anyone else in the call, but boy was she having a conversation! Her [...]
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Are we too stubborn to change?

By David W. Shelton On December 14, 2006 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized
I can be pretty stubborn sometimes. Okay. Scratch that. I’m rarely NOT stubborn. I suppose that’s what I get for being from a long line of stubborn people. My parents are happily divorced, and I recall one particular conversation with my mother. I don’t remember what brought out the conversation, but somehow it digressed into [...]
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Are you listening?

By David W. Shelton On November 11, 2006 · 1 Comment · In General Commentaries
All right. I admit it. I’m a geek. I always have been. I’m one of those crazy people who actually went back to visit his favorite teachers years after I left their class. Of course, now that I’ve been out of high school for almost twenty years, most of my teachers have long since retired. [...]
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T-Shirt Musings

By David W. Shelton On April 17, 2006 · 8 Comments · In Gay Rights, General Commentaries
I lost my favorite shirt a few years back. It reads, “I’m not ONLY deaf, I’m ignoring you!” It was my favorite t-shirt. An old friend of mine suggested it to me years ago. I loved the idea so much I went to the mall and had one made. It was basic, but it was [...]
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Defining Gay

By David W. Shelton On April 3, 2006 · 7 Comments · In General Commentaries
“David, are you gay?” Another classmate asked me that question once when I was in the sixth grade. I had no idea how to answer that question. Well, I take that back. I did. I drew on my knowledge that the word “gay” was used in the theme song for The Flintstones. After all, they [...]
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Confessions of a Lego Maniac

By David W. Shelton On March 26, 2006 · 4 Comments · In General Commentaries
I’m biddy, Mama. I’m makin’ somethin.’ As ridiculous as that sentence is today, to a six-year-old, it’s the ultimate statement of concentration. I was that six-year-old. And I was always “biddy.” I’m sometimes accused these days of having attention-deficit disorder. I can’t imagine why. Maybe it’s because being “biddy” is so important to me. I [...]
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Movie Magic and Oscar Gold… Or Not.

By David W. Shelton On February 24, 2006 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries
Like any wide-eyed six year old, the movie theatre was a place where my dreams were realized and my imagination inspired. There, the front row was king, and the heroes really were larger than life. It was 1977, and that was the year I was introduced to a film that would forever change the way [...]
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Of Costumes and Closets

By David W. Shelton On October 25, 2005 · 2 Comments · In General Commentaries
While children and queens of all ages ponder, plan, and otherwise conspire to have the best Halloween costume on the block, I realize that I’m again completely inadequate for a 21st century queen. The cold chills ran down my spine at a startling revelation. I have no costume. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing. [...]
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Ignorance is Bliss

By David W. Shelton On October 3, 2005 · 1 Comment · In General Commentaries
Okay, I confess. When it comes to pop culture, I’m lost. I mean it. Lost. It’s gay-man-watching-the-Super-Bowl lost. For the life of me, I simply do not understand why Cher, Madonna, and Barbra Streisand are such icons of gay culture. And if that weren’t bad enough, I’ve never seen Rent or the stage version of [...]
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Skipping to the Piccolo

By David W. Shelton On August 20, 2005 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries
Effective immediately, my columns and blog will forever have the title “Skipping to the piccolo.” And since no title means a hill of beans unless people know what the hell I’m talking about, I offer a brief excerpt from my memoirs… Sports never did work out for me. Every other six-year-old boy in my neighborhood [...]
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