tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156467642011-07-07T16:30:36.281-04:00Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-16594296476434238002010-08-28T10:19:00.001-04:002010-08-28T10:19:40.071-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1659429647643423800?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-49363366281833446302010-04-05T18:12:00.001-04:002010-04-05T18:12:40.268-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/82bb0d5f-fbdb-4876-a9fd-9f0edf32c19f_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Easter Mass with the Wehby's in Birmingham.</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4936336628183344630?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-5481141330625219882010-03-20T21:49:00.001-04:002010-03-20T21:49:25.560-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-548114133062521988?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-4405498396783476592010-03-12T18:56:00.001-05:002010-03-12T18:56:49.688-05:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-440549839678347659?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-72103139877855029142010-03-12T09:11:00.001-05:002010-03-12T09:11:03.765-05:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7210313987785502914?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-45414990152891652842010-03-11T10:13:00.001-05:002010-03-11T10:13:24.162-05:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4541499015289165284?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-60300913087108444362010-02-28T19:14:00.001-05:002010-02-28T19:14:42.381-05:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/07243a9c-d821-42df-bddd-c5bafc9d8cc7_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0086</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/d43d11ac-da3d-4e2e-9b85-3807b7d9d0be_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0084</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/abb8b578-55f3-426d-bc6b-8ed70d45c613_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0083</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/9dc5063f-8369-48b9-b69a-2a51a6e2b345_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0073</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/54bee4b7-581b-4d29-b140-54213874deb0_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0082</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/968ca548-4f5e-4240-a676-5b07aecc0a38_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">CIMG0077</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/affe7fca-8345-44dd-9afc-d3b3ba359436_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6030091308710844436?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-35687492087942482412009-12-28T09:55:00.001-05:002009-12-28T09:55:21.837-05:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="left"><p>I am so sorry everyone. My email evidently got hacked this morning and a<br />mass email was sent out to evryone in my Gmail contact list trying to get<br />you to go to some website about an iphone 3GS. Please ignore that email. I<br />am investigating how that happened and will try to keep it from happening<br />again.<br /><br />Sean (really, it IS me this time. LOL)<br />----------------------------------------------------------<br />"A righteous man who walks in his integrity, how blessed are his sons after<br />him." ~~Proverbs 20:7 (NASB)<br /></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3568749208794248241?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-52684587084233536782009-12-28T09:48:00.000-05:002009-12-28T09:49:03.903-05:00I am so sorry everyone. My email evidently got hacked this morning and a mass email was sent out to evryone in my Gmail contact list trying to get you to go to some website about an iphone 3GS. Please ignore that email. I am investigating how that happened and will try to keep it from happening again.<div> <br></div><div>Sean (really, it IS me this time. LOL)<br><div>----------------------------------------------------------<br>&quot;A righteous man who walks in his integrity, how blessed are his sons after him.&quot; ~~Proverbs 20:7 (NASB)<br> </div></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5268458708423353678?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-91040262645858709702009-12-28T09:33:00.001-05:002009-12-28T09:33:56.617-05:00<p> </p> <p>Hey<br>How are you these days? I bought one apple iphone  3gs black from this website <a href="http://www.ynchenxi.com/">www.ynchenxi.com</a> to my  surprise,it&#39;s original,but much cheaper.You can  check it,Hope everything well.<br> regards<br> <br clear="all">----------------------------------------------------------<br>&quot;A righteous man who walks in his integrity, how blessed are his sons after him.&quot; ~~Proverbs 20:7 (NASB)<br></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-9104026264585870970?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-39312147740357240142009-11-24T13:13:00.000-05:002009-11-24T13:14:07.719-05:00Hi all,<div><br></div><div>First of all this is not a scam in any way, but I didn&#39;t know how else to get this message out to you all... I don&#39;t normally do stuff like this, but this contest is too good not to try my best to win!</div> <div><br></div><div>I got selected as one of 32 finalists for the NFL/Monster.com &quot;Department of Fandemonium&quot;  contest (<a href="http://www.nfl.monster.com">http://www.nfl.monster.com</a>). If I win, the following are just SOME of the prizes I will receive:</div> <div><br></div><div><ul><li>$100,000.00 &quot;signing bonus&quot;</li><li>Trip to the Superbowl where I get to be part of the coin toss</li><li>Trip to the Pro Bowl where I get to call a play</li><li>Attend the 2010 NFL Draft where I get to announce a pick</li> <li>Attend the International game next year in England where I get to participate in on-field introductions</li><li>Attend preseason games</li><li>Attend the 2010 Thanksgiving Day game where I will be one of the on-field liaisons</li> <li>AND MORE</li></ul><div>I know it may be a lot to ask for some of you in your busy schedules, but if you could go and vote for me here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nfl.monster.com/#Candidate-Seattle-Seahawks">Sean McKay @ Department of Fandemonium</a> </div> <div><br></div><div>Please do so often as you can (once a day max), and spread the word! </div><div><br></div><div>Again, I apologize for the inconvenience of the email, but as you can see above, the prize package is too big to ignore!</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help! Wish me luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Sean </div></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------<br>&quot;A righteous man who walks in his integrity, how blessed are his sons after him.&quot; ~~Proverbs 20:7 (NASB)<br> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3931214774035724014?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-38035124876857388782009-08-15T18:28:00.001-04:002009-08-15T18:28:07.596-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2de0aece-84c4-4530-aa82-bca506e63495_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/3a668312-1438-4ccb-967e-13f00927c825_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/d9b7097c-c849-4036-b349-c8aba1002dac_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c1ef78d3-da5f-4d48-954a-adf8f8637c8f_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/eb4a3109-45b5-4b76-b05b-8e8f458aca46_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/916edc8e-3929-4d31-ae19-c508f57af0fa_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/7228976c-31c0-4820-92b4-2c7228360143_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/cee81e3c-5c00-4c1a-a006-75349cc2b6b4_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/d3b8f5a2-5030-4449-b1a5-7701f489c6cb_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/e8d71802-9c70-44d3-8c58-57c8e405c53b_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/a4efbd40-a518-4a19-a8f9-4a763e5bf88d_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/50fabc0a-562a-491a-89f3-53542e958b56_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/12f4e8a4-cb22-423a-81a0-18dc4be73a45_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/fd273fda-b9fa-4071-aaea-9a74d160e58b_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/4680a4ee-e458-4d67-841d-728bed7f06b8_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">facebook</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/4380c834-33f0-45f6-a6f5-889675844034_b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p><br />___<br />Sent with SnapperMail<br />www.snappermail.com</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3803512487685738878?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-21670377238232532462009-07-25T08:41:00.001-04:002009-07-25T08:41:25.568-04:00Rick Rigsby: A Man and his Mentor<br>-Matthew 28:19-20<br>-2 Timothy 2:2.... &quot;The things which you have heard from me in the presence <br>of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach <br>others also.&quot;<br>-are you seeking out a Timothy every day of your life?<br>-scary and sad statistic: the average Christian man reads his Bible less <br>than ONE HOUR PER YEAR!<br>-(re: evangelism, discipleship, mentoring) if not us, then who?!<br>-if you call yourself a Christian man then start asking like it! Get on <br>your knees and open the Word and say, &quot;Speak Lord!&quot; Seek out God&#39;s voice to <br>guide you, not your own.<br>-time to stand on the Word of God and speak out like the men God designed <br>us to be. NEVER be afraid to speak Truth or worry about offending anyone <br>when speaking Biblical Truth.<br>-are you reading the Bible? are you obeying the Word? are you pondering the <br>Word in your heart? It depends... on WHO&#39;S GOT YOUR HEART.<br>-we must share the Gospel, but we must also share OUR OWN LIVES<br>-we must live our lives in such a powerful way that other men see us and <br>say to themselves, &quot;I want what he&#39;s got!&quot;<br>-you have to pull away from your own personal idols to make time for the <br>Word<br>-what is it going to take before you get serious with God?!<br>-how are you living your life? Not how much money you have...not how many <br>toys you have...not how important you are... But how are you LIVING YOUR <br>LIFE? <br>___<br>Sent with SnapperMail<br><a href="http://www.snappermail.com">www.snappermail.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2167037723823253246?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-59706396816212172602009-06-23T11:07:00.001-04:002009-06-23T11:07:48.485-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/00390070-4b4f-42e0-a3e6-4ddb7bb04449_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Had a cancellation, so snuck over to watch Luke for about half an hour...</p></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">Luke at football camp...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ca272999-0eaa-40b5-abff-47dedd1e652b_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Had a cancellation, so snuck over to watch Luke for about half an hour...</p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5970639681621217260?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-4708674744244606222009-06-20T00:02:00.001-04:002009-06-20T00:02:07.754-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2a47d0f8-bafb-4147-93af-69e3bd59218a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">Family Bowling Night</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/605b67a5-3df2-4b07-900c-b6ba9a28d8ca_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">Family Bowling Night</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/96c49b6d-ef14-4212-9539-ad3f458b0658_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div><div class="pp_item" align="center"><h4 class="pp_title">Family Bowling Night</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/79500408-4147-4d56-a380-2379b08268a2_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-470867474424460622?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-42968368674873823762009-06-17T23:34:00.001-04:002009-06-17T23:34:08.287-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item" align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/dd6d9b4c-6155-4852-a65e-a4d0f2a89d23_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4296836867487382376?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-45305571035797733622009-04-25T14:24:00.001-04:002009-04-25T14:24:36.414-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/6488185c-be46-48e0-be8b-6e983cbf1869_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/84df0629-2de2-4cc9-a672-7343fc16d7ee_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/02c5154f-158f-4cd6-b010-8461e8ea0966_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/13f29e89-13ad-4203-851f-c73317889831_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5eb33c07-c13c-45ab-9abc-341d2b05c274_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/a9df7c82-cfbd-4f31-996e-e57b86941d2f_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>Pool Opening Day 2009</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/e105e64e-b446-4a8c-89e5-9610f7cd7f3d_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Beautiful day for hanging at the pool...warm but not too hot...water's <br />crystal clear...free burgers and hot dogs...what more could you want?</p></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4530557103579773362?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-47959082479462340952009-04-22T23:13:00.001-04:002009-04-22T23:13:49.208-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2e4dbe26-ffca-457e-a288-72da7cf47913_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/e1d52ded-c153-447f-9d30-01ed85e7be75_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/651c3b7d-f4b7-42e7-8903-03740d6437e6_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/df5e72ce-1c1b-4d2f-84eb-ed0388a41090_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/819cf931-4f94-4058-9dfd-09ddaffef7c1_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/d6f9113c-5737-42f3-b95e-c9d6fa291460_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/fc3af923-50fe-4a72-abd6-c17ef20129d5_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/4b250f35-dadc-464c-9f53-982cbc4f06c1_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/de0b0f39-0562-4ed0-9a4c-ade4f48dbbf6_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/8e0e1010-7282-4635-889c-267e4226842c_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/0471d483-cebf-4e64-a3e9-1efd099bea5f_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/cf372748-d20e-47c4-9a5e-b3b6965e051e_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/7c76e7cd-df8b-4b86-a6d3-54d0a604c90a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ee959a00-022e-449f-b84e-da0a6871a9d3_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/efe21e5d-4be4-4eb1-8800-703861ea01b9_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/40ef9e6f-ca10-4f4d-9201-f9ecb57983b4_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/627b6477-a10c-4759-840b-a6ff9e835720_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/48c076e4-6978-4b8f-89d8-a9dadb3735d3_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/0986f8ba-ea44-4ef4-8269-fd3afe8e2174_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/8ca215ef-f297-41d2-9310-a248dccae88d_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/7f64907f-170d-4aab-b6a4-cece91a2ac0d_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/9d5893fe-b33a-4112-a860-63b2b8430896_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/12393276-b367-472e-a21d-8928e48e6132_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/0ae35eab-58ea-461a-aa98-ac727e816b9a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2f34fee7-62cc-4c2d-937f-c33fdf31b10e_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/be7a5e66-ed7b-4478-bf28-e3908a68e26f_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/114c6f67-745d-46d0-8b8f-c4a87cbab456_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5e7e5f70-4168-4092-bcac-0e3be761acdb_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/624b8c59-ac6c-4204-ba2f-9e37ab882c4a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/fc0e9103-35ca-4779-8ecb-bb70ec42a93e_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/403732e5-4fc8-4f5a-b88e-55b449596864_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/a41685ea-a7d7-4ddd-b92b-46b9ded486d9_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/661f3baf-1b17-4cbf-8f2c-2f499a4c95ab_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/a115bee9-f716-417f-89c9-c16749e16eac_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c2460253-f59d-43c6-b43f-b6d9b0393096_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c6cdcc3a-1dbc-4ff2-bc4a-dd20b375fd95_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/3f56a2eb-7be8-4722-899f-9ccd502520af_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/fc39041d-723c-4c3d-b323-0009c49a7a63_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/2fd0398b-e55b-4807-bae5-98d4eec0cc40_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/63d03255-dd11-4186-9e18-fbaf19c34ac5_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/dedd957e-b766-432f-9666-9bf0f90d062d_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/bdf40d1d-c27c-421b-aa13-e203e802a98c_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c0f3bba1-c70b-414c-aea3-00941097ecc6_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/8d5013de-e3bb-4937-9b9e-cdfd61435ef9_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/5dc3ccb1-f73e-426a-9588-54d8830b4636_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4795908247946234095?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-12302342347225659302009-04-19T15:18:00.001-04:002009-04-19T15:18:58.971-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/d16803c1-3af9-468a-b2bb-96b0cd6ba55e_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/93870880-4888-4a6a-91a7-f6b338f622de_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/6cec6a67-a2c8-4a69-a176-207fa82f0674_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/f258797b-6f9c-4306-9223-a9d98666b901_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/ab059036-9f57-4ef5-b637-e6ea53a2e0a2_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/14cdab99-3a55-451d-a112-e080002e9c72_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/bd83e30c-74f6-41ec-824c-b0bc02dc58ce_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/c4f9a463-6cd0-4283-8b78-f1946fc259c8_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/99a20b2c-e910-4bff-ae71-ccf38d1c6cea_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><h4>First day at the (freezing) pool...</h4><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/e8b0c3aa-18ac-4dd8-aa6a-7b8b9dc23e0a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Gluttons for punishment these boys are...<br /><br />Hey, that sounded like Yoda. LOL</p></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1230234234722565930?