Doug In a Bottle

If you claim Christ as your Lord you need to listen to this.

Is Batman a criminal or is that an implied indictment on a population's false sense of justice? That's the question of the hour. Think about it. Batman, and many other fictional characters, have struggled with law enforcement chasing them, as if they are the bad guys, when these men have given up their lives to don spandex, cape, and/or cowl to enforcing rule of law. Isn't that kind of weird? Peanut Gallery: "Of course it is, who would wear spandex and chase bad guys?" No not that. I mean, isn't it weird that the guys who are supposed to be enforcing the law are opposed to someone ELSE doing that without being a government sanctioned entity? Does that not seem to be the least bit counterproductive? Here's why I think people are quick to think "well yeah, of course the cops are chasing him, he's breaking the law at times to catch monsters, his batmobile doesn't have plates, and he trespasses all the time, I mean come on....

We live in a microwave burrito culture. Just about everything we touch is engineered to be disposable.  I want my son to know a different culture. I want him to know that things last. Yesterday I refinished a half century old single shot 20 gauge that I have already given to my son.  He is 11 days old. So if it’ll be years till he can shoot it… what’s the point? Fair question. The point is that from the day he is born he is treated as a man. I will try my best to not coddle him when he ought to endure. At the same time I will try my best to demonstrate that real strength comes from being able to admit where you are weak. A man can do anything if that man can admit when he knows nothing about it. Some people would take this from us. Our own president has said "I don't believe people should be able to own guns," Obama told John Lott one day at the University of Chicago Law School. Some people would have yo believe that I am a hor...

People aren't very good at seeing in the dark. Fact. Home defense is something that when employed usually happens at night. Have you ever heard a bump in the night and scrambled for a flashlight? Well, I have and bumbling goes to a whole new level when it's 2 am, you're coming out of a deep wonderful sleep, and your wife is saying "Did you hear that? Go check it out". Recently I finally fixed the flashlight problem with a Surefire G2X Tactical. You may notice that its shaped kind of funny. It just so happens that the thing actually has a rifle bolted to it (crazy huh?). Here's a better shot. As far as I can tell the idea seems to be that you hold on to that vertical grip thingy and press the button on the back of the flashlight with your thumb to activate the light. Genius! I think this might be an answer to the age old question of "what if I find a bump in the night and it's hostile towards me?". Talk abo...

Peace. Who resembles God? That is the name of my son. Well, that's the meaning of it, anyhow. On the fourth day of the third month of 2013 the good God, my Father in heaven, blessed us with our beloved Oliver Michael Jones. Oliver His namesake comes from a good name I've always liked. It comes from the olive tree. A symbol of peace. Michael Its a question "who resembles God?"... a rhetorical reminder that you, oh man, are not God... but you certainly ought to reflect His glory as best you can. In fact, you ought to ask the question "who resembles Him?" when you look in the mirror every day. Does your life radiate out the glory and mercies of a king who came to die as a ransom to save all who would trust His word from their penalty due? My father gave this name to my brother and the man who was actively used of God to shape me in ways I could never have imagined was named Michael Piatt. I said he was my hero. He didn't sa...