Posts by Brian
Vibram FiveFingers: Objections and Responses
Ever since purchasing my Vibram FiveFingers I have heard (and seen) many different reactions to them. One of the most common is the glance-look away-stare. People see them then self consciously look away only for their curiosity to win out. Then they stare. This is the response from most strangers. Understandable. Who wants to walk up to a guy they don’t know and ask about his...
Read MoreWord-Action Disagreement
I came up with a phrase, a truth, a while back which has really changed the way I approach commitments, promises, goals, and life in general. I want to share it with you in hopes that it will help you as much as it did me. So here it is, a simple truth that has changed my life: You will always do what is most important to you. Seems simple on the surface. I am sure most would agree with...
Read MoreHow To Be A Writer
(This post is mainly a reminder to me. If it encourages you too that is wonderful.) So, you want to be a writer? Me too! I want to be a successful blogger and novelist. Probably more on the novelist side of things when it comes to “success”. And when I say success in this context I mean that I can make a living doing a thing. I would love to write books for a living. ...
Read MoreTurn Weight Goals Into Health Goals
This time of year comes with many people resolving to lose some weight. We just made it through the holiday season and everyone has eaten more than they should have. Regulars at the gyms know this time of year well. There is a huge influx of people at the beginning of January. But over the next few months they slowly dwindle away leaving the regulars thankful for the departure of the...
Read MoreForks in the Road
In our daily walk with Christ we often tempted to sin. That sin comes in many disguises but it always comes down to choosing something over God. Even though the sin might be most directly against another person, it is ultimately an offense against God. It helps me to visualize things in a way that is familiar to my everyday life. In this case I visualized these occurrences (temptations to...
Read MoreShoes and Evangelism
I think it has been pretty clear recently that I have been enjoying some new shoes. No worries, people. This is not another post about my Vibram FiveFingers but it is a post inspired by them. Great things inspire. That is just a fact. So what did my new, great shoes inspire me about, you ask? Interestingly enough, evangelism. So what do shoes and evangelism have in common? I suppose...
Read MoreThe Sturdy FiveFinger Treks
It has been about a month since my first FiveFinger purchase and I could not be happier. I purchased my first pair of KSOs at the beginning of the year and I loved them so much that I thought I would get another pair so I could wear them all the time. I decided on the hefty KSO Trek. When I say hefty I mean it. The bottom of the Trek is a little thicker than the KSO and has more tread. The...
Read MoreThe Book of Eli: Themes and Spoilers
This is the second part of my review of The Book of Eli. The first part is a little more technical and this one delves more into the themes I found in the movie. Danger: Spoilers lie ahead! I love a movie with a good twist ending especially when it is one I couldn’t guess. It makes a good movie great and makes subsequent viewings shine all the more as you pick out the foreshadowing to...
Read MoreThe Book of Eli
This review was getting long enough that I decided to split it into two pieces. The first, found below, is more of a technical review (as technical as I get anyway). The second piece looks deeper into themes of the movie which can only be discussed in full after having seen the film. The Book of Eli is a very hard movie to review because there are many things that, if talked about, would ruin...
Read MoreWhy Run Barefoot?
You may have seen my recent post about my Vibram FiveFinger shoes. In that post I gave some good reasons to wear these shoes but I want to get a bit more specific. The main reason I got these was to run in them so that I could be as close to barefooted as I could be while having a little protection. So why run barefoot at all? There are so many running shoes out there that have the...
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