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-83191595509543880232009-04-15T15:33:00.001-04:002009-04-15T15:33:36.264-04:00<p width="100%" align="center"><embed pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/yourminis/mini:rsscontainer" wmode="transparent" width="290" height="350" FlashVars="isPlaying=true&inlineview=true&appparam=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efacebook%2Ecom%2Ffeeds%2Fnotes%2Ephp%3Fid%3D512674985%26viewer%3D512674985%26key%3D1f6656c03a%26format%3Drss20&auth=&numberlines=5&subtext=1&inline=0&tooltips=0&newwindow=1&color=16468736&mininame=rsscontainer&uri=yourminis%2Fyourminis%2Fmini%3Arsscontainer&swfurl=%2Fwidget%5Frsscontainer%2Eswf&width=280&xwidth=290&height=340&xheight=350&title=My%20Facebook%20Notes&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed><br /><a title="For more widgets please visit www.yourminis.com" href="http://www.yourminis.com/index_minis.aspx?embeddedmini" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="For more widgets please visit www.yourminis.com" src="http://www.yourminis.com/images/poweredby.png"/></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8319159550954388023?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-43983975341539181152009-04-15T10:07:00.001-04:002009-04-15T10:07:18.728-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/089f31e6-b709-4ccf-9120-aca293eb7566_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>Trying to see what the problem is with the multiple postings...nothing to <br />see here...move on, people.<br /></p></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4398397534153918115?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-27862714364933251642009-04-15T00:28:00.001-04:002009-04-15T00:28:26.654-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/91051e28-468e-4377-b7f6-36b748eb7b4a_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /><p>My boy Mitch....<br /></p></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2786271436493325164?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-5718798997990225322009-04-14T18:06:00.001-04:002009-04-14T18:06:22.732-04:00<div class="pp_items"><div class="pp_item"><h4><div align="center"><img src="http://static.pixelpipe.com/b4c2c868-80d3-4a31-8a9c-5ce36e7f7eb4_m.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><h5>Posted via <a href="http://pixelpipe.com">Pixelpipe</a>.</h5></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-571879899799022532?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-40164119600397612322009-02-07T21:02:00.001-05:002009-02-07T21:02:34.842-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.” (2 Thessalonians 3:1)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Many pastors find themselves simply overwhelmed. Overworked, sometimes underpaid, under constant spiritual attack, many feel they’re over their heads. </li> <li>Pastors are expected to be all things to all people – expert counselors, deft mediators, eloquent preachers, gifted financiers, noble visionaries. In the face of these expectations, many pastors wonder if they’re really making a difference for you and me.</li> <li>As men of God, we must come alongside our pastors with our service and daily prayers for their families, their marriages, and most importantly, their continued growth in their relationships with Jesus.</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I guess I am still in my state of mind from the week, because as I read this, it was really easy to see me in the place of the word pastor. </li> <li>Why do I feel so reluctant to ask others to pray for us? Is it a macho kind of “I’m okay, I don’t need help” kind of thing? Is it&#160; a fear of admitting failure? Is it just flat out stupid denial that I need prayer? Or is it something worse – a lack of trust in the power of prayer?</li> <li>It is important for me to remember that I need to not only pray for my pastor, but not be afraid to ask others for prayer – to pray that when we get discouraged, when we start to lose our way, we find our way back to him and work for his will and his glory. </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Think of something encouraging you can do or say for your pastor this week.</li> <li>Pray for your pastor.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4016411960039761232?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-20880666586500283202009-02-07T13:51:00.001-05:002009-02-07T13:51:45.239-05:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/zZA9n3VLsfc' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/zZA9n3VLsfc'/></object></p><p>Just a video cap with my phone at their lesson this morning. Testing out youtube and posting to the blog and facebook.</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2088066658650028320?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-39218263071021966312009-02-06T21:44:00.002-05:002009-02-06T21:48:30.667-05:00<p><b><i>"God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Paul is declaring here a promise to the Philippians regarding their own financial needs.</li> <li>The promise here is to supply <em><strong><u>all</u></strong> your need</em>; but it is <em>all your </em><strong><em><u>need</u></em></strong>. In this, the promise is both broad and restricted.</li> <li>The measure of God’s supply is staggering. It is <b>according to <em>His riches in glory by Christ Jesus</em></b>. Since there is no lack in God’s <b><em>riches in glory</em></b>, we should anticipate that there would be no lack in God’s supply.</li> <li>However, notice that this promise was made to the Philippians – those who had surrendered their finances and material possessions to God’s service, and who knew how to give with the right kind of heart.</li> <ul> <li>This promise simply expresses what Jesus said in Luke 6:38: <i>Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.</i></li> <li>In other words, if you give poorly or begrudgingly or in small portion, you will be blessed in kind. </li> </ul> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Look, I do not buy into the whole Gospel of Prosperity thing, and I do agree that God meets all our needs. But I have been struggling so mightily with God lately. I feel like Jacob in a wrestling match with him. We are working so hard and giving everything we have to the office because we felt God leading us here. But it seems the harder we have to work the less blessing we receive. That is my perception anyway. It is almost like the more we work out of seeking God’s will, the more difficult our life becomes. </li> <li>Again, I have to rethink what I see as “need” versus “want”. But we do not look for riches, and more and more stuff or exotic vacations, etc. We DO want more time to spend, however. Time seems to be stolen from me and Kelly, us with the boys, us with God in bible study and devotional time together. Kelly mainly has had time stolen from her and anything she had that fulfilled her – her sewing, her Christian fellowship with friends and family, cooking, and so on. Is that what God means? Does he mean we don’t need time for any of those things? That we are to spend all our time service the kids who come through our office to the exclusion of our children, our marriage, our time with him&gt; Surely not.</li> <li>This is where my anger and resentment and “fist shaking” has been coming from lately. When you are working to the bone serving in the mission field you felt God had provided for you, but are struggling so much that you are having to seriously consider selling your home and renovating your office so you can squeeze your family in to live there, it is hard to feel the joy or blessing God promises us.</li> <li>I could really use some Godly wisdom from my friends on how to handle this, because frankly, I am not doing a very good job of it right now.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Thank God for his provision in your life. If and when times come when you feel God’s provision is absent, ask for forgiveness.</li> <li>Do not be afraid to ask your Christian family for help. That is what the Body of Christ is for.</li> </ul> <p><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">~~initial scriptural point of reference from </span><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> (1999)~~ <br /></span></i></small><small><small><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">~~devotional notes taken from </span><a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=2&amp;contentID=8042&amp;commInfo=31&amp;topic=Philippians" target="_blank"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">David Guzik’s study noted on Philippians 4 at BlueLetterBible.org</span></em></a><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">~~</span></em></small></small></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3921826307102196631?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-7615599381224900622009-02-03T22:19:00.001-05:002009-02-03T22:19:49.282-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (I Corinthians 12:27)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Many Americans treat going to church like deciding on a fast food restaurant… “We went to McDonald’s last week, so this week let’s go to Burger King.” We hop around from church to church like looking for the best deal, the best value meal, the Special of the Day.</li> <li>It is crucial we keep our family’s roots firmly&#160; planted in our home church. Otherwise, we remain shallow in our commitment , and we will lose out on the support of other Christians when the tribulations come.</li> <li>By neglecting to minister within our home church, we also cause other Christians to lose something.</li> <ul> <li>Jesus says he is the vine and we are his branches (John 15:5-8).</li> <li>We are literally connected to each other through our local church.</li> </ul> <li>Today’s verse shows us the importance of being connected to one another through the church. How we relate to the body of Christ directly affects other Christians.</li> <li>We need each other, and the church is the best place to star meeting each other’s needs</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Like I said in Sunday School the other day to the youth. We ARE all part of one body. Somebody’s gotta be Sergeant Hulka’s big toe! A person cannot walk without his big toe, and the body of Christ cannot function if vital parts are missing.</li> <li>The catch is, we are ALL “vital” parts of the body. We are all unique members of the body - “fearfully and wonderfully made” – to meet a specific God-designed task. </li> <li>I thank God for my home church, the relationships I am developing there, and the roles and functions I am able to fill for my brothers in Christ.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>How does your life show that church matters to you?</li> <li>Ask God to show you how you can be a “need meeter” in your church.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-761559938122490062?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-27600987749421519322009-02-02T22:08:00.001-05:002009-02-03T21:50:08.129-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Nothing is impossible with God.” (Luke 1:37)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Theologians us a trio of words to describe God: <ul> <li>Omnipotent (all powerful) </li> <li>Omniscient (all knowing) </li> <li>Omnipresent (everywhere present) </li> </ul> </li> <li>God has commented on his omnipotence in the Bible: <ul> <li>When God spoke to Abraham and Sarah about a son, when Sarah laughed at the notion… “Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is there anything too hard for the Lord?” <em>(Genesis 18:13-14)</em> …of course not, nothing is too hard for the Lord. </li> <li>When God spoke to Mary about&#160; having a son…Mary’s questions were answered by the firm assuring statement, Nothing is impossible with God.” <em>(Luke 1:37)</em> </li> </ul> </li> <li>God’s statements to Sarah and Mary about divine omnipotence need to be seen in the context of divine will. God was stating that nothing would hinder him from doing what he willed to do. </li> <li>There is a great challenge and wonderful comfort in these words. <ul> <li>The challenge lies in the fact that resistance to God is little short of suicidal. </li> <li>The comfort inherent in God’s omnipotence means that he will come through in the end. Praise the Lord! </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Why do I always worry so much? God can do what he says he can do, and WILL do what he says he can do. If God has stated that he will take cares of the birds, then he surely will take care of us! <ul> <li>“Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? … But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you.” <em>(Luke 12:24-25, 31)</em> </li> </ul> </li> <li>I’m not talking about the Gospel of Wealth that some evangelists spout off about (I’m looking at you, Mr. Osteen). I’m talking about God taking CARE of us. That doesn’t necessarily mean wealth, or prosperity, or fame, or anything like that. I am talking about your needs. And most of all your eternal salvation. If God is going to take care of what I need… my manna from heaven… why do I worry so about storing up anything. </li> <li>The only thing I really have a hard time getting away from is the desire for time. I want more of it. It seems that all my time is taken up for others. All Kelly’s time is taken up for others, when our own children (and house) and spiritual development seems to be neglected. Can anyone help me not be so resentful over this? That is probably my biggest struggle. It is making me resent the job I do and the call I feel God has placed on Kelly and me. </li> <li>I am guilty of the sin of disbelief. <em>Please, Lord, forgive me my disbelief and lack of trust in you. Forgive me my resentment and anger and fist shaking Lord. Help me believe in your love for me and omnipotence and desire to care for me despite me. Thank you for your provision and sustenance daily.</em> </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Do you believe God can and will do what he says he can do? </li> <li>What is keeping you from trusting in God’s omnipotence in your life? </li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2760098774942151932?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-42093268993971523672009-02-01T08:46:00.001-05:002009-02-01T08:46:19.130-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him unclean.” (Mark 7:15)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>It’s not easy to be pure in an impure world. </li> <li>Even if you become a cultural ostrich and avoid all movies, listen only to Christian radio, and read only Christian books and magazines, you’re still going to struggle. </li> <li>You will never become a godly man by negation. A pure, pollution-free environment doesn’t make pure people. Jesus makes it clear that what’s inside a man defiles him. That’s where we need to start. </li> <li>If a farmer doesn’t plan seeds, he will never harvest a crop – doesn’t matter how weed-free the ground is. In the same way, we can only reap a harvest of purity and integrity by planting the good seed of God’s Word into our lives. </li> <li>The devotional writer is not talking about merely reading the Bible. He is talking about allowing the Hly Spirit to pant the truths of the Scripture deep into our hearts and minds through consistent Bible reading and memorization, meditation, and prayer. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Yet again… God is reminding me for the need to be in the Word every day.</li> <li>It makes sense and I can see it in my own life. I have tried and tried and tried over the years to “keep my mind and eyes clean” (if you know what I mean) by “bouncing my eyes off of “ tempting images, keeping my mind clean, avoiding tempting images on TV and in movies, having computer screening apps on my computer, and so on. But they never work for long. It is because I am not trying to clean my mind and heart from within. If I try to empty that part of me, it is going to leave a void. And my sinful nature is going to fill it with, well, sinful things if left to its own devices. Therefore if I want to remain a man of integrity, that void needs to be filled by forcing the sinful nature out of the way and filling that void with God’s purity and integrity.</li> <li>If I focus on filling my heart with God’s Word, there will be less room for my sinful nature to flood me with other things.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What are you planting in your heart? </li> <li>Ask God to plant the truths of the Scripture deep into you. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4209326899397152367?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-57294282142225781602009-01-29T20:51:00.001-05:002009-01-29T20:51:47.385-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between chaff and wheat!” (Jeremiah 23: 28)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>God can and does communicate to us in dreams. But Jeremiah knew all too well that dreamers who profess to have a message from the Lord should not necessarily be accepted at face value. </li> <li>There are some who claim to have a message from God who, in actuality, have no such thing. Instead, they are seeking to authenticate their own imaginations and investing their own ideas with divine sanction. </li> <li>The problem is, how do you differentiate between a genuine, revealed message from God and the product of a wicked or vain imagination? The key is to test what is said against Scripture. </li> <li>The more familiar we are with what God has to say in the Bible, the less likelihood there will be of our being led astray by “smooth tongued prophets” (Jeremiah 23:31). Carefully studying scripture and deliberately applying its truth to our lives may seem unglamorous and mundane compared to receiving dramatic revelations and making imaginative predictions, but warnings against false prophets and their ultimate fate (Jeremiah 23:39-40) should put us on guard for such. </li> <li>The Scriptures are so powerful, so life-giving and refreshing, that we should relish them and not have a desire for flashy speakers spouting their own ideology. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>My first thought was what they say about the U.S. Treasury Department. They don’t train agents to recognize counterfeit money by studying counterfeit money. Instead, the study every nuance of real money. They become so knowledgeable on every minute detail of real money that they immediately notice counterfeit by its difference from the real thing. To know Truth, we must study Truth. To evangelize and counteract false doctrine, false religions, we must intimately know God’s Word. Anything other than God’s true Word will then become immediately apparent and avoidable.