Page 1 of Bruce Horst's writing

1. The Leslie Story: Sometimes Dad Does Know Best When I was young, my family had a mini-bike. A mini-bike is kind of like a scooter, but it's not nearly as refined as a scooter. Our mini-bike was literally just a steel frame with a taped-together seat and a lawn-mower engine. My dad would fix... (posted by Bruce 72 days 17 hours ago.)

2. More Advice for My Boys: How to Make Others Think Well of You How do you make others think well of you? A few weeks ago, my youngest son Nick was diagnosed as needing glasses. Nick's a smart kid, a book-worm with a genuine love for reading. (Where do you think that comes from?) Jean noticed him squinting... (posted by Bruce 72 days 18 hours ago.)

3. Ants in My Pants Jean and I moved half-way across the country to San Antonio Texas while we were still newlyweds. When we got to Texas, there were many new things we needed to learn. We didn't have much furniture: A bed, a table and two bean-bag chairs. One time... (posted by Bruce 76 days 1 hour ago.)

4. The Latest Happenings of the Horsts, and their Amazing Community of Writers It's been a while since I've posted, and at the risk of reminding everyone that I actually do exist, I thought I would write a short update. Life has been good these past few months. Jean and I have settled into a routine that is very different... (posted by Bruce 123 days 19 hours ago.)

5. Pig in the City Even when Jean and I first started having kids, we thought it was important to maintain our 'date night' once or twice a month. When Zach was 2 we had one of these date nights and when we returned to our apartment at about 11:00 PM, Jean said... (posted by Bruce 177 days 17 hours ago.)

6. To my beloved son, Zach. This was originally posted in Sept. 2010 as a Facebook note, but I need to post it here: To my beloved son, Zach. When you were born I couldn't believe how much love a person could have for another. You liked to have your back scratched, so... (posted by Bruce 193 days 17 hours ago.)

7. My fabulous life I've been enjoying reading the writing in the flawed / fabulous writing assignments, though there are only about half as many submissions to the fabulous assignment than there were to the flawed assignment. Why do you think that is? It seems to... (posted by Bruce 203 days 17 hours ago.)

8. A Flawed Man I've enjoyed reading the 'Flawed' writing assignment submissions this week. I didn't really know how this assignment would go over, but I guess I should have figured that creative people are often very introspective, and the writers on this... (posted by Bruce 212 days 15 hours ago.)

9. The Future of WryteStuff and for the Horsts This past week started a new chapter in my life. No longer able to rely on Google to supply massive amount of readers to this website, I've decided that to provide a steady income for me and my family I needed to give up the fantasy life I was... (posted by Bruce 220 days 16 hours ago.)

10. My All-Time Favorite Book: Arty the Smarty Arty the Smarty is a book written in 1964 by Faith McNulty, illustrated by Albert Aquino. I've looked on Amazon and found that this is the only book I've ever seen there with 100% 5 star ratings by users! When I was a child, this book was a... (posted by Bruce 227 days 18 hours ago.)

11. "What About the Rights of the Unborn? Do We Have the 'Right' To End Their Rights?" These were the words I read from a college-aged friend of one of my sons. These words are common pro-life sentiments, and I've heard them repeated many times over the years. I wouldn't respond directly to my son's friend. It's not right for an old... (posted by Bruce 227 days 18 hours ago.)

12. Endorsements, the end of SearchWarp, and the beginning of WryteStuff.com Some of you have noticed a new feature that just rolled out without much fanfare. Endorsements have been added to all member home pages. The endorsement feature is to function somewhat like the endorsements on the back of a book. They are not... (posted by Bruce 234 days ago.)

13. Voter ID Legislation: So What's the Problem? "And we let people like that vote." These were the words I heard from a long-time friend and sometimes mentor. He gestured for me to look at the guy who just entered the bakery where we were having a Bible study. It wasn't the first time I had... (posted by Bruce 243 days 17 hours ago.)

14. Writers and Google AdSense, a Primer What is Google AdSense? True writers understand that there's nothing so invigorating and self-satisfying as communicating one's thoughts through the written word in a way that captivates, informs and inspires an audience. The only thing better... (posted by Bruce 246 days 2 hours ago.)

15. Rating Articles on SearchWarp - Articles with Stars Upon Thars "If it doesn't make you laugh, if it doesn't make you cry, if it doesn't make you stand up and shout, then what's the point?" Years ago when I was running a video production company, the editing bay where I often worked 20 hours a day had a sign... (posted by Bruce 251 days ago.)

16. What's going on a SearchWarp, September 7th, 2011 Ok, it's time for me to say it. The conversion of the old SearchWarp to 'SearchWarp Spaces' is more difficult than I had imagined. And apparently I'm an older dog than I first thought, and I'm having trouble learning new tricks. The new format... (posted by Bruce 260 days 14 hours ago.)

17. What Back to School Means to Me (this year) This year 'back to school' means to me that my middle son will be flying off to his first of many years in college. I can write about what this means to me here because even though AJ practically lives on the Internet, he would never find his... (posted by Bruce 274 days 16 hours ago.)

18. The Long Road Here - Starting to Understand Racial Inequality I'm skipping around in this series, "The Long Road Here." I've predicted 8 installments to this series, but I've been finding it difficult to write my experiences. Frankly, what I've learned along the way can be pretty offensive to people in my... (posted by Bruce 283 days 15 hours ago.)

19. The Importance of Friendship - Life Inside and Outside of the Tribe There must be a dozen different directions I could go on the subject of the importance of friendship.  Here's one of them. A few months ago I started reading books and listening to lectures on game theory, tribe maintenance and community... (posted by Bruce 289 days 23 hours ago.)

20. The Long Road to Here - Part 2 - Influence from My Parents I started out writing this series guessing that there would be 8 parts to it. I believed it would be good for me to write about my journey for my own benefit, for posterity's sake, and to help my friends & family better understand how I've gotten... (posted by Bruce 293 days 13 hours ago.)

21. Announcing SearchWarp Spaces! Sometimes things need to be shaken up a bit, and today I'm announcing that we're doing just that. SearchWarp Spaces is a fundamental change in the basic structure of SearchWarp. You may have noticed already some accounts (like this one) have... (posted by Bruce 302 days 3 hours ago.)

22. I'd Walk a Mile Just for the Journey I'd walk a mile just for the journey. Especially if you came along with me! I have an incredible life. Kids that love and respect me, a wife who adores me, friends from around the World who constantly encourage me, and a job which although has... (posted by Bruce 319 days 21 hours ago.)

23. The Latest from SearchWarp Writing assignments, badges and points. Can you guess what's next? I doubt it! 2011 has been a year of big changes for SearchWarp, and there's many more changes on the way. Writing assignments are now announced weekly. Sometimes a writer... (posted by Bruce 333 days 23 hours ago.)

24. So What's YOUR Story? Jean and I have always been fascinated with far away places. For years now, when I see a talented new writer on SearchWarp from a far-away country, I'll often send this person a personal email asking them if they would consider writing a few... (posted by Bruce 1 year 13 days ago.)

25. You Either Like the Earthwise 50120 Electric Lawn Mower or You Like Terrorists This is my personal review of the Earthwise 50120 20-Inch 12 amp Electric Mulching Lawn Mower. For the past few years, Jean and I have been having our lawn mowed by a lawn maintenance crew. For only $25 per week these guys would mow and bag my... (posted by Bruce 1 year 15 days ago.)