Seems like forever...

It already seems like forever since I wrote on this journal...

So much has changed, I don't know where to start.

Ohio State is 3-0... A friend from The Chapel is on ESPN's "Dream Job"... An exterminator killed an enormous "bald-faced hornet" nest in our yard... A friend of mine is moving to Las Vegas... I am having free pizza Friday night... The Browns lost about five players to injury... God is doing some great things in our lives... and, well, a whole bunch of other stuff.

Over the past week, I've felt like I have a lot to write on this website, and it's all stuff I really can't talk about yet. That's crazy. I feel guilty about not being honest - not being current - on a silly blogger. This feeling of guilt is compounded by the fact that I have "encouraged" other people to write updates more frequently on their bloggers.

Oh well... that's life, I guess.

You'll have seasons where you really have a lot to say, and then others...

And you also have that gnawing feeling that sometimes you'd rather talk to people in person than hope they read your webpage. Then again, you want your website to be more interesting than a weekly dose of "here's my website and how it feels to write stuff on it."

I like Chili. I had Applebee's chili today with Zac Derr. I remember seeing Zac on Fox Sports Ohio, as he kicked the game-winning Field Goal to lead the Akron Zips over the lowly Ohio Bobcats two years ago. We all know that the Bobcats really aren't "lowly," but I have a friend named Jeff who will think that was funny.

It is nice to see how your perceptions of people change as you get to know them. You know what I mean? It's how Tom Burns went from the guy I didn't like on the basketball court to being one of my best friends. It's how Josh Smith went from being the class-clown in a young marrieds ABF three years ago to being one of my best friends. And, it's how Zac Derr went from being that guy who is the all-time leading scorer in Zips football history to being one of my best friends.

Even though he's a Steeler fan, I love him. Then again, Josh is a Yankee fan, and Honus is a Braves fan.

Can't we all just love the Buckeyes and get along?

Uh, I mean, can't Gary get through one post without mentionining football?

Sure, but not this one.

This is unrelated... how do you know if you can trust someone? Or do you only know when you can't? Maybe you only find out when they have broken that trust... and it hurts.

(prediction, Ohio State will not lose this weekend!)