</li> <li>I also sit here and am kind of laughing at God’s nudging… Seems like one of the take home messages I get from virtually all these devotionals lately is… get in the Word more. Daily. LOL. Thanks God. I got it. Working on being more obedient …</li> <li>We are surrounded by false prophets people. Our culture is becoming more and more splintered because people are looking under every nook and cranny for truth. They think they find it there too… “within themselves”, the charismatic leader who “has a unique interpretation of the Scripture,” the politically charged celebrity, and so on. The more we look elsewhere for truth, the further away we get from it and the harder it is to see the difference between truth and falsehood.</li> <li>Stay in the Word. Seek truth there. And no where else, because God is the source of all truth. </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Where do you go for truth? How do you judge between what is true and what is false?</li> <li>Pray for commitment to stay in the Word daily, so that you may easily see God’s Truth and separate from the false doctrine of the world.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5729428214222578160?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-58533703447974030752009-01-26T23:29:00.001-05:002009-01-26T23:29:27.646-05:00<p><strong><em>“The Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says, ‘Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.But you would have none of it.’”&#160; (Isaiah 30:15)</em></strong> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>(Background) Jerusalem was the target of invasion by the Assyrians, and they needed to amass enough of a force to counter the Assyrians. Israel took action and sought to bribe Egypt into a coalition to help them fight the Assyrians. Isaiah was convinced Egypt was worthless as a source of help – he warned against seeking help from the Egyptians – he said this plan would backfire. Isaiah’s plan was simple – according to the word he received from the Lord, it was “only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength.” But Israel did not see the wisdom of this and ignored Isaiah. And look how it turned out for them – they were eventually handed over to the Egyptians.</li> <li>We men are Mr. Fix-it kind of people. We see something that needs fixing, we fix it. We see a problem, we identify a solution, establish a plan, create a budget and goals, and move into action. </li> <li>But as activists, or Mr. Fix-it’s, we often do not see the wisdom of “quietness and confidence.” Instead, we take on the doctrine of , “God helps those who help themselves” even though we usually are so confident in our own abilities that the help of God is rarely seen as significant. We rely on ourselves, not God.</li> <li>The lesson is this: In every situation, turn to the Lord, quietly and confidently, and expect him to work! And he will!</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I tend to be Mr. Fix-it WAY to often in my life – with Kelly, with the boys. But when it comes to my practice and office, I often do nothing. Not out of quietness and confidence, but more in hiding and lack of confidence to know I am doing the right thing. </li> <li>I see that to often I am relying on my abilities to fix the problem, or even relying on my perceived LACK of ability to fix a problem, to either tackle it head on, full of hustle and bustle and noise, or quietly avoid it in hopes nobody sees the problems or watches in case I fail.</li> <li>Why can’t I see that God is in control, HAS always been in control, and WILL ALWAYS BE in control. If that is true, then why not sit back, BE STILL, and in the quietness know that he is there to help, and he is there to give me the confidence I need to accomplish his will in every situation. Why? Humanity and sinful nature, I guess. </li> <li>To me, this is another call for QUIET meditation and devotional time, so that I CAN hear him or even begin to listen for him.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Where do you see yourself letting go and listening for God in your circumstances? Where do you see yourself refusing to let go to him?</li> <li>Pray for more humility and wisdom to listen for him and to allow him to guide you in all circumstances.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5853370344797403075?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-61822055559286647142009-01-24T17:18:00.001-05:002009-01-24T17:18:00.774-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his people, his faithful ones. But let them not return to their foolish ways.” (Psalm 85:8)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Men find it hard to stop, look, and listen. We don’t like to stop what we’re doing – we think it wastes time. </li> <li>We don’t find it necessary to look – we think we already know.&#160; </li> <li>We find it difficult to listen because as another speaks, we are formulating a rebuttal.</li> <li>Failing to listen intensely can mean missing the message entirely, or it can lead to hearing the message only partially.</li> <ul> <li>To miss the message entirely means living in ignorance.</li> <li>To grasp the message only partially can mean living with confusion.</li> </ul> <li>In the psalmist’s time, God spoke powerfully to prophets whose job it was to deliver the message to his people. the problem was they only listened halfheartedly or not at all. Because they did this, though, disaster overtook them several times in the Bible. Those who listened though knew that God’s salvation was near (v9), knew about unfailing love and peace (v1), and so on. </li> <li>Men today have the Bible, godly preachers, and gifted authors on every hand speaking God’s message. If men would just listen, they would see God is still offering all these things. But as we continue to refuse to listen, disaster can overtake us too, especially if we “return to our foolish ways.”</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I am too busy trying to either be Mr. Fix It or Mr. Ostrich-With-My-Head-In-The-Sand to ever really listen. In the car, it’s the radio. At home, it’s the TV or the Xbox 360 or Facebook. At work, it’s patients and phones and letters and stress and anything else I can find to occupy my time.</li> <li>Why can’t I just sit still and listen? Is it because I am afraid of what I may hear? Is it because I am afraid I will hear nothing? </li> <li>Ok, I have committed to one thing this year – daily devotionals to keep me in the Word at least a bit every day. Not enough though. I need to “Be still and know that he is God” at least for a few minutes every day. </li> <li>We’re not radio stations. It’s okay to have airtime silence, people.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What is your technique? What do you do to try to listen to God intensely”? What do you hear him say?</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6182205555928664714?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-60654483386695149412009-01-22T21:49:00.001-05:002009-01-22T21:49:40.659-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Every man should seek to have three individuals in his life: a Paul, a Barnabus, and a Timothy,</li> <li>A Paul is an older man who is willing to mentor you, to build into your life.Not someone smarter or more gifted than you, but someone who’s willing to share his strengths and weaknesses and everything he’s learned in the laboratory of life. Someone’s whose faith you’ll want to imitate.</li> <li>A Barnabus is a soul brother, somebody who loves you but is not impressed by you. Somebody to whom you can be accountable – willing to keep you honest.</li> <li>A Timothy is a younger man into whose life you are building – affirming, encouraging, teaching, correcting, directing, praying.</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Wow. I guess this goes back to my thoughts on an accountability partner. I don’t really fit into any of these roles for anyone around me, and I don’t really feel like anyone is filling those roles for me.</li> <li>It just goes to show you how much of a spiritual island men are in our world. No wonder we all struggle so much with anything from substance abuse to pornography to gambling to workaholism to infidelity to aggression to whatever else you can think of.</li> <li>These recent passages are making me look at relationships with my buddies in a different light. And that’s a good thing.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Can you be a Paul – a spiritual mentor – to someone else? Ask God to keep you open to this.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6065448338669514941?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-20111625741118778682009-01-21T23:32:00.003-05:002009-01-21T23:34:01.522-05:00Cold. Bad. Head explosion imminent from sinuses.<div><br /></div><div>Will catch up tomorrow or Friday.</div><div><br /></div><div>God Bless! </div><div><br /></div><div>Sean</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2011162574111877868?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-84378961149449544072009-01-20T16:14:00.001-05:002009-01-20T16:14:36.953-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;When Jesus returned to the house where he was staying, the crowds began to gather again, and soon he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat.” (Mark 3:20)…. “[Jesus said] Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark 3:35)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Making lists of priorities is commendable, but life does not fit so conveniently into compartments. A neatly balanced life is not easy to achieve.</li> <li>Perhaps the desire itself is misplaced. How “balanced” was the life of Jesus and his disciples? We are told that the crowds demanding their attention were so vast and the needs so great that “he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat.” (Mark 3:20) </li> <li>Jesus and his disciples knew the pressure of life – the pressure of being aware of the needs of a crying world and being prepared to address them. This kind of pressure pushes people away from the equilibrium of a neatly balanced life. You miss meals (and family time, and bedtime, and playtime, and study time, etc etc ad nauseum) </li> <li>Jesus’ own family didn’t agree or approve of his lack of balance! (Mark 3:21) - “When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’”</li> <li>Not only were Jesus and his disciples driven by their world’s need, they also recognized they were in a spiritual battle for the souls of and and women. Fighting Godly battles required more than balance – it took everything they had.</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I NEEDED THIS TODAY. </li> <li>I have been struggling with increasing anger and resentment toward my job… toward my office… toward the people I serve. I have been feeling used and abused. I have been watching my kids suffer because people say they can’t afford to pay me when I see those same people turn around and buy EXPENSIVE frivolous things for the very kids of theirs I am trying to help. I am becoming resentful of the way this is dragging my Kelly down and affecting our marriage and our relationship with our kids. </li> <li>Then God, you have to go and remind me that if I am in your will as we have felt we were, then that is all that matters. I have to trust that the commitments we are making and the sacrifices we are making are what you want of us. But it is so painful to struggle so, so painful to watch my kids feel like none of this is fair, so painful to try and explain (AND UNDERSTAND MYSELF), why being in God’s will is SUCH A STRUGGLE sometimes. I struggle to stay mindful of the fact that doing your will does not always mean my life WILL be in balance, or even my own life at all. It is yours and I struggle with Kelly and I not getting to share in the family that you have gifted us with.</li> <li>Are you telling me not to be resentful of feeling pulled away from you and my family BECAUSE I am doing your work? I understand the point. But it doesn’t make it any easier to accept…</li> <li>I am tired. I am tired of wanting more. I am tired of giving every stinking thing, every stinking minute and ounce to this office and to people who don’t seem to care about their own lives and use me to their own ends. I am tired of Kelly having to sacrifice everything for this place, including hr role as mother and wife, to help keep it running. </li> <li>I desperately want relief! For me, for my wife and kids, for our bank account, for our time as a family, for our time with You! </li> <li><em>Lord, help me understand the living a life for you isn’t always about balance. It’s about service and commitment and obedience. I am struggling with this and ask that you lift this burden from us in the way that keeps us in your will. Forgive me my anger and resentment today.</em></li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Seek ways to find Godly balance in your life.</li> <li>How does a life of Godly balance differ from a life of Worldly balance?</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8437896114944954407?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-63276130053949082402009-01-19T22:46:00.001-05:002009-01-20T15:46:40.673-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Men need accountability as much as women (in my opinion probably more so!). </li> <li>Men find accountability difficult for at least four reasons: <ol> <li>Fear of rejection </li> <li>Embarrassment </li> <li>Fear giving up control </li> <li>Do not like facing negative feelings </li> </ol> </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>After all these years as a man seeking God, I have yet to find an accountability partner. But the reason for this is I have purposely not sought one – for the very reasons listed above. I have not allowed myself to get close to people to the point that they can know my weaknesses and the thorns in my side. </li> <li>Women seem to find close intimate relationships with other women and find such accountability. Men, however, do not. We prefer to keep others at arms’ length – if we let others in, we have to admit weakness, failure, falling short of God on a daily basis. To admit these things, is, well, not “manly” in the eyes of the world. </li> <li>I prefer email and texting to actual talking on the phone – it is less personal, and I have more control over the flow of conversation and information. Actual conversation is to personal, leaves me to bare and vulnerable, and I may slip up and let others see the chinks in my armor. </li> <li>I would bet that most men feel this way, which is why we fall into so many traps – substance abuse, gambling, pornography, affairs – they are all slippery slopes that, without accountability, can be all to easy to fall into. </li> <li>I thank God for my bible study group and close friends, and most especially for my wife. But I am still missing that close accountability that provides that extra layer of spiritual protection against the world. Because of that, I have to work extra hard to avoid the wiles of this world. </li> <li><em>Dear Heavenly Father, I pray for accountability. I pray that you would reveal the man in my life that can sharpen me and my spiritual walk much as iron sharpens iron. I desire with all my heart to be a man after your own heart, and do not want any earthly weaknesses to distract me from you. In addition to making an effort to spend more time with you, your word, and in prayer, I need accountability here in this world to grow more like you. Remove my fear and reluctance about opening myself up to others to remove all obstacles to you. Lord, I ask these things of you in order to honor you and make you proud of me. Amen.</em> </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>If you’re already in an accountability group, thank God for each of the other men. If you’re not, ask God if he’s leading you to join one. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6327613005394908240?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-56906700287333532362009-01-18T20:15:00.001-05:002009-01-18T20:15:40.071-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Then [Jesus] said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27-28)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>God set aside the Sabbath for the Israelites as a day of rest - “Six days a week are set apart for your daily duties and regular work but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God.” The Jewish nation were forbidden to do any work on the Sabbath, and they defined 39 prohibited actions! </li> <li>When Jesus and his disciples violated one of these 39 activities on the Sabbath by picking some wheat for food on the Sabbath, they were challenged by the rabbis – Jesus was in violation of the Law of the Sabbath. Jesus replied that the Sabbath was made for the benefit of man and, therefore, it was appropriate for his hungry disciples to be fed</li> <li>If Jesus’ words are to be applied for modern people, surely they mean that our times of rest from work should be lived in conscious recognition not only of the Creator who rested, but also of his Son who rose again</li> <ul> <li>Such recognition would lead to worship and service as a prime weekend activity</li> <li>this should not only serve to renew weary people after the struggles of the previous week, but also refresh them with spiritual energy with which to face the new week</li> </ul> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I do not honor the Sabbath enough. Period. While today I am spending the evening in bible study, typically I am spending my Sundays catching up on work related stuff that I couldn’t get done during the week. Such disrespect of God and his Word.&#160; </li> <li>It says the using the Sabbath not only of a day of rest but also as worship and recognition of God renews you from the past week but prepares you for the week ahead. Maybe I am always dreading the next week and never feel fully recharged from the previous week because I don’t use the Sabbath enough to worship and recognize God and his mercy and sovereignty in my life. Maybe if I did what he says, I would get what he says. Just like yesterday’s study, reverence for god leads to wisdom… Maybe honoring God has pretty good benefits too! Duh!</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>How do you honor the Sabbath?</li> <li>Can you tell a difference in your life when you truly honor the Sabbath versus when you do not?</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5690670028733353236?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-48702491566872781852009-01-17T19:31:00.000-05:002009-01-18T19:31:31.442-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Reverence for the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. The rewards of wisdom come to all who obey him. Praise his name forever!”</i></b> (Psalms 111:10) <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>As the psalmist contemplated the Lord, he knew that reverence for God is the only appropriate response to his existence – not only in public worship, but in the day-to-day matters of the heart.