New Website!!!

That's right you heard it, I'm laying the old Think-Pad to rest. I have my new site up and running but there are going to to be kinks the next week or so, so please bare with me. You can get to my new site by clicking on the title of this post or by clicking here.

Oh don't for get to update your bookmarks!!

Orange?

Ok, so was the color orange named becasue of the fruit or was the fruit named after the color? And if that is in fact the case why can't I call banannas yellow?

Crikey!

Yes it is true, Steve Irwin the "crocodile Hunter" is dead. And it's kind of surprising his child in that picture isn't. I have to admire Steve for his hard work in making people aware of many different things in nature but come on! You knew it only had to be a matter of time until his profession caught up to him. None the less, R.I.P. Steve.

I had nothing to do with this.

OK everyone go and Google the word "failure" and look at the first hit. Sorry our southern friends.

The New MTV

So I am coming to you from the bubble that is Bethany today. I am here for a week taking a seminar to finish up my in class hours. The seminar I am taking is Global Youth Ministry and so far it has been going very well. We haven't take any notes in the past two days, the prof actually gives us handouts with all the stuff we're covering so in that respect it's been good.

I guess that's all that I have to say about anything right now. I am going to post another music video that I stumbled across like 2 weeks ago. I can't get enough of it. Probably one of the best covers I have heard in a while. Has a lot more passion and feeling than the original. So here it is, Matt Wheedle with Outkast's "Hey-ya."

If You Don't Think This Is Cool, Then You My Friend Are Different

But Christians Use That Parking Lot...(See two posts ago)

This post is in response to some comments that were made on the "Parking Lot for Church Use Only" post.

For the most part I have to agree with what alot of people said in regards to the church as an organization is worried about preserving its beauty and how we are beginning to see a separation of the goats from the sheep. But I have to raise the question, who's making that separation?

Now don't get me wrong I believe that there is some genuine parting of the herd going on however I think sometimes (myself included) can be a little too quick to make that separation ourselves. Now I don't agree with the sign that the church here in town put up in their parking lot, but maybe in their minds they made a good choice based on what they know to be true. I've heard people complain about how the church is a door mat sometimes and that we should stand up a little bit and maybe that's what they were doing. Maybe they are just misled sheep.

So I guess the second question that I have is how do we help those sheep? I mean is it up to me to walk into the church and confront the pastor? I am sure that some people would say rebuking is the best way. Yet others would say that we need to just let that church die a natural death. Heck I've heard that said about a lot of churches lately. Why are we so quick to give up on our own people? No wonder people don't want anything to do with the church today. We split, can't agree, shut people out...maybe we as a younger generation need to be more open minded about things. We get so caught up in the "emerging" church and being "post modern" that sometimes we miss some things, like our roots. We want to cut of the foundation that we came from.

Yes we want to do things differently and that's ok. As time progresses the way that people need to be reached will have to change and evolve to our culture. However, for those of us that grew up in the church, we have had many good things instilled in us by the older generation that we seem to be so anxious to leave. Maybe we should try sticking around and learning some things from them, and you know what, I'm learning that they are at times more willing to learn then we are.

Coming to you live...

From my MacBook!!! But more on that later.

Here's another story from my journey home from work. On another street that I have to walk when I am heading home, has one of the most mind-boggling things I have seen. It is in a front yard of a house off of Maple Street (for those of you that live here). It is a 12 foot by 12 foot square, with three foot tall posts in the corner. Now around these posts are wrapped three rows of bunggie cords.

Now my first reaction to this sight is that it is something like a dog pen or something like that. But upon further thought, and a few more trips past, it struck me. Child Wrestling. It is quite literally a mini wrestling ring for kids. Infact I am pretty sure that every Friday night the parents in that house pit their own children against each other for entertainment. Or maybe the neighborhood parents bring their kids to fight each other, and whoever loses their parents have to do the carpool for that week. Yeah I like that one better. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Ok so now for the big news. I finally got my Mac!! And it is amazing. What else can you say about them? Other then you wish you had one too? Yeah that's what I thought. Ok gotta jet, check out the new Random Link while you're here!!

