2009
03.17
03.17
2009
03.16
03.16
Today marks the 7 year anniversary of my marriage to Elizabeth. Pretty cool. To commemorate, I’m going to publicly list 50 things about her that I love. Hopefully, this does not embarrass … I just feel like shouting my love from the roof tops like a hapless romantic.
For a funny:
In the words of the great Burgundy/Corningstone romance …
- always hunting to be better
- athletic
- Christmas angel – loves the holidays
- dedicated
- drinks beer with me
- drop dead legs
- enjoys discussing sermons
- good “mother hen”
- good bible study teacher
- good daughter
- good sister
- good story teller
- good taste in movies
- good traveler
- good with my friends
- great blue eyes
- great cake maker
- great cook
- great girl friend
- great hugger
- great kisser
- great singer
- has nice friends
- hates basketball (that’s a good thing)
- heart for humanity
- helps do car work
- involved church member
- knows a lot of scripture
- likes football!
- likes golf!
- looks good in jeans
- loves animals
- loves Jesus
- loves serving people
- manages the house while I’m away
- modest
- nice skin
- our children cannot do without her
- picks up anything fast
- pretty smile
- really good at crafts
- savvy with money
- smart
- takes her walk seriously
- talented career admin (retired)
- turns me on
- understands and embraces technology
- very creative
- watches hockey with me
- works out religiously
2009
03.09
03.09
Yes it is.
It’s also for perverts, pukes, punks, junkies, jocks, nerds, metal heads, losers, Christians, posers, etc.
In case you were wondering, the misspell in the post title was intentional (unlike the patriotic gentlemen to the right.) It happens to be a direct quote of a Facebook member that is “friends” with my wife. I thought is was a comical comment considering the misspell. As I was giggling like a little school girl, I started speculating if the proclamation was an autobiographical testimony.
If that was the case, I could consider it a prophetic moment in my life since the term “moron” would certainly fit the bill of materials when cataloging my high jinks.
Perhaps he was insinuating that prayer is an avoidable pursuit in one’s life in general. If that’s the case, I should probably start praying for him. As Hendricks satisfies “Why should I read the bible?,” I remedy “Why should I pray?” with the same resolve … “Because you must!”
Three months since my last post and I’m already picking fights and remarking about topics that not only bore but may have problematic positioning for some readers. Sigh.
So here’s what I’ll be focusing on to fill my life’s free time: bible, Betsy, and biking. 752. That’s it.
Here’s some Transom links along those lines:
Bible
Betsy
Biking
- Mountain Bike (Trials Bike) Trickster – Danny Macaskill
- Bike Videos | LUCAS BRUNELLE PRODUCTIONS – DRAG RACE NYC is especially cool.
On with the madness!
2009
01.13
01.13
Indeed. I just can’t get into the blogging mood. Long holiday (which was wonderful.) Lot’s of family, extended family … and our ABF is rocking.
I do have a story to tell – but not today. Soon. Since it’s been so long, here is the laundry list of sites that have flown through my transom since we last touched base …
- Oovoo.com
- Heatsurgetv.com – the hilarious Amish electrical advancement!
- Wesabe.com
- David Hentschel’s BLOG
- Milton singing “The Man Song” by Sean Morey (video)
- Meaning of X-Mas: for those that felt the need to blast Angie Smith
- If programming languages were religions…
- The Escapist (game)
- Stixy Beta
- Peel p50 on topgear (video)
- The New Monastics? Hey Man, They’re Trying
- Wing Suit Base Jumping! (video)
Random thoughts and revelations …
- We often don’t think rather rearrange our prejudices. ~ Hendricks
- I’ve come to think that good parenting is about increasing the duration between timeout sessions. ~ Welch
- If you calmly take your pants off at airport while in the security line, others will follow in suit. ~ A comedian I saw over break …
Upcoming blog topics …
- Praying is for morons.
- My lyrics and where they may surface on the web.
- Box of sex.
- The great and powerful Oz knows why you have come!
- Agnostic definition.