</li> <li>First of all, the psalmist recounted the amazing deeds of the Lord and instructed his hearers to ponder them – events in history that clearly demonstrated the power and majesty of the Lord:</li> <ul> <li>God rescued Israel from their Egyptian oppressors (Psalms 111:4)</li> <li>God fed them in the wilderness (Psalms 111:5)</li> <li>God “had shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations” (Psalms 111:6)</li> <li>God “always remembers his covenant” (Psalms 111:5)</li> </ul> <li>The psalmist then turned his attention to the giving of the law to the people of Israel – the law was a revelation of God’s character and purposes and an explanation of God’s expectations, promises, and warnings – he communicates with his creatures who revere and obey him</li> <li>This psalm was written for use when godly people gathered for worship (Psalms 111:1) – in the writer’s mind, reverence in worship was of prime importance – our hearts should be prepared as we enter worship out of reverence and awe for our Holy Creator</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I catch myself sometimes in worship listening to myself sing and singing harmony rather than just closing my eyes and singing the MESSAGE of the song to God – it really is the point of the song… I need to make sure I come back to the heart of worship, because it is all about Him…</li> <li>Just as the Israelites did at the urging of the psalmist, I need to look at those “God shots” in my life and the spiritual markers that show his grace and mercy and awesomeness to pull me into a sense of reverence day and night</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What are those events in your life that really demonstrate God’s sovereignty in your life that pull you into a sense of reverence?</li> <li>How is your worship affected by your sense of reverence (or lack thereof) of God?</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4870249156687278185?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-31401349340427622582009-01-16T08:30:00.001-05:002009-01-16T08:30:21.199-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>A major sign of manhood is a man’s word. To be conformed to the image of Christ, our words must conform to God’s Word. </li> <li>Five vital truths about God’s Word: <ol> <li><strong><em>God’s Word is his bond.</em></strong> When God made a promise to Abraham, he swore by himself, because he could swear on nothing greater. </li> <li><strong><em>God’s Word is the expression of his nature.</em></strong> Jesus said, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9) </li> <li><strong><em>God’s Word is the measure of his character.</em></strong> As the Alpha and Omega, there is no end to God’s character, and thus no end to his Word. </li> <li><strong><em>God’s Word is magnified above his name.</em></strong> God’s name is as good as His Word. When we pray in Jesus’ name, we’re using His authority. </li> <li><strong><em>God’s Word is the sole source of faith and the absolute rule of conduct</em></strong>. “…there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)<strong><em>&#160;</em></strong> </li> </ol> </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Number five sticks out at me. This is where our world, our cultures, our families have fallen. The world has convinced us that moral relativism is the new truth – that there is no truth, there is no right or wrong. If you don’t have a solid foundation or frame of reference for the decisions you make in your life, you are constantly going to be backtracking and running in circles as the decisions you make begin to contradict one another depending on the circumstances you are in at the time of the decision! </li> <li>I see this play out in my office every day. Kids that think what they are doing is not wrong, parents who have no boundaries on their kids, schools afraid to discipline kids because of fear of retribution from the moral relativistic parents or out of fear of “damaging the child’s self-esteem”…</li> <li>I rejoice in the conflicts I have with my sons about these things. They inevitably pick up on or want to do the same things some of their friends are doing, and the conflict comes when Kelly and I stand on your truth and provide Godly boundaries. It is an opportunity to teach our children (though I don’t know how much they are listening).</li> <li>Thank you God for drilling in me and helping me understand the infallible truth of your Word!</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What Bible passage has helped you become more like Christ? </li> <li>Ask God to use His Word to transform your life. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3140134934042762258?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-34643876468948049082009-01-15T06:31:00.001-05:002009-01-15T06:31:35.451-05:00<div class="zemanta-img" style="display: block; float: right; margin: 1em; width: 160px"> <p class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em"></p> </div> <p><b><i>&quot;The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>In a culture of decline what can we, as men, do to effect change? <strong><em>We can pray for revival.</em></strong> </li> <li>We need to understand that nothing can be accomplished, either for ourselves or throughout our nation, without prayer. </li> <li>God still needs men who will give themselves to prayer and then go and do whatever the Holy Spirit tells them – men who will fall on their knees and cry out to God. </li> <li>Men begin the journey of being transformed into the image of Christ through such fervent prayer to God. </li> <li>As men become transformed, the course of a nation can be changed. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>My first reaction is, yes we as men should be praying for revival and seeking to be like Christ to work toward cultural and national spiritual change. But in reality, men are no where close to this. We are falling dead on our face in this respect. </li> <li>I look at myself and see failure in this respect. I have always said that prayer is the weakest area of my spiritual life… but that is just a cop out. I don’t prioritize time to set aside for focused prayer. I allow too much to fill my head and distract me during prayer. And so on. I can’t continue to make excuses in my prayer life and expect to grow spiritually! </li> <li>I think most men struggle with prayer… we are so wired to be action oriented… to DO something… to storm the castle… it just seems that prayer may seem too “passive,” not Mr.-Fix-It enough, to be made a priority in our lives. </li> <li>But I think men are generally spiritually weak and passive relative to women BECAUSE we are not in prayer enough. I don’t think its a coincidence that traditionally women are more spiritually active and strong than men AND that they tend to rely on prayer more than men, do you? </li> <li>If I keep claiming to be a Do-Go-B Man (i.e., Do God’s Will, Go where he leads me, and B whatever it takes to get the job done), I think I really need to be in prayer more diligently to prepare me for just these things! </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Pray for your area and country today. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=98819df2-12e6-45f3-8297-f33f9d63d01e" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3464387646894804908?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-66880673153733161302009-01-14T05:49:00.001-05:002009-01-14T05:49:56.554-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses! … Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:4-5)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>God calls a man into his fiery presence (Ex 3:1-4)… The man who avoids the flame of God’s Spirit will never experience a complete burning away of fear and pride. </li> <li>God calls a man to remove his shoes (Ex 3:5)… The issue wasn’t bare feet but the removal of one’s own self-fashioned support. </li> <li>God calls a man to know God’s heart (Ex 3:7-8)… Only in God’s presence did Moses learn of God’s gentle heart, compassionate nature, and desire to heal and deliver. </li> <li>God calls a man to leadership (Ex 3:9-10)… For Moses, the call was to lead a nation. Your call and mine will likely be less visible, but a call nonetheless! </li> <li>Our response should mirror Moses’ response (Ex 3:11-12)… “Who am I to do these things?” …To which God always replies, “I will be with you.” </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>We must never be afraid to answer God’s call. He only works for good, so despite what WE may see as negative repercussions to the decision to follow his leading, we must obey and understand that his purpose goes beyond what we can see.</li> <li>Trust him in this! What does the old hymn say? “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way…”</li> <li>Knowing that I am in God’s will should be a comfort when the worldly stressors of our obedience weigh heavily on me. Sometimes I wish God hadn’t called me to move back home to this practice! It is too stressful! I had to leave a place Kelly and I dearly loved! We are financially burdened! We had to leave schools that met the needs of our special needs children so much better! We have very little time to be with one another as a family! This job is forcing Kelly to work too hard at something she does not enjoy (the office manager stuff) and I see it’s weight on her! The only thing… the ONLY thing… that gets me through all these losses and stressors is know that this is the place God called me to at this time in our lives. I am doing what he wants of me, so all these other worldly stressors should mean nothing. I should be joyful. But I admit that I struggle MIGHTILY with this on a daily basis.</li> <li>Lord help me stay focused on what you have guided me to do. I beg for a relief from some of these stressors. But if such relief is not part of your will, help me be accepting of this fact and remain joyful that I am doing what I can to be within your will. Help me remain joyful that I am trying to be your Do-Go-B Man…</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Moses responded to God’s call by saying, “Who, me?” … When have you felt like that? </li> <li>Ask God to give you the willingness to do whatever he asks. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6688067315373316130?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-16659321564280502112009-01-13T07:52:00.001-05:002009-01-13T07:52:33.737-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Stop putting your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. How can they be of help to anyone?” (v.22)</i></b>&#160; <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Pride is a is a neverending problem. The more we achieve, the more self-sufficient we become. The more arrogant we become. </li> <li>Though we are impressed with ourselves, God is not impressed with us – he knows that everything comes from him and without him we are nothing.</li> <li>Humans are frail, and fickle, and unpredictable. We are limited and unreliable. God is the opposite of all this. He is the foundation we must lean on.</li> <li>We must ultimately swallow our pride and rely on God. He will be of help to everyone who trusts in him. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I think of our culture, our government, our scientific community. We have been able to accomplish so much that we have begun to mistakenly think that WE accomplished all these wondrous things, that our ingenuity and intelligence was the source of our advances. But what we have forgotten is that all gifts, all skills, all ingenuity was gifted to us from our Father. </li> <li>As we become more reliant on ourselves, we become too full of pride and don’t want to share credit with anyone else… Remember Gore…? “I created the internet.” Well if we don’t want to share the credit with others, we sure don’t want to admit that we could have accomplished nothing without God! So we begin to distance ourselves from him, and at some point on that slippery slope begin to wonder if he even exists.</li> <li>It scares me that, out of love for us, God may one day decide to discipline us by simply saying, “You think YOU did all this? That I didn’t have anything to do with it. Well, let me show you.” … and take his hand off what we do and leave us to the sinful devices of ourselves without any guidance from him or the Holy Spirit. Disaster, man!</li> <li>I must ALWAYS stay humble. Must ALWAYS remember that everything I have, everything I have accomplished, every skill or talent I have, was gifted to me by him. And because of this, my thanks and my praise should always be directed toward him and not other feeble and fickle humans. </li> <li>Remember Psalm 34:1 …”I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.” I pray that I will make an effort to do just that and give him all the glory!</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Look at your life and examine what in your life you are giving God the credit for? What in your life are you not?</li> <li>Pray for humility and awareness that all we are and all we accomplish is only through him who created us.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1665932156428050211?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-86951096563200397312009-01-12T09:35:00.001-05:002009-01-12T09:35:53.028-05:00<p>For those of you that blog…</p> <p>For those of you that write a lot of Notes on Facebook…</p> <p>You should really try <a class="zem_slink" title="Windows Live Writer" href="http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/" rel="homepage">Windows Live Writer</a>!</p> <p>If you have an “outside” blog as I do (Blogger, Vox, LiveJournal, Typepad, etc.), you can set up those accounts in WLW. Not only that, but WLW will access those sites and pull off your formatting and style template so that as you type in WLW, it shows you exactly how it will look on your blog.</p> <p>If you are only a “Facebook internal blogger” (Facebook Notes) you can still use this… if you have an outside blog. Just set your Notes to import all posts from your outside blog.</p> <p>Anyway, there are several plugins for WLW that make it an even stronger WYSIWYG blog editor… you can automatically post pics, videos, Flickr streams, maps, etc. I really like <a class="zem_slink" title="Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" rel="homepage">Zemanta</a>. It will read your post as you are writing it, and offer links and pictures to go with concepts or tags within you post. Click on the suggestion in the Zemanta window and it is automatically added to your post!</p> <p>Anyway, if you have never used it or you think HTML is someone’s license plate for Hot Tamale rather than website code… then you should check out Windows Live Writer!</p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=29a6769a-1bc0-4d78-afc0-293ee3fd5622" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8695109656320039731?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-75641491787312617762009-01-12T07:28:00.001-05:002009-01-12T07:28:44.589-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.”</i></b> (Isaiah 1:22) <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Jesus in Nazareth performed his first miracle – turning water into wine… transformed the ordinary and mundane into something extraordinary and delightful.</li> <li>Centuries earlier, the Israelites had done the opposite – morally and spiritually they were no longer what they used to be – they had become morally and spiritually corrupt</li> <li>It wasn’t a sudden change – it was gradual and insipid… there had been a slow erosion of standards, a growing carelessness about details, and a gradual blurring of distinguishing characteristics:</li> <ul> <li>murderers were not dealt with summarily</li> <li>thieves attained social standing</li> <li>bribery was excused</li> <li>caring for the needy ran a poor second to paying attention to the greedy</li> <li>it started at the top and worked its way down until the whole culture was polluted and diluted</li> <li>(<strong><em>my first impression</em></strong>…SOUND FAMILIAR?!)</li> </ul> <li>God was outraged and took action to deal with the corruption… the purpose was to restore his people’s purity…”<em>I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove your impurities. Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have.” (Isaiah 1:25-26a)</em></li> <li>The same goes for the individual… when God sees the erosion of standards, spiritual carelessness, and poor moral discipline, God deals firmly with us to cleanse and restore…judgment is born out of love, not anger</li> <li>His intention is to redeem the repentant – those who turn away from sin and turn to him with new trust</li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Wow. If this isn’t a sad commentary on today’s world, I don’t know what is!</li> <li>Remember that God disciplines us due to our disobedience, but that it is done out of love and a desire for a relationship with us – not out of vindictive anger</li> <li>I think the moral of the story here is to STAY TRUE TO YOUR FAITH and do not let the world start you down a slippery slope</li> <li>I have a neighbor (who professes to be a Christian), when asked why he was choosing to vote for Obama and how he could support someone who supports so many things opposed to his morals (such as late term abortion and so forth), merely said “…I don’t think it was that big of a deal…” – case in point.</li> <li>I make a commitment to not let any political correctness or any “isms” stand in the way of my faith and decisions… not secular humanism, not moral relativism, not liberalism, not conservatism</li> <li>Lord thank you for your providing us with a standard. Forgive us when we allow the world to distract us and detract us from your Truth. Have mercy on our weaknesses, Lord. Thank you for your Word which gives us an unadulterated view of your heart for us and instruction for us.</li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>In what areas of your life can you see how the world has diluted your faith and morals?</li> <li>Ask God to help you note these weaknesses in your life and find ways turn turn away from the world’s teachings and rely more on his Word to guide your path.</li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7564149178731261776?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-18295104354405744662009-01-11T18:58:00.001-05:002009-01-11T19:33:14.865-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Why do you continue to invite punishment. Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured and your heart is sick.