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How Walt, the Red Baron Pizza Guy’s Plight Illustrates Our Membership in the Mystical Body

How Walt, the Red Baron Pizza Guy’s Plight Illustrates Our Membership in the Mystical Body

by applewooddollhospital | Nov 1, 2026 | Blog, Essays

Over the past couple of days, Walt, the Red Barron Pizza guy, has taken over my X feed.  He went viral because he was at a supermarket –doing his job– when a social media clout chaser asked him for the time.  Walt, with a smile, interrupted his...
My Time at a Book of Job Fantasy Camp

My Time at a Book of Job Fantasy Camp

by applewooddollhospital | Oct 11, 2026 | Blog, Essays

            The past couple of months, we’ve been living in what I affectionately call our “Book of Job fantasy camp”.  Of course, things aren’t as bad for us as they were for Job.  God...
Gen X Men Do Have Feelings, It Just Takes an Alien Robot to Reach Them

Gen X Men Do Have Feelings, It Just Takes an Alien Robot to Reach Them

by applewooddollhospital | Sep 4, 2026 | Blog, Essays

On August 26th, 2026, my social media was filled with devastated men announcing the death of Peter Cullen.  The name sounded familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it.  I looked him up.  Upon seeing the results, I felt a sinking feeling in...
The UFC: A Study of Masculinity

The UFC: A Study of Masculinity

by applewooddollhospital | Jun 24, 2026 | Blog, Essays

            How did I find myself here?  It’s after midnight –well past my 9 o’clock bedtime– and I’m standing, incredulously screaming at a man on the television to stay down as another man is...
Signing on to Be a Parent, Come What May

Signing on to Be a Parent, Come What May

by applewooddollhospital | Jun 8, 2026 | Blog, Essays

A Youtuber I’d never heard of and his wife went insanely viral yesterday.  By insanely viral, I mean, I went from having never heard of them to having them as the subject of ¾ of my X feed.  They went viral because they were halfway through a pregnancy,...
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