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Two things - Al's given name is Alfred, not Alvin. Second, he is not related to polka player Frankie Yankovic, though they did collaborate and were friends during Frankie's later years.

A stroke fairly recently, followed by a heart attack. And just 77, too - that's still young in this day and age. My prayers are definitely with his family.

I've heard that joke too, and its completely hilarious. Far too many women find themselves attracted to a man, and then wrongly think, "There's things about him I don't like, but that's okay - I can change him." News flash, ladies - you can't! We as men are usually very set in our ways...

In defense of my ex-girlfriend, she had both good and bad traits, just like I did. The best one was her eyes - they were a completely hypnotic color of sapphire blue. When I often looked her in the face, I was rendered completely speechless. And while I'd like to say it was just one thing that...

I was born in 1980, so the songs that first came out late in that decade, plus most hits from the first half of the 1990s, encompassed most of what I first listened to on the radio. Now, I've considered myself a hopeless romantic, for many years. I'm certainly no expert on the subject - I've...

I like Weird Al too, though I do feel somewhat sorry for him as well. He's had so many hits, across a career of more than 40 years. And yet, the two songs many people still know him for are "Eat It" and "Fat". I don't deny the quality or entertainment value of those, but Al has done so much...

You're free to your view, of course; I'm not debating that at all. I'll also admit my mistake, in assuming your opposition to Mr. Copeland regarded his ministry style (that seems to be many people's problem with him). I never said that Christians shouldn't be bold - in fact, I'm all for it. But...

If resurrecting this thread after so many years is against the rules, I apologize. I just looked up Michael's name with the Search function, and a lot of threads already existed...so it seemed fairly pointless to make another one. Anyway, I've been of his music since I was eight - he's one of...

This is actually fairly disputed, because Scripture isn't definitive about it. I found this short article, if you're interested. https://www.compellingtruth.org/Satan-music.html

I was raised very early on, to reject the things my elders deemed as being "of the world". They used the word "secular" all the time, to the point that I now usually despise that term...mainly because too many people (even the well-meaning) often pair it with the notion of such a thing favoring...

You and I will have to respectfully disagree about Mr. Copeland. I know he can sometimes get pretty bold, and has gotten some flack for it over the years, but that doesn't invalidate his faith. Jesus wasn't "lovey-dovey" all the time, either - He drew very clear lines in the sand. As followers...

I primarily grew up watching two preachers: Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis. Now, I'm just making this clear - I do not hate either one of them. They both obviously loved God tremendously, and wishing them any ill will is not in my heart. Having said that, I've become pretty detached...

I get very nervous (and to be honest, pretty irritated) when people keep bringing this subject up. Jesus Himself said, "No one knows the day nor the hour. Not the angels in heaven, nor even the Son. Only the Father knows." With that in mind, why on Earth do people insist on repeated attempts...

My legalistic uncle used to crack down on me a fair bit, for wearing baseball caps in church. They didn't have evil symbols or anything like that, either...mostly just sports teams or movie characters. But he just would not get off my back about it, so I finally spoke to my pastor. He said he...

Since I wish to preserve and respect certain people's privacy, I won't go into the full details of my own past in this regard. But suffice it to say that after I made a lot of very bad mistakes, there was a span of several years where I didn't trust the "attraction" aspect of my personality at...

My handle on YouTube is Moviefan2k4, and as that would imply I am a film buff all the way. I've become much more selective in recent years, because Hollywood has put out so much total crap...but there's many movies and TV shows I still like. I have over 300 Blu-Rays at the moment: mostly action...

When I was with my prior relationship in 2005, the biggest disparity (aside from neither of us following God properly at the time), was that I was and still am a fan of Michael Jackson and his music. She was convinced that he hurt kids, and no amount of evidence I gave her would sway her...

Given all I know about my truly messed-up history, I'd be pretty skeptical if I was a woman, approached by another like me. That's why I'm truly grateful, for the basic idea that "opposites attract". I want a wife who loves, trusts, and places her ultimate faith in God and Jesus Christ, just...

Yeah, my cousin has said, "Your bed looks like an Amazon truck dumped all over it." Given how many purchases I've made from them in the past six years, she might have a point.

Sadly, this is about as clean as I can get it at the moment. I've been renting the same spot in my roommate's house since 2018, and when I moved in I had many boxes of stuff from when I lived in Dallas. Now, after all this time, most of that stuff is still boxed up - I just don't have the space...