Who Am I?

(A Question Even I Struggle to Answer Sometimes)

Straight talk. Sharp wit. No fluff.
Wel­come to the cor­ner of the inter­net where truth doesn’t wear kid gloves, and log­ic car­ries a flamethrow­er.

I’m Peter Vidrine — Con­trols & Sys­tems Engi­neer­ing Spe­cial­ist by trade, writer by com­pul­sion, and a relent­less truth-hound by nature. Around here, I oper­ate as a Fal­la­cy Assas­sin, Ver­bal Volt­age Tech­ni­cian, and Nar­ra­tive Demo­li­tion­ist — the walk­ing embod­i­ment of an engi­neer­ing mind­set in a chaot­ic world. I tear down bad log­ic, build what works, and call out the fool­ish­ness most peo­ple are too polite — or too scared — to touch.

But before any­thing else: any­thing I am, any­thing I’ve built, and any­thing good that flows from my life — is all by the grace of God. I’m not the author of my own strength. I’m just try­ing to stew­ard what He gave me while the world los­es its grip on real­i­ty.

What I Do

If you’re look­ing for soft edges, emo­tion­al safe spaces, or the lat­est reheat­ed group­think dressed up as enlight­en­ment, you’re in the wrong place. I deal in pre­ci­sion — in code, cul­ture, reli­gion, pol­i­tics, and any­thing else bloat­ed with hypocrisy or built on shaky log­ic.

By day, I wran­gle servers, scripts, and secu­ri­ty — sys­tems that behave bet­ter than half the inter­net. I solve real-world prob­lems with prac­ti­cal­i­ty and patience. I have no use for buzz­words, virtue sig­nals, or cor­po­rate dou­ble-speak. What I do care about is effi­cien­cy, respon­si­bil­i­ty, his­tor­i­cal truth, and a faith that doesn’t col­lapse under cul­tur­al pres­sure.

This blog was born out of shout­ing at the screen too many times. Now, I shout into the void — but I bring receipts, sar­casm, and sharp­ened steel. I write about every­thing from the­o­log­i­cal truth bombs to AI-gen­er­at­ed art (spoil­er: it’s not the apoc­a­lypse, Karen), to the luna­cy of mod­ern iden­ti­ty pol­i­tics, to why your gen­er­a­tor set­up prob­a­bly sucks.

If you’re offend­ed, you’re wel­come. That means you’re still breath­ing — and maybe think­ing.

A Bit of Backstory

Long before I ever called myself a busi­ness own­er, one ques­tion remained in the back of my mind:
“What if?”

  • What if I ran my own com­pa­ny?
  • What if I treat­ed employ­ees like peo­ple, not cogs?
  • What if peo­ple actu­al­ly want­ed to work for me?

Crazy talk, I know. But after sur­viv­ing enough bad boss­es to write a cau­tion­ary tale, I swore if I ever got the chance, I’d do it dif­fer­ent­ly.

And I did.

In August 2005, I found­ed Sir­ius Tech­nolo­gies with eight employ­ees and a boat­load of prayer. God showed up — and so did some tru­ly incred­i­ble peo­ple. We grew to over 60 employ­ees. Peo­ple tried to give me cred­it, but if I did any­thing right, it was hir­ing smart, get­ting out of their way, and pray­ing I didn’t screw it up.

Even­tu­al­ly, I sold the assets and con­tracts of Sir­ius Pow­er (The gen­er­a­tor part of Sir­ius Tech­nolo­gies) to Ready Pow­er and down­sized to… well, just me. I still work in elec­tri­cal, automa­tion, and IT ser­vices — plus part-time with Ready Pow­er — because let’s be hon­est: retire­ment is a myth.

But That’s Just the Job…

The real sto­ry start­ed when I was 18 — the moment I met Jesus Christ, my Lord and Sav­ior. That rela­tion­ship has had moun­tain-highs (thanks to His grace) and val­ley-lows (thanks to my own gift­ed­ness at screw­ing up). But He’s always been faith­ful — far more than I’ve ever deserved.

I was licensed as a Children’s Min­is­ter and ordained as a Dea­con in 2000 at Emmanuel Bap­tist Church in Eunice, under Pas­tor Dar­ryl Hoy­chick — a man I deeply respect. I lat­er served at New Hope Fel­low­ship, and in 2014, I was licensed and ordained as a Min­is­ter of the Gospel at Uni­ty Bap­tist Church in Opelousas.

And that’s when things got… inter­est­ing.

I served as Asso­ciate Pas­tor, preach­ing mes­sages not every­one want­ed to hear. The lead pas­tor leaned hard into Uni­ver­sal­ism. I didn’t. After enough “review ses­sions” fol­low­ing my ser­mons, I real­ized we weren’t even read­ing the same Bible. So I left.

But I didn’t stop preach­ing.

I found­ed Jesus Kid’s Church, a min­istry for chil­dren from unchurched homes — kids search­ing for truth in a world that offers them none. I also preach at Refin­ery Mis­sion in Opelousas when invit­ed. No mat­ter where I serve, the Gospel remains the heart­beat of my life. That’s the call­ing that trumps them all.

So, Why This Blog?

Because I’m semi-retired (in the­o­ry), but my brain didn’t get the memo.

This blog is where I pour out every­thing that won’t let me sleep — sto­ries, insights, the­o­log­i­cal jabs, tech­ni­cal break­downs, and prob­a­bly more sar­casm than the Sur­geon Gen­er­al rec­om­mends. I write about faith, work, and life — all through the lens of some­one who’s tired of fake smiles and fil­tered lies.

Check back often. I’ll prob­a­bly be here — cof­fee in hand, ham­mer­ing away at my key­board like it owes me mon­ey.

All glo­ry to God.
All truth, no fil­ter.
Wel­come to the blog.