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>Why do some people seek out trouble? Perhaps it is the thrill of matching wits with authority…maybe it’s an indication of restlessness of spirit that seeks a satisfaction not found in legitimate activities. </li> <li>In the days of Isaiah, the Israelites rebellion and unacceptable behavior were inviting God’s punishment. </li> <li>God is the one who defines acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and he is the one who metes out the appropriate punishment when his laws are opposed. </li> <li>God displays his righteousness by dealing rightly with his people. This includes ensuring that they live by the consequences of their actions. </li> <li>But the question remains: why do we persist in rebelling against God? </li> <li>We invite trouble when: <ul> <li>we take from God all he provides but do not appreciate his provision </li> <li>after years of instruction and opportunity to learn from him, we still don’t get it and act as if we have not been instructed in his Word </li> <li>when we willingly turn away from him and his wisdom and listen to our sinful natures </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>I keep talking to the kids I see in my office and their parents the concept of “learning to live by the consequences of their choices”. But I don’t always practice what I preach. </li> <li>I know to treat my children with respect and gentleness and patience and kindness, but often (who am I kidding… <em>usually</em>) don’t. </li> <li>I am commanded to seek him daily, yet I do not. </li> <li>You know, I am so unforgiving to the boys when they violate my rules multiple times, or even a second or third time. But what about the endless times I disobey God? I deserve his wrath! </li> <li>Thank you, Father, for your endless mercy on me. Thank you for this passage to remind me that despite your mercy, I must be cognizant of your discipline in my life for my rebellion. And Lord, thank for that discipline. It is only out of your endless love and desire for a relationship with me. help me to always be mindful of this and to accept living by the consequences of my choices. </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Where has God provided discipline in your life? How accepting or understanding of this discipline were you? </li> <li>Ask God to help you remain mindful of your behavior and the consequences that can occur. Pray that the Holy Spirit will be your counsel to avoid rebellion from God. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <p></p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1bef7619-675c-4483-a45a-2bfd1392a78c" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1829510435440574466?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-16230180597322087362009-01-11T18:03:00.001-05:002009-01-11T19:32:41.360-05:00<p><b><i>“What I want instead is your true thanks to God; I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most High. Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me the glory.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>God’s people were active in religious observance, meticulously offering animal sacrifices. God had no complaints about their religious activities, but he wanted more.&#160; He wanted <strong><em>them!</em></strong> </li> <li>God wanted his people to thank him… saying “thank you” is evidence of a healthy relationship with him. </li> <li>Those who recognize who God is in their lives and know how much they depend on him to intervene in their experiences should be overwhelmed with gratitude. </li> <li>God wanted his people to fulfill their promises. Though they had a covenant relationship, his people tended to ignore their promises and the relationship deteriorated. Sound familiar? </li> <li>God wanted his people to trust him. Instead of turning to him in times of trouble, they turned elsewhere, to false idols and gods. </li> <li>What God wants is no mystery – he wants thankful, trusting, and faithful children. He wants people he can delight in and who can delight in him. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>The Israelites aren’t alone. We do this – <strong><em>constantly</em></strong> – today. Our country continues to deteriorate because we have turned away from God in times of trouble, looking to men and idols to “save the day.” </li> <li>Our families continues to deteriorate because we look to television to figure out how to handle difficulties rather than to the One who made us and made families. </li> <li>Our marriages continue to deteriorate because we look to other people – people other than our spouses – for fulfillment, rather than Our Creator and the person he designed for us. </li> <li>I have fallen in this trap in all areas, and I thank God for his faithfulness to me when I mess up and lose my focus on him. </li> <li>The only way I see to keep my focus on him in both good and bad times is DAILY TIME IN THE WORD. I have never done that consistently and that is why I feel I constantly struggle in so many areas in life. Thank you for this passage, Lord, to remind me what you need from me. </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What do you have to be thankful for? What do you put your trust and faith in within this world? </li> <li>Ask God to be more reliant on him and to seek him more so that you can fulfill his desire of that intimate relationship with you. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <em><a class="zem_slink" title="The One Year Book of Devotions for Men" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0842319204%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/One-Year-Book-Devotions-Men/dp/0842319204%253FSubscriptionId=0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82" rel="amazon">The One Year Book of Devotions for Men</a> (Stuart Briscoe, 2000)~~</em></small> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Zemified by Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1bef7619-675c-4483-a45a-2bfd1392a78c" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1623018059732208736?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-44282992835349467922009-01-08T22:51:00.001-05:002009-01-09T11:53:21.722-05:00<p><b><i>&quot;Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>The most important protection we can offer our wives and children is in our prayers. </li> <li>Divorce rates….sadly are not much better for people who say they’re evangelical Christians…BUT…</li> <li>For couples who pray together every night, the divorce rate is an incredible 1 in 1,052! That is about 0.00095%, or about ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT divorce rate!</li> <li>God may still allow us to encounter times of severe testing, but he remains faithful to us and our families when we are committed to prayer. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Prayer – probably the weakest part of my spiritual life. </li> <li>It is the easiest thing to do… prayer is nothing more than a conversation with God… you don’t need all the Thou’s and Thee’s and Thou Art’s and so forth… He just wants me to TALK with him.. </li> <li>In the car, in the shower, eating my lunch in my office, anytime… but I fill every waking moment with the radio, the TV, Facebook, football, Xbox Live, and so on… waiting til bedtime to start my prayer time? I’m asleep in five minutes. That is nothing more than a slap in the face of God… “Her, God, have the table scraps of my day…” What about the first fruits? What about my best?</li> <li>Conversational prayer is important, but easier for me. For that devoted, focused time of prayer I am going to have to plan my day better. Get work done earlier and get to bed earlier. Only then can I realistically get up early enough to give God the first part of my day.</li> <li>I’ve never really thought about prayer forming a hedge of protection around my family <em><strong>simply by doing it</strong></em>. I need to start thinking about it more.</li> <li>The one thing I <strong><em>am</em></strong> getting a better idea of is giving prayers of thanks despite what is going on in my life. Despite the time and financial stressors of my practice, the stress it places on my marriage and my family, I try to be thankful for having a job… having a BUSY job… having a job that is somewhat recession safe… having a roof over our heads… a family who loves me… children who do a pretty good job of being understanding about it…</li> <li>If I don’t talk to God, I am not going to recognize His voice when he is talking to me. And I am going miss a lot.&#160; </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>What family needs can you consistently pray for? </li> <li>Ask God to help you faithfully pray for your family. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i>Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer (1999)~~</i></small> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4428299283534946792?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-52252116091536576812009-01-08T12:55:00.001-05:002009-01-14T21:30:15.884-05:00<p><b><i>"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so hat you may be healed.”</i></b> <br /><b><u> <br />Notes from the devotional:</u></b><u></u></p> <ul> <li>God will begin working in you when you empty yourself of those things you harbor or hide from others. </li> <li>God will fill the void in you that you fill with your ego, your pride, your secrets. </li> </ul> <b><u>My notes:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>“I’m not happy and haven’t been for a long time.” Those were the hardest nine words I have ever said. I had been harboring selfish feelings and resentment and dissatisfaction. Rather than confessing them to Kel, I held them in. I was resentful. I was jealous. I was selfish. And it nearly destroyed me and my marriage. </li> <li>It wasn’t until I confessed those feelings to her that I realized what had been missing. “We have fallen away from our faith and our relationship to God.” It had warped my view of happiness and what was right or wrong about my life. It was like God was just waiting to remind me what I was missing until I consciously decided to confess. </li> <li>Though that was the toughest day of my life, it also was the beginning of my return to God. He had never left me, I had left Him. </li> <li>I thank God every day that Kel didn’t give up on me that day. Nor did He. </li> </ul> <b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><u></u> <ul> <li>Do you have a confession to make to a family member? </li> <li>Pray that God will help you to honestly share your struggles. </li> </ul> <small>~~from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Men-Integrity-Daily-Guide-Prayer/dp/0849937744" target="_blank">Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer</a> (1999)~~</i></small><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5225211609153657681?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-78041834279005726742009-01-07T15:45:00.005-05:002009-01-08T22:57:20.255-05:00<b><i>"Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."</i></b><i></i><br /><br /><b><u>Notes from the devotional:</u></b><ul><li>Do the things I say and do honor my parents?</li><li>No matter how right I think I am, God always calls me to honor my mom and dad.</li></ul><b><u>My notes:</u></b><ul><li>I have the utmost respect for my dad but have always had a bit of annoyance and tension with my mother. Probably because we are just alike. I have always cut dad slack when he was doing things that were wrong, but have always amplified to my mother when she did things wrong. That was unfair to her.</li><li>I still hold grudges with my parents, mostly my mother, on how they raised us and some of the decisions they made about which children they chose to be involved with (or not). That was not and is not showing honor of my parents. I need to let that stuff go.</li></ul><b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><ul><li>Think about your relationship with your parents. In what ways do you show honor and respect? In what ways might you have to improve?</li><li>Ask God to show you practical ways to show honor to your parents.</li></ul><br /><small>~~from <i>Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer (1999)~~</i></small><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7804183427900572674?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-78656780180007452112009-01-06T15:45:00.000-05:002009-01-08T22:59:31.755-05:00<b><i>"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry..."</i></b><i></i><br /><br /><b><u>Notes from the devotional:</u></b><ul><li>We men need to understand that in healthy homes, everyone feels free to express feelings without fear of hearing "That's stupid!" ... "Only an idiot would feel like that," ... or "Why don't you grow up?!"</li><li>Maybe the feelings are immature, but they are real nonetheless.</li><li>It's not our job to analyze; it <i>is</i> our duty to love, value, and understand our families.</li></ul><b><u>My notes:</u></b><ul><li>This is the crux of my failures with my boys. I'm so quick to say "it's time to grow up", and yell at them, or get angry with them, <i> when they're just being boys</i> that I am daily damaging our relationship. Especially with Luke. Connor is so resilient and Mitch doesn't really understand, but this hurts Luke's feelings so much and he holds on to these hurts.</li><li>Why can't I write Ephesians 6:4 on my heart? (I prefer NIV, but the New Living Translation really pierces my heart...) "And now a word to you fathers. Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord."</li><li>Hard reminder today.</li><li><i> Lord, I ask for your forgiveness for my harshness with my sons. Please help me hold on to these fruits of the spirit...patience, kindness, gentleness, and self-control... they are crucial to my relationship with my sons. Please help me show them the grace and mercy and unconditional love that you afford us through your Son, Jesus Christ.</i></li></ul><b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><ul><li>Ask a family member, "How was your day?" <i>Listen well.</i></li><li>Thank God that he listens to you.</li></ul><br /><small>~~from <i>Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer (1999)~~</i></small><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7865678018000745211?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-43466652455418392522009-01-05T15:43:00.000-05:002009-01-08T23:01:42.542-05:00<b><i>"Husband, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."</i></b><i></i><br /><br /><b><u>Notes from the devotional:</u></b><ul><li>Do you want to know the character of a man? Look into the face of his wife. Whatever he has invested in her or withheld from her will be reflected in her countenance.</li><li>God has MANDATED that every man draw his wife to splendor in Jesus Christ.</li></ul><b><u>My notes:</u></b><ul><li>Men too often focus on verse 22... "Wives submit to your husbands..." and neglect what God commands them to do as husbands, which is divinely appointed and one of the key components of being the spiritual head of the household.</li><li>Divorce and abandonment of children and violence and so on and so on can all be traced back to men ignoring their divinely appointed role as husband and father.</li></ul><b><u>Personal challenge:</u></b><ul><li>Look at your wife's face. Does it reflect your love?</li><li>Pray to love your wife as Christ loved the church.</li></ul><br /><small>~~from <i>Men of Integrity: A Daily Guide to the Bible and Prayer (1999)~~</i></small><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4346665245541839252?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-8451559854276316642009-01-05T07:04:00.000-05:002009-01-08T23:02:32.331-05:00Kelly has started doing a daily devotional with her mother and sisters over email this year, and it got me to thinking about my own priorities. I always say I don't have time to be in the Word, yet I discount all the time I spend watching football, watching CSI, watching movies, playing Xbox 360, and, yes, hanging out on Facebook.<br /><br />So I have decided, as a baby step in being more disciplined in my study of the Word, to do small daily devotionals and post here the scripture and notes from that day. I started last night so have yet to post Day 1, but will probably get both Day 1 and 2 up today. I plan to post daily.<br /><br />I need accountability and encouragement though. If you see me miss a day, bust my chops a bit, will ya?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-845155985427631664?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-8730689097403206532008-09-05T12:13:00.001-04:002008-09-05T12:13:52.964-04:00<p>So I finally got sucked into Facebook recently and have been enjoying it for connecting with old friends and as a nice diversion from all the work-related stressors. Because of it, though, I am ignoring my "home base" blog - <a href='http://headgamer.blogspot.com'>My Turn on the Couch</a> - and my mobile blog - <a href='http://centropolis.vox.com'>Centropolis</a></p><p>That is until Six Apart's Blog It Facebook app.</p><p>With it, I can now update my Facebook statues, as well as my blogs, all in one fell swoop. </p><p>Which is what I am doing now.</p><p>I anxiously await an update to Blog It that will allow posting of pics and such, as well as more thorough HTML WYSIWYG posting features. Until then, Blog It will suffice and save time.</p><p>See you around!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-873068909740320653?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-28623113449400496112008-07-26T16:01:00.002-04:002008-07-26T16:06:54.671-04:00Well, it's been about a month now, but I finally traded in my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Treo</span> 700p and grabbed the Palm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Centro</span> as soon as Verizon started carrying it. I had been holding out for any of the new phones coming out at the end of the year with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Google's</span> Android OS, but got to thinking, "I <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KNOW</span></span> Palm OS. I <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KNOW</span></span> how to tweak it. I <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KNOW</span></span> my 8 years' worth of software." And since I had heard nothing but praise for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Centro</span> (as opposed to all the trashing of the 700p, myself included, after the first few months of release until they FINALLY came out with a firmware update), I decided to consider it even though it was the same old tried and true Palm OS. Then I figured out with my upgrade discounts and data discounts and a mail-in rebate, I would get it for free. <span style="font-style: italic;">SOLD!</span><br /><br />And I tell you, I couldn't be more pleased with it!<br /><br />So I will be updating my links to the right to include some of my new "most <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">favoritist</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">websites</span>" dedicated to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Centro</span>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2862311344940049611?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-76835824194211727952008-07-24T19:04:00.001-04:002008-07-24T19:04:46.574-04:00I am testing out different mobile blogging alternatives... This is CellSpin.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7683582419421172795?