by Jason Dykstra | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Or in my son’s case, sacrificing the tree for the branch! He has this little quirk that my wife and I have noticed in him from even his earliest days: An inexplicable antagonism toward trees. He’s not afraid of them, and he’s never had a bad...
by Jason Dykstra | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Well, it took 30 years, but I’ve finally witnessed a fully functioning Mousetrap board game! We had about 2/3 of one when I was a kid, and try my best, I couldn’t figure out what the missing pieces were or did. This was maddening, as I just knew the mouse...
by Jason Dykstra | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s a mixed blessing. At a certain point in child development—and I suspect that no parent escapes this—your adorable tot will start giving you the play-by-play of every event that occurs. Not by reporting them like a supercharged sportscaster, but rather by...
by Jason Dykstra | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are many people who believe we must choose between logic and faith, that atheism is a sign of objective thought while theism is a sign of subjective belief. To their credit, they rightly point out that appealing to sacred texts or subjective experiences to...
by Jason Dykstra | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
We’ve all been hoodwinked at one time or another, whether by getting tricked instead of treated on Halloween, by a salesperson who misrepresented a product in way we wanted to hear, or by a politician who employed persuasive promises that weren’t so...