2009
01.02
01.02
This YouTube video is a real tearjerker. Have some Kleenex ready.
In 2006, Matt and Ginny Mooney had a little boy named Eliot. He was born with Edwards Syndrome. It’s a genetic disorder that wreaks havoc on internal organs. Less than 10-percent of the affected live past their first year.
The Mooneys wasted little time with grieving. Instead, they threw Eliot a birthday party every day. And they documented the time with their son. This video is their story. It’s both heartbreaking and inspiring.
2008
12.15
12.15
From Mumbai to Illinois … how can I post when the world is going to hell in a hand basket? If you haven’t noticed, I’m just not going to be much of a blogger through the holidays. There has been plenty of inspiration though:
- 10 guys, 2 truck loads, 100+ burgers, and 10 cases of water made its way down to the bridges of Dallas late last Friday night. We ministered to a few hundred until 2 am.
- Joyous Christmas parties thrown by our good friends the Griggs & McIlraths – two fantastically gracious hosts.
- Stellar corporate and small group worship up at Lake Pointe with music and manna to die for.
- Team Tri-Prosoap posted several sub-4 times at the White Rock Marathon and qualified one team member for Boston! See the video link below.
- My wife is making the trek to Boxtown with me on Christmas Eve to sing carols – the first time she’s been able to go since we started having kids.
- Sean Avery is no longer a Dallas Star …
I could go on and on. ‘Tis the season. So no pontificating today – but I’ve amassed quite a few Transom Links to share … enjoy:
- IAMSECOND – Brian “Head” Welch’s was my fav.
- Studylight.org – great study site.
- Next Bible Learning Environment
- For those of us parents that are potty training … Tiny Toons – Henny Yougman Day – Potty Years
- How to Start Your Own Country
- Fantastic Art by Charles Reid
- This Is Sand
- Bike riders amazing recovery!
- Dallas White Rock Marathon 2008 Team Tri-Prosoap Video
- Check out our friend’s AMAZING gift of photography – her blog often has the latest work.
- Good movie download site.
- Not as good movie download site, but OK as far as safety.
- Santa’s JigSaw Puzzle – this one is for Logston.
2008
12.04
12.04
But did he deserve a suspension? Probably not … people sure do get up in arms about it though.
Check out this drunken fool’s rambling on how it’s hockey’s fault …
http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/12/02/re-the-legend-of-sean-avery-or-why-tom-hicks-and-gary-bettman-are-blind-goobers-who-dont-get-it/
Best fight of the year was posted by Front Burner though …
http://www.faniq.com/blog/Video-Hockey-Fight-Of-The-Day-Zack-Stortini-Edmonton-Oilers-Vs-Krys-Barch-Dallas-Stars-Blog-15163
2008
12.04
12.04
Wow!! I have been a part of a few different ABFs at Lake Pointe and this is the first one that I have seen such a commitment by so many men, from the attendence Tuesday night to b-fast this morning. It was uplifting to see the new faces this morning at the ole IHOP. Hope to see everyone next week…back at the McD’s??? I miss Janice.
2008
12.04
12.04
Good bye November – Hello December. Jack Frost is making his annual sabbatical to Texas … finally. As the year winds down, my blog-preneurship is certainly taking a turn for the worse. Numbers will certainly fall. Besides, I don’t want to have an unreachable number for next year’s Q4, YoY.
The good news is that the dollar is gaining, I survived the Griswold-roof-climbing-Christmas lights-hanging endeavor, the tree is lit, and our wagons are full of clothes, blankets and socks for Boxtown. We’ll be making 2 trips in December … on Christmas we plan to do an ad hoc service under the Good Latimer bridge behind Pilgrim’s Pride. Pray the strings of my guitar don’t snap in the cold, dry air as we fill the dark night with Christmas music.
So I blame the system for this boring post … nothing profound to pontificate … nothing alarming to assail … nothing demoralizing or in need of fortification … nothing to resuscitate.