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-4713474847643786282008-07-13T13:59:00.006-04:002008-12-10T04:55:40.718-05:00Just got into skinning a bit recently as I tweak my new blue VZW Centro... this is a skin for the phone app using the Skinner program:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/SHpG7G_BSmI/AAAAAAAAAIM/g2PgpfaV2T0/s1600-h/Aurora-preview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/SHpG7G_BSmI/AAAAAAAAAIM/g2PgpfaV2T0/s400/Aurora-preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222564699190676066" border="0" /></a><br />It's my first, so be gentle...LOL... but it matches my blue Centro well and the background bitmap matches my wallpaper used elsewhere throughout apps on my Centro... If you like it, you can find it at treocentral.com...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-471347484764378628?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-30486509056061619302008-07-06T14:16:00.000-04:002008-07-06T15:16:35.845-04:00Two hour drive to the airport in Birminghan. Didn&#39;t even turn the radio on. <br>Just stared at the road and drove.<p>The airport used to be one of my favorite places. The ultimate people <br>watcher place. Today I just kind of stared blankly at the floor. <br>Eavesdropping on the myriad conversations around me used to be a favorite <br>pasttime in the airport. Today I&#39;m just kind of in my own world, oblivious <br>to the conversations that now seem so inane. So trivial. So UNIMPORTANT. <p>Everything just seems drab and gray. I guess this is what it feels like <br>when you&#39;re awoken in the middle of the night to be informed your <br>father-in-law has passed away suddenly, and barely 10 hours later you&#39;rein <br>an airport waiting to fly and see him. To try to be that rock for my wife <br>and sons who were already there for vacation. To try and make sense of <br>this. I&#39;m jealous of him. Right now he&#39;s dancing with Jesus, and we&#39;re all <br>stuck here. <p>Carl, we&#39;re gonna miss you. Put a good word in with Our Father to take care <br>of your girls...I&#39;ll do my best, but life without you is going to be hard <br>on them all.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3048650905606161930?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-28688545189596732052008-07-03T00:27:00.001-04:002008-07-03T00:27:26.313-04:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I'm still not sold on Firefox 3 yet, as it seems to be an even BIGGER resource hog after a while than FF2 was (I thought FF3 was supposed to fix this... idiots.)... however, for those that have upgraded to FF3 and are primarily Gmail users, mailto: links have always sucked. It always tried to take you to your "default" email program (even if you didn't use one). But now with this tweak you can identify Gmail as your default email handler in FF3 so you can now just click on those email links and go straight into Gmail rather than having to go through the pain of coopying and pasting the email address into Gmail yourself. Small price to pay, but still inconvenient... I haven't got all MINUTE, ya know...<br/><br/>Anyway, here's the link to the explanation and tweak...<br/><br/><a href='http://lifehacker.com/392287/set-firefox-3-to-launch-gmail-for-mailto-links'>Firefox 3: Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto Links</a><br/><blockquote/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2868854518959673205?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-3898854993034749472008-06-26T23:42:00.004-04:002008-06-26T23:57:02.560-04:00Pictures from a protest march on London.... does this not scare you? Are we supposed to be "tolerant" of such language? In today's world, I guess these kinds of comments are "okay"...See the pattern that is developing? Just look at my last three posts. No I am not some loony (tho my friends say otherwise...LOL). I just see the state of our world becoming more and more unstable and chaotic... scary indeed.<br /><br /><br /><iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=56465411@N00&amp;tags=muslimmarch" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="425"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-389885499303474947?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-64600914761975127182008-06-25T22:11:00.006-04:002008-06-25T22:36:10.831-04:00First, look at the post just below about the state of faith and truth in America today. Then look at what God has to say in <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Roman 1:18-32</span>. Listen to truth. We need to understand that there IS a Truth. That Truth is not relative. That Truth is not fluid and changing depending on the culture or the times or the circumstances. Truth is everlasting and unchanging. If we are not careful, we will stray so far from Truth that we will forget what it looks like. And when we do, we're on own on. Folks, we're here already.<br /><br /><blockquote> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27934" class="sup" >18</span>The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27935" class="sup" >19</span>since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27936" class="sup" >20</span>For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. </span><p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27937" class="sup" >21</span>For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27938" class="sup" >22</span>Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span id="en-NIV-27939" class="sup" style="font-size:78%;">23</span>and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27940" class="sup" >24</span>Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27941" class="sup" >25</span>They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27942" class="sup" >26</span>Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27943" class="sup" >27</span>In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27944" class="sup" >28</span>Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27945" class="sup" >29</span>They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27946" class="sup" >30</span>slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27947" class="sup" >31</span>they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" id="en-NIV-27948" class="sup" >32</span>Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><br />Listen. Please.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6460091476197512718?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-50685500613943239912008-06-24T09:42:00.002-04:002008-06-24T09:44:27.176-04:00<p> </p><div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:32a77b7a-5ea4-47be-84fc-ff7471384e10:41b2fbea-946b-4296-bfd7-7b0b9719c8d4" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370588,00.html"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/headgamer/SGD5uVxbs6I/AAAAAAAAAHw/JN0TzSS5WTE/6be9a0e1-680c-4f90-b117-50ba57788ce6.jpg?imgmax=800" border="1" /></a></div><p></p> <p>I am sorry. But to me, this is just sad. I know to most people in our culture this is a win - "religious tolerance" they say. I say it is a sign of a sinful world warping The Truth to the point that such consciousness is seeping into our churches, our faith. I truly believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. And in John 14:6, God clearly tells us the one way to salvation:</p> <h3>Jesus answered, "<span style="color:#ff0000;">I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.</span>" </h3> <p>Living a good life is a wonderful goal. Giving to charities is nice and commendable. Being nice and considerate to others is great. But none of this leads to Heaven. Faith in God and belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who was sent to earth to die for our sins as an atonement sacrifice - the perfect lamb - is the only way to salvation and Heaven. All of these other things SHOULD happen as a result of our faith and acceptance of Jesus Christ - an outgrowth of our faith - but do not in themselves constitute faith and a "ticket to Heaven."</p> <p>The reason why the Body of Christ is becoming less relevant in our culture - indeed being overtaken by our culture - is because we are buying into Pluralism (i.e., multiple sources and routes of salvation, religious "tolerance"), buying into Secular Humanism (i.e., to each his own, if it feels good do it, etc.), buying into Moral Relativism (i.e., there is no "truth", truth is relative to the individual and circumstance) within our own faiths and churches. Why do you think that those that profess a faith and are regular church attenders look NO DIFFERENT from people without a faith. Divorce rates, infidelity, and so on are just as rampant in the church as out of the church. It is because we have bought into the secular worldview. This is in direct contradiction to what our faith is SUPPOSED to teach us (see II Corinthians 5:17):</p> <h3 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone, the new has come!</h3> <p>Of course Christians are not perfect - we make the same mistakes as others because we (all) are sinful creatures. However, we ARE expected to repent of our sins and TRY to live as Christ-like a life as possible. We are to love everyone, care for everyone, be concerned for everyone. But that does not mean we are to be the SAME as everyone. God clearly teaches us this, prepares us for a time like this, warns us of a time like this... Check out Colossians 2:8:</p> <h3 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.</h3> <p>...or even Colossians 2:20:</p> <h3 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules...</h3> <p>So, are we in moral decline in this world? Absolutely. Are people's faith being warped by our culture? Yes. Are we standing in the gap to fight against the teachings of this culture? NO!</p> <h2><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Wake up people.</span></em></strong></h2><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5068550061394323991?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-86356341496528224622008-06-19T10:13:00.003-04:002008-06-19T13:49:57.873-04:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Our house in summer...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> hope your day ends up not as hectic as usual...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> right........printing yard sale signs, rummaging through the house/attic for more stuff, frantically printing out yet MORE bills for [patients] who need them immediately.......typical day for me.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> I know<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> In addition to reading over my TURN curriculum for next week during which I will be teaching PreK again and the curriculum/games are geared for 3-5th graders, so I've got some work to do there too. As well as trying to get a packing list going for Oklahoma. But amongst all of this, I'm just sitting around eating bonbons and watching Oprah.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> What's on Oprah today? LOL<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Obama.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> And Tom Cruise.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> You truly amaze me sometimes with everything you can do...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> yeah, but half-a$. nothing is done well.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> I know you are busier than I am right now so I will leave you alone...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> you have no idea.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> no I don't.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I've got to have some doors on my office. Mitchell comes in screaming while I'm on the phone and I have to run to the bathroom and try to talk. Then he bangs on the door....it's horrible!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> that may be my project while y'all are gone...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> This is nothing new. He always does it. Sometimes I have to just hang up and try again later.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I can get no work out of the boys lately. We need to talk about another plan because the chore chart is not working. I just told Luke that it saddened me that they weren't going to get to do anything this summer because they were not making any money off their chores.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> yeah I was thinking the same thing<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> He goes, "We're about to." I go, "About to what?" "Make a bunch of money. In the yard sale."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> they are going to be SO disappointed with that whole thing.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> ok... so do they leave the house to play without doing their stuff?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> well that's the thing. they don't really have stuff to do. do they put their dishes away, yes, do they feed the dogs, yes, do they brush their teeth, yes. They forfeit the reading sometimes to play instead. The TV is not on, connor's DS is put away, they just play outside, which is good. It's just that the bathroom is always trashed, their personal items are all over the place. I am literally either glued into this chair or at my little corner in the kitchen. I never go anywhere else or do anything else. It's pitiful, actually. I can't monitor them fully.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I am always making koolaid, spaghettio's, PB sandwiches, etc.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> putting the password on Mitch's computer constantly because it keeps feezing up and he needs it rebooted.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> maybe I take the password off?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> no.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> between the ever-changing schedule I have to stay on top of, the children always asking for stuff........by the way I just headed off Connor with a butcher knife going outside.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Said he had a great idea!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> oh my gosh<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Cutting up a cardboard box, taping pieces together....something about making a sign for the street and this infamous yard sale that is going to make them billionaires.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> It's this kind of stuff, Sean. You have absolutely no idea the minute-to-minute issues that need attention.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> no I don't.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> It's not like in the evening when it's just "get your shower, brush your teeth, go to bed"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> The come in a dozen times and go, "Mom, do you have any tape?"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I go, "You guys sniff out any tape I ever buy for this house and then don't put anything away. If there is tape, you have it."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> "Mom, do you have a Sharpee marker?"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> "No, remember, you have all the Sharpee markers."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> "Where did I put them?"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Connor was outside in his church shoes, no socks and shorts earlier becuase he was too lazy to look for the last place he put other shoes.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> They don't care about anything except the current moment in time. They do not see the importance of anything else.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> I know...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I don't know why they keep asking for these items that I have nothing to do with. I tell them the same thing............oh, Connor just came in again asking if he could 1)spray paint the top of a purple bin, and 2) use the saw to cut the big piece of wood in our garage?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> He's still coming in looking around and begging for some kind of signage at the end of our street. Still wants to spray paint the easel, a giant top of something.........<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> good grief.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I gave him a piece green posterboard and he said he was going to spray paint letters on it. I told him that would be a mess and that I would print him out some letters. he said no, he was just going to write on it with a Sharpee. I told him...........he's back.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> CRAP!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I told him his writing is not very good, but he insisted.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I'm telling you, it's constant.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Constant in and out, constant<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> 'Mom can I"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> Mom do you,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> mom where is.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I want to run away or do something I love but i have no where to go and nothing i love anymore.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Headgamer says:</span><br /> I have to admit mom used to say the same about me during the summer... in...out...in...out... would tell me outside and stay outside... give me a pitcher of water and lock the door.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> In the meantime, I have to adapt some VBS curriculum, plan a birthday party for an indetermined amount of guests I keep waiting to get from you, and pack in my head for Oklahoma.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> you are going to your meeting at church and you are taking the kids to church and registering them for TURN while you are there.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I will stay in my prison because that is all I know how to do anymore.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I'm not throwing myself a pity party, it's a fact.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> OK, so you were in and out during the summer. I bet it wasn't every 10-15 seconds because I've got 2 boys doing it, not one. And I bet you didn't come in to ask her a ton of questions and try to cut your arm off with a knife or saw. Or rummage around in every stinkin drawer in the house looking for must one more scrap of tape or paper somewhere.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">FPA_Kelly says:</span><br /> I gotta go, Mitch is in freak out mode about a toy.<br /><br /><br />This is how it goes in our house year-round, but especially through the summer. Kelly has so many spinning plates in the air it is unbearable at times. Pray for perseverance and patience and energy for her... pray for growth in consideration and responsibility for the boys to help her out or at least not hinder her... and pray for being more proactive in helping her out for me...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8635634149652822462?