Scrambled Eggs & Corn Flakes

Have you heard all the jokes? The river catching fire? (it's happened more than once) Yes, we've had a body of water on fire. The sun comes out 5 or 6 times a year. The city went into default in the 1970's. Heck, our mayor's hair caught on fire once. We have four seasons (near winter, almost winter, winter, and orange barrel). Don't talk about our sports teams either. The Drive. The Fumble. The Shot. Game 7 of the 1997 World Series. The Browns leaving for Baltimore in 1995, LeBron James leaving for Miami. That's just off the top of my head. Ask any old-timers here and I'm sure they can name other excruciating sports memories. Cleveland has often been referred as the Mistake by the Lake. Is it any wonder that people here have a depressed mindset? Gloomy weather, lake effect snow, disappointing sports teams, and other of the above memories can lead one to the thought "OIC" (Only in Cleveland). There are some people that have said that God hates Cle...

I am a comic book geek, a sci-fi nerd, sufferer of Cleveland sports, husband of one, son of two, and uncle of three. I grew up in the 1980's. I enjoy heavy metal and hard rock music, and was the all-star second baseman of the 1982 Garfield Hts. Little League Athletics (I know this since I still have the trophy). But, all of this pales in comparison to the fact that I am loved by God. We are defined by what we are, what we are not, things we can do, things we like, things we dislike, things we want to do, and the things we don't want. We can be categorized by our gender, our race, our political leanings, our occupation, and the type of church we belong to. We have many labels, many definitions to our life. We gain and lose these definitions as time goes by. For me, I have always been a comic book fan since I was five years old. As of this writing, my collection numbers just under 17,000. Most of these are kept in a hidden secure location. Growing up, I was (and still am) a bi...