The bible interview

Savn

Thinking about it...

I don't know yet...still thinking about the comeback, I would really hate to dissapoint my 20 readers.

RETURN OF THE ROBOTS...

I haven't forgot about the Robots, it's just that I don't like inflicting my readers with constant terror. Here is the latest from the front line:



From the website: In this season of specters and spooks, what could be scarier than a steel-winged robotic spy plane shaped like a bat? The aptly named COM-BATis a six-inch surveillance device that is powered by solar, wind, and vibrations. The concept was conceived by the US military as a means to gather real-time data for soldiers, and the Army has awarded the University of Michigan College of Engineering a five year $10-million dollar grant to develop it.

Is it ok to hate...

because someone is soo right? Just when you think you have all the answers lined up and are standing firmly on logic, reason, and justice, along comes John Piper to totally mess with your head. What do you do with a guy like this?



Good luck wrestling with that!

Wanna See Something...

...that will make you really mad?



The late great America everyone!

What A Week...

Sacramento, The OC, and finally the Central Coast...all in seven days! I told my buddy Jeff that I would lead worship for his retreat, and Julie had the Womens retreat at Hume Lake so that meant this trip to Morro Bay was just the Guys. If you can believe it I am a complete stranger to the Morro-Pismo area and this was my first ever trip. I now understand why it is called, "Fresno by the Sea" and after one trip do not feel compelled to return in the foreseeable future. I was, however, really intrigued by Highway 46 and all of the wineries so that is definitely in the future. When Reagan and I are together we do always have a blast so here are pictures of our exploits.

Life Lesson no charge...

I had a meeting at one of our nations preeminent mega-churches this last week. This is the overall conclusion I came to:

You know you've made it when you have your own street:

From Saddleback

But you have REALLY made it when you have a street named after the book that the Pastor of the Church wrote:

From Saddleback

Next I think they should build a place to show movies out doors and they could call it the "Purpose Drive-In."

Too Much?...well I guess that is why I will never have my own street.

California, here I come...

I am blogging about my trip to Sacramento from my hotel in Irvine. I took our family friends the Hales to be booth monkeys with me at a conference in Sac-Town over the weekend. None of us had been there since the fourth grade so we were all pleasantly surprised at how fun the downtown area was. Everything was in walking distance and we kept stumbling upon a bunch of great things to do. I was glad to go and definitely recommend if you are looking for a fun weekend getaway. Gotta love the pics:

More pics later...

This accurately sums up my weekend...more pics to come.

Life is like a hurricane...

I always knew my favorite childhood cartoon would teach us all a lifelong lesson on sound economics too bad DC cant be as smart as an animated duck.

Better than the duck brains...

Deep dish in Chicago...hard to beat

Duck Brains...

That is what I ate for lunch, how about you?

Good quote...

"Justice is what Love looks like in public..."

I can't take it anymore...

I wish the Hadron Collider would have taken us out rather than a slow painful death by our own hand. I think the people in wall street are idiots for getting bleary-eyed over fast money and selling their souls for millions. I feel bad for the millions of people whose retirements and bank accounts will be affected for years to come. I feel less bad for those who felt they could purchase a $450,000 house on a $35,000/year salary. I have, however, reached a new conclusion on the matter:

Because something is wrong it doesn't necessarily make the opposite right.

Example: I was driving to the men's retreat with my buddy Ryan and were behind an incredibly slow moving, out-of-state, thirteen cars behind it RV. It cleverly avoided about four turnouts despite the protesting horns from the choir of cars it had collected. That was wrong. However, as a response to the slow moving leviathan in front of us a late model Mazda sedan took it upon itself to weave through the slow moving caravan over the hilly terrain and double yellow lines, thus endangering many more people than a slow moving RV ever could. It was the opposite of the RV and just as wrong; maybe more so.

That is how I feel about the current financial situation. It was wrong for companies to run up billions in debt, but it is just as wrong for a government with TRILLIONS in debt to assimilate these losses when the ultimate burden falls on the taxpayer (that's you and me).

Call me an idealist but I always believe the private sector will always find a more efficient way to settle matters; even those it created. A bailout at this point is like giving a drunk a couple more shots so he doesn't feel the hangover, it will help now but hurt you worse later.

Finally, an inspiring Ron Paul snippet to vindicate my free-market views, I also love how he manages to school every pundit that tries to corner him:



PS-You can also digg an article I found inspiring right here.

A great Father Son evening...

From Arsenal

I am certainly not defined by my athletic prowess and I will always endeavor never to be one of "those" parents that you see at the games (especially living Clovis), but Reagan and I have been having a blast preparing for his upcoming soccer season. This is an outfit I got him from a business trip to Europe a few years ago, it was huge then but it is really starting to look good now. Taken at the end of tonights practice I was definitely a lot more sweaty than he was (which is why I am behind the camera).

Quite possibly the last post I will ever write...

I don't know if you are aware but the earth as we know might be coming to an end on Wednesday and there is nothing you can do to stop it. In an underground tunnel between France and Switzerland scientists will be trying to collide particles and the result might just be black holes erupting all over the place. So tell everyone you care about that you love them and good luck if you start to feel a violent shift in the space time continuum.

In case you don't fully believe me here is the skinny.

Been too long...

I guess when you purchase a big new TV and watch it a lot it really cuts down on your blogging habits. For my dedicated readers sake I hope the newness wears off soon so I can thrill and titillate with some regularity in the near future. Never fear though, for I have found some jewels to satiate even the most ravenous bloggers appetite and here they are:


Pastor Doug-
You might not be aware that the executive pastor at Peoples Church has a blog, well he does and has recently updated with a challenge that he has given to our entire church. I am a big fan of anything that he writes or says so check out his posts (if you go way back you can even read the entries he wrote about our trip to Europe together). Give him a lot of comments so that he will post more often.


The Sermonspice Blog (Spiceblog)-
Not only do I have a riveting personal blog but I also do my best to keep up my companies blog. The main reason I bring this up is because I have posted a video that has caused quite a bit of conversation and definitely makes you think so in the absence of groundbreaking content here check the latest out there.



My Wife-
My lovely wife has done such a good job chronicling the Temple life I think that is another reason my posts have become more sporadic; the events have already been preblogged. So if you need the latest and greatest for all things Temple hit it up. It is also good for the female perspective on the purchase of a big screen TV.


There they are, have a great time and I apologize ahead of time for how much time you will lose perusing the online goodness.

Attack of the awake...

I usually endure one night of insomnia a week...this is it.

BIG Weekend...

52"

1080p

Mine


PS-You are welcome to come over anytime just stop at blockbuster and grab a Blu-Ruy or PS3 game.