If you're reading here...

You're one of the few! LOL! I blog a lot more now than ever before, mostly because I have more time now, being married to the most wonderful woman on planet earth, and all.

I like to go on about the things I'm passionate about; politics, education, Jesus, sports, trucks (might as well say "Ford trucks;" anything else is a truck "wanna-be"), and my darling wife Kim. Now, most of you might have a hard time prioritizing that list, but mine goes like this: Jesus, my darling wife Kim, everything else. Naturally, Jesus comes first (please note: I say God occasionally, but I find that many Christian sects are timid about saying the name of Jesus, opting to say "God" instead. Now, I'm not against speaking the title of God, but the Father gave the Savior a name; it's JESUS! So, I try NOT to shy away from talking about Jesus when I can!). Why's that? My soul is satisfied because of my salvation in Him. Without that salvation, I would be a basically unhappy person; unhappy with myself and eventually, unhappy with everything around me. If one is not happy with oneself, one cannot be happy with much of anything else or find long-lasting satisfaction in much of anything else. Therefore, my relationship with Jesus is pre-eminent. Such being the case, everything else falls in line and I CAN be happy elsewhere in my life! Praise God for that! Kim comes a close second. Now, I've been married twice now. The first time, even though it went on for 25+ years, was basically unhappy. Looking back from a perspective of shear joy now, I can see how unhappy I truly was! Kim has brought many good things into my life! She's sweet, caring, compassionate, giving, loving, considerate, kind, honest, funny, beautiful, sexy, positive, fun to be around, fun to talk to, and a great kisser! I know anyone reading here will think I'm making this up, but I've not found one thing about her that I do not simply ADORE!!! I love her in every way! She has totally completed me and I've been so completely blessed by her that I will never fail to thank Jesus every moment for bringing us together and allowing us to fall in love!

You can read back to previous posts if you want to find my views concerning politics, education, or sports. Hopefully you can tell from this post (and previous posts) that I love Jesus with my whole heart and consider myself a blood-bought, born-again believer in Him. However, I think this may be the first time I've shared my views about trucks.

I'm a Ford truck guy. Any other truck is a wanna-be. Oh, I know there's Chevy guys out there who'd try to tell you that their truck is the real deal, but I've always bought Fords (Oh, I've DRIVEN Chevys, but I always leave the experience shaking my head going "what on earth do people see in these pieces of garbage?"). Several years ago, one of the maintenance guys at work bought a new Dodge. He was pretty proud of it. I showed up a couple of weeks later in my new Ford F-150. It was a pretty basic model, but it had the 4.6 V-8 and it had an automatic transmission. He asked if he could drive it; I agreed. He took off, and reappeared several moments later, shaking his head and muttering "I KNEW I should have bought the Ford! I KNEW IT!!!" At the same job, the company bought a Suburban that was rigged for towing. It had the 454 V-8 (the largest V-8 that Chevy produced), a limited slip differential, and all the suspension tricks GM can put on one to make it stable. We hooked up a 24' box trailer and took off to College Station. It burned up not one, but two tanks of gas round trip and NEVER got above 65 MPH even though it was floored the whole way! My freakin' RANGER could have pulled it better! Time after time, I see some slow-moving trailer or another moving down the road. When I get into position, I find that there's a Chevy pulling it. Let's face it - Chevys simply do not pull worth a darn and they never will! They're built for looks alone, not for work. Now, I can hook my new F-150 up to either my 16' flatbed or my 24' boat trailer (with my 8,800 Lb boat on it) and pull it like its not there! Well, there's my tesimonial for Ford trucks. No money was solicited or accepted for this ad. I just like Fords and I've always had great fortune with them.

Let's recap. Dan loves Jesus, Kim, my job, Ford trucks, and sports. Kim is the love of my life; Jesus the lover of my soul. 'nuff said! - Dan