My middle daughter and I were in AR last week and whilst there, we had dinner at a memorable Hot Springs sports bar. The restaurant was tucked in the corner of a strip shopping center adjacent to our hotel which made it too convenient to not pass up.
Some veteran Jackson Mississippi Samson guys' musings, recommended resources, and Samson Society news / updates (all written by 100% Grade A - Human Intelligence)
Weekly meetings available to you are as follows:
Tuesday at 6:30 PM, Truitt Baptist Church - Pearl. Call Matt Flint at (601) 260-8518 or email him at matthewflint.makes@gmail.com.
Wednesday at 6:00 PM, First Baptist Church Jackson - Summit Counseling Suite - 431 North State St. Jackson. Call Don Waller at 601-946-1290 or email him at don@wallerbros.com.
Monday at 6:30 PM , Vertical Church - 521 Gluckstadt Road Madison, MS 39110. Mr. Roane Hunter, facilitator, LifeWorks Counseling.
Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Crossgates Baptist Church. Brandon Reach out to Matthew Lehman at (601)-214-4077 for further info.
Sunday night at 6:00 PM, Grace Crossing Baptist Church - 598 Yandell Rd. Canton. Call Joe McCalman at 601-201-5608 or email him at cookandnoonie@gmail.com.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Compromises Made To Recovery Work Add Up Over Time / Place = Expected Behavior
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Jesus January - Mid Month Update
Back in December, we had an all-together lunch with some friends whose daughter and son are longstanding friends (former schoolmates) of our children. Christmas was around the corner, therefore everyone was in the holiday spirit, anticipating the annual celebration with all its traditions and (inevitable) headaches. This couple had surprisingly (to us) been visiting our church, and as such, once we realized this, saw fit to make a concerted effort to recognize this exciting move via breaking bread together.
Friday, December 29, 2023
Join Me In Recognizing / Celebrating "Jesus January" - Starting In Three Days!
We're going to focus within this post on monks (an applicable subject, don't you think?). Specifically, those who lived during the Middle Ages, long before Mr. Nate Larkin wrote his brilliant tome, Samson & The Pirate Monks. Yes, you read that correctly. Monks. Those men of the religious order who resided (past tense) within monasteries, wearing those heavy (usually brown), drab, floor-length robes whilst sporting those gosh awful haircuts.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Hold The Line For The Man Who Can't Hold It Himself (It Takes Two To Tango).
A sizeable amount of my time each December goes to gifting clients with cookies and calendars out of appreciation for their patronage. And I hand deliver many of these whilst road-tripping my way through various regions of the state of Mississippi. It's an exhausting affair - both physically & emotionally, but an expected wrapping up of the year as a business owner (that was started by my parents, well in advance of me becoming affiliated with their company).
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Healthily Spotlighting The Intense Pleasure Of Youthful Masturbation
Friends of ours have an adolescent (homeschooled) son who's freaking them out via his interest in (compulsiveness regarding?) women's shoes.
How did this come about?
They've unintentionally barged in on him wearing mom's stylish dress shoes (buck naked) whilst lying down on his bed, and they've taken note of his Internet search history (images of stylish women's shoes).
This boy is the only biological child of this couple. He does have an older half-sister, but she's college-age and therefore out of the house throughout most of the day.
Their son isn't effeminate, but he has had a lot of trouble (sitting still / becoming distracted) excelling within a traditional (school) learning environment. Hence, he's spent A LOT of his time under his mother's wing, at home, while his peers were being educated within a classroom setting.
Friday, November 17, 2023
"Rob, I'm Concerned About Our Mutual Friend. It's Obvious That He's Setting Himself Up For Failure."
I've received two telephone calls regarding this. And YES, my old friend's recent statements / position (via hearsay) do sound concerning, but I'm not going to spend any energy researching it for myself.
Why?
Friday, October 27, 2023
Hamstring Yourself (For Your Own Good) While You're (Still) Young. This Will Best Prepare You To Re-Prioritize Entertainment Tech Well Into Middle-Age.
I broke my Californian Morman Silee's heart last night by bearing down on him for recently snapping up the latest & greatest pocket computer.
He couldn't answer logically why he'd justified the purchase. Instead, he just laughed nervously as I continued to interrogate.
So, why exactly should he be scorned for owning the latest, most advanced smartphone?
To make him think. So few people actually do this anymore.
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This is why I'm a card-carrying Samson guy:
There is nothing on Earth I enjoy more than watching videos of gorgeous, hot guys having sex with each other. Particularly hot guys who are really into each other's bodies. All along, giving the impression, to the audience (me!), that they have a love for each other that's being expressed sexually. Too, it's icing on the cake if these videos are well lit ("high" production values), and the set (where the sex is taking place) is seemingly well designed.
To take it a step further, I like following certain gay porn models by watching video after video of them having sex with various other men or mens (or just themselves). It's a way for me to privately "get to know" / form a "relationship" these men who're dedicated to their field. Especially from the standpoint of how they specifically engage with their onscreen lovers.
In all honesty, watching these muscled, hairy studs orgasm is the zenith of pleasurable experiences for Rob. Seeing this is like winning the lottery! Especially when the camera captures their countenance as they're climaxing. Seeing their eyes roll back into their skulls as they hold their breath / moan in ecstasy...losing all semblance of respectable cool. This is what I (my flesh) live to see!
And as you know, dear reader, the Internet is / was designed for PORN!