Parking Lot for Church Use Only

Today I walked home from work as I have been for the last week or so. I took the same route as always, nothing new and nothing exciting. But you know how when you watch a TV show like three times you notice different things that you didn't before? Well That happened to me as I walked home today.

See everyday I walk past this church on my way home, and everyday I don't think anything about it. But today I noticed a sign, probably about 3/4 of the size of the sign that has the churches name and denomination on it, and it read in big, red letters "PARKING LOT FOR CHURCH USE ONLY".

At first I thought nothing of it, but as I continued my walk I remembered something that is often said in Christian circles. "For God to use you, you have to make yourself available." Now I don't think that anyone will disagree with that. So my question is, how are we supposed to have an impact on the world when we are closing ourselves off?

The church is slowly becoming a closed gate community. We lock our doors all the time now. We look at people strangely when they sit in our pew. We're even closed to the idea of spending time in the church. (This coming from the statistic of only 10-15% of the congregation do the work in the church.) Don't you think it's time we started to change this?

And you know what the funny thing is, the church with the sign up in the parking lot? It only has one car in it everytime I pass by. That parking lot would be serving a greater purpose if it was filled with non-Chirstian's cars everyday and the pastor had to park down the road then it is now. I mean at least the people would know where the church is, and that is by no means a bad thing.

A Waffle is Just a Pancake With Syrup Traps

The people in the pictures above have two things in common. First they are all British and second, they are all victims of a thing I like to call media discrimination.

What is the deal with all these shows getting British people to play the bad guy? These are the people that get booed and yelled at. I mean why can't it be David Hasselhoff or Regis that have to say the mean things? Is it the accent that makes it hit home more? Just think about that.

Oh I don't really care, just thought about this at work today.

3 Really Good Advertisments

I have to say that I laughed a little bit out loud at these.

Post 200!!

Maybe you'll get there someday Grant. That's right everybody the one, the only Grant Smith has started his very own blog. You should check it out here and leave the man some comments!

Well yesterday was Monday hence a new Random Link of the week is up. It was actually up yesterday I just didn't have a spot to say it in my rant about Bush. Anyway check it out because it's good stuff.

And for now I leave you with this. You have all probably seen the original Mentos and Diet Coke thing on the net somewhere but I came across this today and I have to say that's pretty impressive.

Big Brother or Big Bother?

Not going to lie, this post is probably going to upset some people. Oh and I don't apologize.

Well in case you didn't know, in the past week or so there was a G8 summit in St. Petersburg Russia where leaders of the 8 largest countries in the world met to discuss global issues like the rising price of oil and the conflict in the Middle East. I'm going to focus on the conflict in the Middle East.

Now at the G8, there weren't really any big surprises. I mean George Dubya and Tony Blair took the usual "I know it's none our business but we don't care" stance on the conflict between Israel and Lebanon and demanded a ceasefire. However Stephen Harper got in on this action too. Needless to say I think that most Canadians wish he would have kept his mouth shut.

We all expected the reaction that Bush and Blair had but seriously, what was Harper thinking? No we don't agree with what is going on in Israel and Lebanon. Yes we feel sorry for the civilians that are caught in the middle and all around I think we would all like to see a ceasefire. However who are we to try and determine what other nations do? You ever think for a moment that maybe that WE may be seen as terrorists? For too long the US has flexed it's proverbial muscle trying to be the global version of Chuck Norris. And the thing is that most Americans don't want to be at war. Did you hear that George? They want the troops home. He's taken the power that the American people have given him and he is abusing it. I can only pray that the comments made by Harper aren't a step in that direction for Canada.

Not sure if this is real, but if it is....

They're pretty freakin' good!!

She Was Wearing WHAT!?!?