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-90042966633899042402008-04-22T12:36:00.003-04:002008-04-22T13:05:52.508-04:00Ran across this running through my newsfeed. This is a multipart video interview with the actor Jason Beghe (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000892/">IMDb profile here</a>) who was a long-time devotee of Scientology. He has since realized that the beliefs of Scientology are "dangerous" and has left the fold. This is a series of video documenting the thinking, planning, and "theology"/philosophy of Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard, or "LHR", as he calls him. I always knew Scientology was "out there" and warped in what it espoused and taught people, but geez... this stuff takes the cake.<br /><br />I especially enjoyed part 3 of the video... the one that blames Hitler, rape, pain, all sexual problems, and the Salem Witch Trials on "psychs," or the psychiatric community (psychologists, psychiatrists, and the pharmaceutical companies) - of which I am a part, btw....<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=919064&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=919064&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/919064/l:embed_919064">Scientology: Jason Beghe Interview Pt.1</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/xenutv/l:embed_919064">Mark Bunker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_919064">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=919381&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=919381&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/919381/l:embed_919381">Scientology: Jason Beghe Pt 2</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/xenutv/l:embed_919381">Mark Bunker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_919381">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922984&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922984&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/922984/l:embed_922984">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 3</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/xenutv/l:embed_922984">Mark Bunker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_922984">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922249&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922249&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/922249/l:embed_922249">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 4</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/xenutv/l:embed_922249">Mark Bunker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_922249">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=927645&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=927645&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/927645/l:embed_927645">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 5</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user371493/l:embed_927645">Superrodan</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_927645">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922283&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="ishowAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=922283&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/922283/l:embed_922283">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 6</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/xenutv/l:embed_922283">Mark Bunker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_922283">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=927850&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=927850&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/927850/l:embed_927850">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 7</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user371493/l:embed_927850">Superrodan</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_927850">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=928020&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933" height="273" width="400"> <param name="quality" value="best"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showAll"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=928020&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff9933"></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/928020/l:embed_928020">Scientology: Jason Beghe Part 8</a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user371493/l:embed_928020">Superrodan</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_928020">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />With this, Tom Cruise, Scientology, Oprah and her New Age "New Earth" crap she is now promoting (Google it to see what I mean), I feel the divide between Christians and the rest of the world widening and becoming more violent and oppressive. Scary.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-9004296663389904240?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-13763048679399711762008-04-18T12:06:00.002-04:002008-04-18T12:24:06.959-04:00(Taken from <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317189,00.html">this article at Foxnews.com</a>...)<br /><br />To all my friends who do the biking thing... jogging... lift weights... aerobics... Tae Bo...whatever.<br /><br />I'll take sex over them all!<br /><br />I found this article very intriguing. It seems that scientific research has repeatedly confirmed that "good sex in a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">healthy, stable, monogamous relationship</span> can only better our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being." (their quote, my emphasis...)<br /><br />Here are the benefits that the article mentions:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Weight loss and weight control.</span> Forget torturing yourself with the latest fad diet or hours on the elliptical machine when you can burn about 200 calories in 30 minutes of sex! Lovemaking lends itself to improved strength, flexibility, muscle tone, and cardiovascular conditioning. Plus, there’s something super sexy about getting to sleep with your very own “personal trainer.”</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Pain management.</span> Forgo popping a pain killer and opt for something a bit more “au naturel.” Sex has been shown to offer migraine and menstrual cramp relief, as well as alleviate chronic back pain thanks to the endorphins and corticosteroids released during sexual arousal and orgasm.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Stress relief.</span> Sex impacts the way we respond to stress, increasing levels of oxytocin and stimulating feelings of warmth and relaxation. What better way to unwind from a tough day than sharing its most climactic moment with your special someone?</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Immune booster.</span> Stop spending late nights at the office. Sex wards off colds and the flu. And sexually active people take fewer sick days, giving the phrase “working late” an entirely new meaning. Bosses, take note.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Better heart health.</span> A little bit of heart and soul in the sack should be part of every doctor’s orders when it comes to cardiovascular care. Sex may help lower cholesterol and the risk of heart attack.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Increased self-esteem and intimacy.</span> When sex is consistent and involves mutual pleasure, it can increase bonding since the surge in oxytocin at orgasm stimulates feelings of affection, intimacy, and closeness. When spiritual in nature, sex can lead to an even better quality of life and stronger relationship. Is it any wonder that good sexual energy in a positive relationship can make you feel better about yourself, your partner, and life in general?</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Sleep enhancement.</span> There’s no need to count sheep when sex helps insomnia. Plus, making love sure beats tossing and turning your way to zzzz’s.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">A better, younger looking you.</span> Sex keeps you looking and feeling younger and, according to some research, may lead to shiny hair, a glowing complexion and bright eyes. This is because it increases the youth-promoting hormone DHEA (dehydroepiandrostone). And feeling more attractive charges your sex life even more.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Mood lifter.</span> Sex releases pleasure-inducing endorphins during arousal and climax that can relieve depression and anxiety, and increase vibrancy.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Longevity.</span> There is a significant relationship between frequency of orgasm and risk of death, especially with men. Men who orgasm two times a week have a 50 percent lower chance of mortality than those who climax one time per month. The bonus: Living longer also gives you and your honey the opportunity for even more lovin’!</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Decreased risk of breast cancer.</span> One study of women who had never given birth found that an increased frequency of sexual intercourse was correlated with a decrease in the incidence of breast cancer.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Reproductive health benefits.</span> According to at least one study, sex appears to decrease a man’s risk of prostate cancer, and the prevention of endometriosis in women. It also promotes fertility in women by regulating menstrual patterns.</li></ul>So the moral of the story is: forget paying the monthly gym fee. But I find it interesting that the research seems to show these benefits only healthy, stable, and monogamous relationships. Personally, I feel it is God's way of telling us that his gift of sex to us was meant for marriage, and that if we honor that, he throws all kinds of bonuses our way! Integrity and commitment DO get rewards in this world after all, even if people don't want to listen!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1376304867939971176?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-42499650283299952692008-04-18T11:54:00.003-04:002008-04-18T19:23:59.806-04:00Edited for content. And conscience.<br /><br />Well, I sat down and thought about it after I read back through this post and all these laws. And as I was reading through them again I started feeling a bit uncomfortable about it. If I profess to be a Christian, should I really be making light of some of these laws? Laws focused on infidelity, bestiality, polygamy, and so on?<br /><br />Yeah. Just not right.<br /><br />Granted some of them - the old'timer ones - were funny. But I just couldn't in good conscience keep them on here due to the others that were included on the list.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />If I claim to be a man of integrity, maybe I should act like it.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4249965028329995269?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-46703488644414205452008-04-02T09:25:00.004-04:002008-04-02T09:30:34.516-04:00<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Is there anything else that can be said?</span><br /><br />Kelly:</span> seriously, I believe there is something wrong with the children. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> oh geez what now<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> They used to know how to close the door.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I remember them knowing how to close the door.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> All of them. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> For some reason, none of them remember how to close the door.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> They remember how to open it and walk through it, but do not remember to reach for the knob and close it behind them.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Keeping it locked all the time will not teach them to close the door.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> It will just eliminate the opportunity to close it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Connor had two pair of shoes at the garage door. 2.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Does he put either pair on?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> I am calling for fill dirt and bringing them some work home. <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> or a straight jacket<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> or a cattle prod<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> No. He walks outside and gets into the van.....not 5 minutes after I said, "What are you doing in the van? Close the back hatch and do not play in the van."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I go out to check on everyone and I can't find Connor. I said, "Where's Connor?" Luke says "In the van."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I call his name and he opens the van door and goes, "Yeah, Mom?"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "I just told you to get out of the van. Why are in the van?" "I had to get my shoes." <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "Those are church shoes. Are you going to church?"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "No."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "Then why did you go into the van when I said not to, and why did you put .............crap, now I am literally watching him get the front yard hose and play with it. Be right back.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I go, "Why did you go into the van when I said to stay out of the van, to get church shoes when it's not time for church?"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> and he says...?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "I didn't know where my other shoes were."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> "You stepped over them right there at the door, Connor."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Apparently they were in the van again earlier today and Luke wanted to lay down in the back where all the extra clothes were from our trip to B'ham.............hang on, got to go tell Connor to stop riding in circles on the front yard grass.........<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Connor starts throwing stuff in the van at Luke and so Luke starts trying to stick grapes in Connor's mouth, so Connor starts chasing Luke and Luke says he had to make a mad dash out of the van without his shoes and only his socks. So, he has new white socks with nasty dirty bottoms that will never come clean.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Do you think God is telling me to write a book?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> yes.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> ABSOLUTELY.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> yes.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> I am already looking at our chat history in text form because I am going to put the transcript up on the blog... might as well put it in book form and make some money<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> and I also have Sherian calling around for prices for a trashcan full of gravel<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> $15.75 for 1/2 ton of gravel...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> dirt would be much better. Gravel will just end up all over the whole stinkin' yard and injuries will result from throwing handsful of it at each other.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Oh, Luke was also wearing his church shoes too, BTW. When I asked why he said his school shoes have dog shit all over them from Sam's yard.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I said, "Oh, well. Too stinkin’ bad. Walk it off."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> I seriously want to find a truckload of dirt. two shovels. bucket of water with a ladle. let 'em work the next two days.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> bread for lunch and supper.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> and a rock to sleep on at night.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> waste of money.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> no, I want them to fill those holes anyway.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> I can hear them yelling at each other in the garage through the house...and locked door. They only have one more day of this. Thursday we will be at the office so they'll be vegetables in front of the TV, and then Friday we're gone.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Sean, they can't even pick up a piece of garbage, you actually expect them to do some skilled labor?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Connor will see some sort of bug or lizard and decide to try to bury it with dirt and chase it all over the yard with shovels of dirt.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> tell them they have to answer to me when I get home... I am stopping at Walmart and getting toothbrushes and gonna stand over them while they scrub floors. we have GOT to LAY THE SMACKDOWN ON THEM!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> Luke will just quit and kinda walk around in circles.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kelly:</span> They haven't been exceptionally bad today, they just do stupid things without thinking.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> ok... I STILL think I am gonna get toothbrushes and make them clean the bathroom floors <br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sean:</span> tell them to get their kneepads ready... floor scrubbing time! LOL<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4670348864441420545?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-87716834973064509052008-03-13T20:35:00.004-04:002008-12-10T04:55:41.189-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R9nNU22iheI/AAAAAAAAABM/MvVuNx8Yy30/s1600-h/hairout.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R9nNU22iheI/AAAAAAAAABM/MvVuNx8Yy30/s320/hairout.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177395004844443106" border="0" /></a>THIS IS A TRUE STORY <p class="MsoNormal">A patient was scheduled for an appointment in February 2008.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Called Blue card eligibility with the three letter prefix NLA which sent me to BCBS of SC.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I spent over 30 min in the<span style=""> </span>BCBS of SC VRU (Voice Response System) trying to obtain accurate, complete mental health benefit information and trying to talk to a representative.<span style=""> </span>The VRU would never let me talk to a rep and it would not give me an option of mental health/behavioral health/ psychological benefits.<span style=""> </span>Only psychiatric which pays at 90% after satisfying a deductible.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">After the initial appointment, testing benefits were required so called again morning of 03/13.<span style=""> </span>Spent over 45 min in the VRU trying to get to a person to answer questions that were not given in VRU.