Not even Sean Avery being unsavory could get me riled up. I blame the system. When you suffer a sports year like I have (Stars lose in the Western Conference Finals, Mets mishap, Notre Dame’s debacle of a season, Bears barely hanging on, and one of the worst starts in Stars franchise history) and find yourself surrounded by Texans talking about Romo’s momma, there becomes no vacancy for vexation in one’s life.
Just try to derail me from having a marvelous, miraculous Holiday. I dare ya! There’s no news story, apocalyptic premonition, political uprising, financial crisis, or Debbie Downer that’s going to reduce this holiday to rubble. The system has caused me to go from cynical to critical in one fail swoop! I’ve become critically inane. What were they thinking, turning this jaded lad into a happy-go-lucky cheer monkey full of childish sensibilities? Lights, trees, ministry and happiness?
No no no. Not even the State Trooper that pulled me over the day after Thanksgiving as Billy and I returned from visiting our homeless friend, Teardrop, on his birthday could put the sour back in this puss. Click here for my response.
Is it the system? Have I gone off the deep end scatter shooting again? Before you leave this post in disgust and remorse for having wasted 5 minutes of your precious life, please do me one favor.
Stop. Take a deep breath. Go to that place. Who’s there? Do you have peace?
If the answer is no or no one … click here.
I hope to bring more of a balanced post next time with less free hand. But I promise you that these Transom Links won’t disappoint:
2008
11.25
11.25
I haven’t been around to a good brain dump session in almost 2 weeks! So this one will probably cause a good deal of scatter shooting.
Every time I peel a layer off myself some other flaw rears its ugly head that I must come to terms with … anyone else feel that way? It disrupts my walk, my marriage, my friendships and my work. And it is frustrating.
I rarely have the patience to recognize that everyone must go through a refining process from time to time when they are discovering how jacked up they are … and the love of Jesus is enough. Look around – all this and Jesus too?
An old friend hunted me down and we connected on the phone last night. Alex Glass. The better half of our acoustic group in college that went by the name of Glass Weazel. Guess who the Weazel was?
Alex was the only person during my time at Ohio Northern University that shared Christ with me. I remember getting upset with him refusing to sing one of my songs that reflected my jaded views on religion. I though he was NUTS!
Not to mention my sacrifice in accompanying him for his song about prayer! The nerve! To be honest, I would do anything to record and Alex is one of the few that had the patience to deal with me.
It was seriously Flanders and Homer living directly across from each other in the freshman dorm. But we could both play and he was a great singer. And even though I probably made his life miserable, he was always there to jam, talk, hike, or whatever. A good friend is what he was. And he planted a seed. I’m still baffled at how he endured my tirade for 4 years as we played to hundreds (thousands?) of people on the Tundra.
Last night as we both found out we’re each alive and well, he also got to witness the full rebirth of someone he never gave up on even as far from the cross as I was.
He found me on a blog somewhere in cyberspace. Now we can share our walks, our awesome wives, beautiful children, and exciting travels that separated the past 11 years. (Chalk that up as one good reason for the Internet and one other reason why I journal digitally.)
And those layers? Well … let’s just say I’m ready to press on. It may be the end of the world as we know it, but I feel loved. And that’s enough for me.
Ok … enough sappy, anecdotal crap. Wake up readers and learn something … Gmail Theater: Why Use Gmail? Thanks to Good ‘ol Billy Boy for sending this one …
If you want a Gmail account, shoot me a note and I’ll forward an invite to your old, decrepit email.
And here are some Transom Links:
Ok … here are some Interactive Transom Links:
- I can’t tell which side of the argument this shirt represents … can you? CLICK HERE.
- Definitely check out the entire Woot! Shirt Reckoning List.
- And I will ship you a free FaceWash from ProSoap.com (Right, Billy?) if you can interpret this binary … 01001101 01100001 01100100 01100101 00100000 01110101 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011
Daily Manna from the ‘Net for Tuesday, November 25, 2008 
Then I said: ‘O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses. ‘Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’ Nehemiah 1:5-9 NIV | Listen