Can you believe that she actually picked that out to wear in her concerts that she plays? Or what's even worse is that she probably didn't pick that. She PAID someone to come up with that horrid excuse for trendy fashion.

This week I bring to you for your opinion the whole concept of celebrity fashion. Can someone tell me what's going on? I was looking through a magazine at work the other day on my break and I could not believe some of the things that the "famous" people we know and love were wearing! I mean am I taking crazy pills????

Please tell me why it's trendy to wear a small household clock around your neck? I mean are you rich people to good for an old fashion watch? Apparently tights are coming back in again girls. Yuck. There is a reason things like the 80's are constantly joked about being forgotten...I mean how would you like to see your man wearing tapered jeans??? Yeah that's what I thought.

What is even funnier then the lack of fashion sense shown by some celebs is the fact that there are some people that you and I know that try and pull off some of this stuff. I mean come on who out there wants to get a "Grill"? If I wanted to see a gold mine in your mouth, I'd throw a nugget at your face.

So next time you're watching ET or people walk in to a huge event like the Emmy's, please don't go out and participate in some awful trend that you see. Step back a moment from Mary Heart's piercing voice and think to yourself "don't do it!" Because if you fail to do it then, you'll eventually find yourself quoting the immortal words of Ron Burgundy, "I immediately regret this decision."

Oh, if you ever wondered what it's like to be a pumpkin, check out the new Random Link of the Week.

The Internets...I've Always Wondered How It Works

So Funny...

You ever see someone who is rollerblading, and when you look at them you think to yourself..."Maybe you should learn how to walk before you strap on wheels to your feet."

I know I did today when I saw a guy walking home from work almost kill himself. That is all.

50 Times My Own Weight!!

Work must be some sort of inspiration for me because for the second post in a row, that is where my topic comes from.

A discussion that I found myself in with a few co-workers today dealt with the whole idea of bugs. Now a few days earlier we had a conversation about what life would be like as a bug, about how there are many more things that could kill you, about how crossing a pick-nick table would be like crossing a province and about how it would be cool to be able to fly.

Taking that idea of being a bug I asked the question today, "if you could have one attribute of any bug what would it be?" To my dismay pretty much the entire staff chose to have wings. Yes I will admit that having wings would be cool but we can already fly places with the help of airplanes. This is why I chose to have the strength of an ant, I mean they can lift something close to 40 times their body weight! Imagine the things that I could do with that kind of strength. Diana also had a good one, the ability to blend into her surroundings like the stick bug. Not to shabby.

So what about you what attribute would you have?

Then it hit me...

I should blog. Now I am.

Ice cream cake is an amazing idea, because ice cream makes cake better but cake doesn't make ice cream better. So why not get rid of the cake and leave the ice cream. Sheer genius.


Dashboard Confessional has a new album out and I have to say that I am a major fan. It's titled Dusk and Summer and there a some really good tracks, including a studio recording of So Long, So Long, one of my personal favs that I saw him play for the first time live! Yeah that was pretty sweet. Another good track is Don't Wait, I believe that it is the first single off the album. Yes the album is full band and that's ok with me. Although the memories and emotion that are found in his acoustic stuff will always have a place in my heart I have really like seeing Chris grow in his music. (As if I know him personally.) So check it out, you won't be disappointed.

They Call Me Breezy...

Is it ok to nickname yourself? If so I call "Breezy". Oh and yeah you're right Robin, it does kinda suck that you can't ride seahorses.

So Diana and I were driving home from church yesterday when we saw one of these on a car ahead of us at a stop light. Now this isn't the first pink ribbon that either I or Diana has seen however you wouldn't have known that if you heard the next words out of Diana's mouth.

"Look! They support breast cancer!"


I promptly said "they support breast cancer? I think they support the CURE for breast cancer."

"Oh...right."

So all this to say, the Random Link of the week is up and running! (And let's just say you'll feel like you're the CAPTIAN of some PLANET after watching it...)