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The absolute first line of defense that I have against satiating my fleshly craving to consume videos of men having sex is to pull back far enough to attack the problem via access.
You cannot run if you're crippled. It's as simple as that.
Hence, in order to properly advocate for myself, I had to willingly hamstring relative to tech. And this approach has served me incredibly well.
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So, who am I exactly relative to tech?
The Turners don't own a television other than a 27" Sony CRT that I purchased back in 2000 ($549.99 at Best Buy) when I passed the Architectural Registration Exam. It's in an entertainment cabinet at the foot of our bed in the master bedroom. It isn't tied to CATV or an Internet streaming service. All this behemoth is capable of doing is playing DVD video at 480i resolution (it does have a 16:9 widescreen viewing mode).
My wife, Angie, bought an Internet tablet years ago, but I don't have the passcode to unlock. We do not subscribe to any Internet streaming service nor are we a member of Amazon Prime.
My smartphone is so antiquated that it's really only suited for calls, texting, and navigation. It will take photos / videos, but it has so little memory that it won't hold too many. I am not engaged in social media at all. The notion of using my pocket computer to make video / photo selfies sounds about as interesting (& productive) as watching (or starring in) episodes of Teletubbies.
I do not and would not ever own a computer watch.
The laptop I have at home (to engage in the virtual Samson Society group, "Brain Changers", on Sunday afternoons) is a dinosaur. Surfing the Internet is possible, but it's very laborious. I often get the "High Memory Usage!" warning whilst having multiple tabs open within the browser.
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I came to adjudicate early on as a young man (pre-Internet) that it would greatly benefit me to become a contrarian to westerner's passionate pursuit of media consumption if I wanted to live any form of a fulfilling, Christ-centric life. Having been reared within a household where television broadcasting (CATV) was consumed nightly (weekdays & weekends), it didn't take me long to wake up to how much precious time I'd wasted staring at my parents' 20" Toshiba CRT television.
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Be smart, dear reader. If you enjoy lust as much as Rob does (& are as convicted as I am relative to its spiritual toxicity), put yourself on a very short (hardware / software) leash today. It's your first line of defense against being normal.
From there, use your time to read or write a book / poetry, play or compose a song on a musical instrument, exercise, volunteer, visit a friend, plant / tend to a garden, etc.
Anything is more respectable than staring at a screen, consuming mind-rotting content that will do you no good down the road.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Should Samson Society Intensive Attendees Remain In Their 3-Day Huddle - Bare Chested (Weather Permitting) - In An Effort To Optimize These Relationally Rich / Affirming Weekends?
I had a feeling that blogpost title would catch your attention!
Firstly, it's important to note that -
Another Samson Society Intensive Weekend is fast approaching! You can find info regarding it here: Mens Intensive — Lifeworks Counseling. It is highly recommended, especially considering the fact that this Samson Society specific weekend has gained as much traction as it has.
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During Labor Day 2023, I found myself swimming in the Ross Barnett Reservoir (a sizable lake close to our home) with a new friend. His family joined my youngest daughter and me mid-morning there at the manmade "beach", and from there, we very much enjoyed the cool water through mid-afternoon. Throughout the majority of the day, he and I sat up on our knees beneath the muddy flow and chatted under the blazing sun. This was the third time we'd had the opportunity to do so since meeting providentially during one of our church's annual daylong mission endeavors. That early summer event required that we caravan to north Mississippi, and fortuitously, we ended up in the same vehicle for the +/-2-hour trek. This, I felt, was the perfect opportunity to interrogate.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Recommended Reading - Let's Discuss Buttplay Sans Shame
The reason men are into buttplay is not necessarily because they're homosexual / have same sex attraction. That's a stereotypical generalization. The reason lies in individual guy's relationship to their anus / rectum.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Is There Any More Hellacious Location To Consume Porn / Masturbate Than A Port-O-Potty In The Desert Sands Of The Middle East?
I can't think of any.
Monday, July 3, 2023
(No Longer In) Bondage To The Thrust
I never would have known my local Samson friend was so spellbound by hot women 'till we had (a repeat) restaurant lunch. As such, a troupe of high school girls traipsed in, and eventually sat adjacent to us. These were pristine, rich, white girls wearing the latest designer clothes / hairstyles. There was 6-8 of them, and they were all bubbly and giggly as they carried their sizable pocket computers like individual bars of gold. These girls were undoubtedly students at the across-the-highway private academy, and they were there at this restaurant on "lunch break" (having driven their parents' BMWs and Mercedes-Benz across the way). Likely many of them came from heady stock - CPAs, surgeons & prominent business owners, having been expectedly pampered throughout their short lives.
At the time, this friend was my Silas 3.0, and the tension he was experiencing due to the "availableness" of this troupe was impossible to miss. I remember feeling powerless and a bit annoyed but altogether grateful as well that I wasn't in his intensive heterosexual shoes.
All in all, I vividly recall him being visibly distraught as he forced himself to not glance their way. It seemingly took all his strength in order to NOT capture / captivate / become spellbound by their sexual prowess. As an aside, him wearing his work uniform likely only added to the intensity of this moment, serving as a reminder of his past, pre-conversion (Christianity) hedonism with many a similar lay.
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Sunday, April 2, 2023
How Might Chronic, Sexual Sin (Adultery) Impact A Man's Long-Term Physical Health?
Prologue: I'm more interested in adultery here versus fornication because typically the latter is tied to younger men, and younger men are usually overall physically healthier.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
"Yea, Though I Walk Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death"
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