<span style=""> </span>Kept saying, “You cannot access the rep until you have received all benefit information.”<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I accessed every kind of benefit information there was available including pediatrics and maternity.<span style=""> </span>Asked for a rep and it said, “The office is closed from noon to 1 for lunch.<span style=""> </span>Please call back after 1 PM.”<span style=""> </span>I have never called to verify benefits at a major insurance carrier and been told the office was closed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">With extreme dread and trepidation, I called the BCBS of SC again after 1.<span style=""> </span>Went through the VRU again, including asking for the benefit information to be faxed.<span style=""> </span>Even after getting every stinkin’ bit of benefit information available it would not let me speak to a customer service rep.<span style=""> </span>Kept saying, “You must obtain all available information from the VRU before speaking to a representative.”<span style=""> </span>And then it simply hung up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I decided to call the patient’s mom and see if she had any additional information that would be helpful.<span style=""> </span>Otherwise I was just going to tell her it was impossible to verify benefit/eligibility/authorization information and I needed her to pay in full at the time of service.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I called work, since it was before 5 and got an answering machine.<span style=""> </span>I called home and got an answering machine and started leaving a message and it cut me off mid-sentence.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I went to the BCBS SC website and selected “Contact Us” but under that screen it only lists Q &amp; A stuff.<span style=""> </span>There is no email, phone number, fax number, nothing in the way of contact information.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then I noticed that the fax I received from BCBS of SC had the heading of BCBS of MI.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I accessed BCBS of MI website and selected the “Contact Us” section.<span style=""> </span>There was no number, no fax number, no email listed.<span style=""> </span>It said, “Look at the back of the patient’s card for the correct phone numbers.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Called secretary and asked her to look at the back of the patient’s card.<span style=""> </span>She gave me one that said “For benefits and eligibility call…….”<span style=""> </span>And another that said, “For mental health benefits call…….”<span style=""> </span>I said, “Does it say BCBS of SC or MI or what.<span style=""> </span>She goes, “It said BCBS of AL PPO.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I called the mental health number and got a recorded message that said, “You have reached Audix.<span style=""> </span>Please leave a message.”<span style=""> </span>Strange.<span style=""> </span>I don’t know what Audix even is.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I called the benefits and eligibility number and got, “This is Sue.<span style=""> </span>Please leave a message.”<span style=""> </span>This can’t be right!!<span style=""> </span>Where is Rod Serling?<span style=""> </span>I must be in the Twilight Zone!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I call BCBS of GA, who paid the claim to see if they have on record who the member's plan is actually with.<span style=""> </span>They do not.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I check the numbers again and make sure I wrote down the right ones.<span style=""> </span>I did.<span style=""> </span>Well maybe, even though I’m using voice dial, maybe I said the wrong number.<span style=""> </span>So, I called the mental health one again.<span style=""> </span>Same thing.<span style=""> </span>I call the eligibility one again and get a person who says “Such-n-such financial services, can I help you?”<span style=""> </span>And I go, “I know this sounds strange, but I’m trying to get insurance benefits on a patient.”<span style=""> </span>She says, “You’re trying to reach BCBS aren’t you?”<span style=""> </span>I go, “Yes! Happy to actually hear another human being’s voice.”<span style=""> </span>She goes, “We are still getting calls for folks looking for BCBS.<span style=""> </span>This is a financial services office, but this is the number they gave us to give out.”<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I call the number she gave and I get another real person.<span style=""> </span>Exhausted and angry I go, “I am desperately trying to get benefit and eligibility information on a patient. “<span style=""> </span>She starts asking me all these strange, unrelated questions.<span style=""> </span>I finally get suspicious and go, “These are not the customary questions asked to obtain benefit information.”<span style=""> </span>She goes, “This is the Human Resources Department for employees of BCBS of TX.”<span style=""> </span>I AM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP!!!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I bust out laughing and go, “Do you know how I got your number?”<span style=""> </span>...and I explain how there is a number on the back of a bunch of insurance cards out there that are a financial services office.<span style=""> </span>The financial services office gives out your number to folks looking for mental health benefits and eligibility for patients with……Gosh I don’t know, maybe BCBS of SC, MI, AL, TX.<span style=""> </span>Who knows?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">She says, “Well, here’s the number I have for BCBS of AL.”<span style=""> </span>I call that number and it is for members, not providers and it gives me another number.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I call it and it gives me another number.<span style=""> </span>I call that number and the office is closed….it’s 5:05 in AL.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8771683497306450905?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stinkerdoodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080999199556064529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-24771359416223473912008-03-06T12:29:00.005-05:002008-12-10T04:55:41.407-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogbackuponline.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/R9AxBKkgrpI/AAAAAAAAAG4/emGaQrx-Gqk/s320/blogbackuponline_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174689867935821458" border="0" /></a><br />...from being an idiot again.<br /><br />When I first started my blog, it wasn't My Turn on the Couch... it was the McKay Wildlife Preserve. Anyway, long story short, I didn't do what I needed to do to save all my posts, and when I switched it over to MTOTC, I lost all my posts. Why couldn't BlogBackupOnline have existed then?! If it had, it would have saved me lots of headaches and some fantastic, world-changing, blog entries. Really, they were, but since they got lost I can't prove it.<br /><br />Anyway...<br /><br />With BBO, I don't have to worry about it. Once you get an account, set up your blog with them in your account, and it will automatically backup your blog nightly. Blogger has a catastrophic server crash and lose your blog? Restore it from BBO. Act like an idiot like me and lose all your posts? Restore from BBO.<br /><br />Up until now they have been free as they are in beta. They are about to go out of beta, but will still have a free service:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Free:</span></span> 5mb storage<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">$49.99/year:</span></span> 50 MB storage<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">$99.95/year:</span></span> 1GB storage</blockquote><br />Yeah, I know. I thought that too. "Only 5mb storage? That's piddly!" But then I checked my account, and with 139 posts to MTOTC I have only used 721k of space. That comes out to about 964 posts to your blog before you need more space.<br /><br />The way I see it, BBO is a great little utility to keep me from looking like an idiot and losing all my blog data. And free ain't such a bad thing is it?<br /><br />Oh, yeah. The link. Here ya go. <a href="http://www.blogbackuponline.com/">BlogBackupOnline</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2477135941622347391?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-43637498437169259102008-03-05T13:12:00.001-05:002008-03-05T13:12:54.163-05:00<p><a href="http://lh5.google.com/headgamer/R87inqkgrmI/AAAAAAAAAGg/7XqtCPE1jbA/x446B%5B5%5D"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="327" alt="x446B" src="http://lh5.google.com/headgamer/R87ioqkgrnI/AAAAAAAAAGo/e7H6RgQNrfg/x446B_thumb%5B3%5D" width="262" align="left" border="0"></a> It's a sad day in Geekdom (and I use that term fondly) with the news of the passing of Gary Gygax the father of the Dungeons &amp; Dragons universe.</p> <p>Though many see it as useless timewasting behavior and activity for antisocial or asocial pimply teenagers, it represented so much more to those who played the game and vicariously lived in that universe. It represented the never ending struggle of good versus evil, ability to get along and working with others of different races and abilities, of adventure, of living out something bigger than oneself. For those people who DID struggle socially at that time in their life, D&amp;D represented an escape to a world where one COULD have some control and acceptance. But most importantly, for me and my friends at least, it represented camaraderie and some of the best and most fun memories of our adolescence.</p> <p>Though we have moved on to be doctors, engineers, computer programmers, financial consultants, and so on, we will always have the days of storming the castle, winning our own land and fiefdoms through tournaments, creating our own armies, conquering the bridge over the river Styx, playing all weekend with pizza boxes everywhere and laughing til all hours of the night.</p> <p>So Elrond, 37th level cleric, Master of the Army of Undead, ruler of Culthaven,&nbsp; lowers his flag at half mast, raises his staff, and wishes Gary Gygax well in the Halls of Valhalla...</p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:32a77b7a-5ea4-47be-84fc-ff7471384e10:13700277-3349-45ed-b1c8-483ad9eab76e" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/headgamer/R87ipakgroI/AAAAAAAAAGw/NdcLK8qnJcU/c9caab86-3b89-4b84-ace8-2723a79d44d7" border="0px" /></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4363749843716925910?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-48135650759587222112008-03-02T15:56:00.001-05:002008-03-02T15:56:24.794-05:00<p><a href="http://lh6.google.com/headgamer/R8sUdR0BZXI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/maIUZxAt3Qg/abandoned_chernobyl%5B10%5D"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="180" alt="abandoned_chernobyl" src="http://lh4.google.com/headgamer/R8sUdx0BZYI/AAAAAAAAAGY/_7JKHY5WfwI/abandoned_chernobyl_thumb%5B6%5D" width="260" align="left" border="0"></a> Since we have been so preoccupied and have been shamedly non-bloggers for the last few months, I decided to try and catch up a bit on the blog and my links. Lo and behold, half of my friends' (the Distractions section) blogs are either gone or so old and outdated that some hadn't been updated since 2006! One had even gone invite only... and evidently I didn't make the short list of invitees...</p> <p>So, if you see your blog missing from that section, it ain't because I'm mad at you or want nothing to do with you. Instead, it is simply a matter of you not giving a crap about blogging...LOL</p> <p>Yo peeps of mine out there that do have blogs that aren't on the list, let me know and I will add them...</p> <p>I am also in the process of updating my other links section to include some blogs and sites I have come to frequent these days...</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4813565075958722211?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-19070446397991216322008-03-01T21:34:00.001-05:002008-03-01T21:34:13.209-05:00<p><a href="http://lh6.google.com/headgamer/R8oSIh0BZVI/AAAAAAAAAFo/aMi-SQ8ME6s/GeezerCrossing%5B12%5D"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="GeezerCrossing" src="http://lh4.google.com/headgamer/R8oSJB0BZWI/AAAAAAAAAFw/qDG5OCDhhjk/GeezerCrossing_thumb%5B8%5D" width="187" align="right" border="0"></a>So what seems to be a pattern of every Friday night now that I leave my front door light off, the Punk Kid Welcome Committee stops by, politely ringing the doorbell and inexplicably running away as fast as they can. I find myself going to the door, turning on the light, slinging the door open as I whisk my way out onto the front stoop, angrily shaking my fist into the lonely, quiet, night air. </p> <p>"You know, one of these days you're gonna have to grow up!" I yell out into the snickering night, which is always followed by the muttering of "punk kids..." under my breath as I retreat back into the house.</p> <p>I just have one question.</p> <p>When the heck did I become "THAT GUY"?</p> <p>You know, the one that the neighborhood kids always hated because he couldn't take a joke. The one that seemed to have a scowl of resentment and twisted emotions as the kids in the neighborhood rode their bikes or <a href="http://www.ripstikusa.com/" target="_blank">Ripstiks</a> by the house. The one that the neighborhood kids always picked on because he couldn't take a joke and always had a scowl on his face? Yeah, that guy. You all had one in your neighborhood growing up.</p> <p>I used to be that punk kid. I used to be the one walking through the neighborhood with friends, randomly picking houses to ring-n-run, laughing carefree with no actual malicious intent. Just a kid being a kid.</p> <p>Now I'm "THAT GUY." The guy that is always irritable because he is worried about bills that have to be paid. Taxes to prepare for. Repairs to make to the house. Children to raise and herd around the house like cats. Responsibilities to handle. Not tomorrow. Not now. Yesterday. The guy that often finds no time to enjoy life, time with his kids or wife, time to relax and "smell the roses, study God's Word and foster my faith and relationship with Him... and instead chooses to shut down and shrink into a stupor on the couch with TV or the Xbox when time permits at around 10 o'clock at night.</p> <p>It's sad that this transformation happens. We put it off as much as possible, but for most folks, it's inevitable.</p> <p>Still, as I think about it, and think about how I used to be and what I have become...</p> <p>...it makes me want to go ring some doorbells.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1907044639799121632?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-42298835949443227422008-02-27T08:40:00.014-05:002008-12-10T04:55:42.740-05:00A few weeks ago a local mother was cleaning her 9 year-old son's room and noticed several holes chewed through the top of his pet hamster's cage. On further inspection, she noticed that one of the holes was large enough through which the small rodent could have escaped. Fearing the worst, she did what every loving mother would do. She violently shook the cage in hopes a small pink nose would emerge twitching from the blue stuffing. Nothing. She began searching for the escapee in hopes the animal was still in sight. However, the only unusual thing she found was a bag of hamster food that has been gnawed open. Realizing the poor animal must has escaped, the mother (who herself was no stranger to escaped hamsters when she was a child) hung the water bottle on the outside of the cage hoping Spot will find the water source and stay alive long enough to be found and caught. However, this would not be the case.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br />A few days ago, a faint unidentifiable odor had <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8V_wbgI8DI/AAAAAAAAAAU/J6MXbYDdQoI/s1600-h/sniff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8V_wbgI8DI/AAAAAAAAAAU/J6MXbYDdQoI/s200/sniff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171680217097891890" border="0" /></a>been noticed coming from her oldest son's room. While it is not entirely unusual to occasionally be caught off-guard by odors in and around that room, this one lingered. It was decided that the odor must be the result of the family dog having "done his business" on the floor when the boy insisted the small dog sleep in the bed with him a few nights ago. The caring father requested that the source of the odor be found and strongly encouraging the young lad to sniff his entire room. A few short minutes later the boy emerged, proudly announcing that he did not in fact, smell anything that could be identified as dog pee.<br /><br />The next day, the odor had intensified a bit more. In addition, it had taken on a quality one might recognize (if one is the mother of young boys) as old food or spoiled milk. A quick repeat search again revealed nothing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WKNbgI8EI/AAAAAAAAAAc/4QpeVGfpm10/s1600-h/stench-revens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WKNbgI8EI/AAAAAAAAAAc/4QpeVGfpm10/s200/stench-revens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171691710430376002" border="0" /></a>Today, however, as family members woke and bedroom doors opened, it was noted that the odor had evolved, mutated, and grown into something terrifying! This was an odor that was no longer invisible and quiet. No, this stench rose up and spoke, if not audibly, "I WILL NO LONGER BE IGNORED!" It hung in the air and permeated the home with a presence that sent the weak running for their very lives. The father confronted this loving, caring, mother with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">estute</span> observation that the odor had the quality he described as a "dead animal smell" and suggested, out of earshot of the children, that it could possibly be the remains of the rogue hamster. He suggested she aggressively search, discover, and eliminate the source of this unwelcome visitor. He then kissed her good-bye as he and the older two boys left for their day. Blinking from beneath the cover, she swore she saw a small smirk on his face as he headed out.<br /><br />A few minutes later, this mother reluctantly got out of bed, walked quickly past the green fingers she swore she saw reaching beneath the closed door to her oldest son's room, and ran down the stairs to fix herself some tea and oatmeal. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WWy7gI8FI/AAAAAAAAAAk/pafSTg4gFVw/s1600-h/puke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WWy7gI8FI/AAAAAAAAAAk/pafSTg4gFVw/s400/puke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171705548815003730" border="0" /></a>Very soon after, she heard her youngest son emerge from his room, groggy from sleep. As he stood at the doorway to her office he proceeded to cough, retch, and vomit. Although he denied having a stomach ache, he continued to moan, groan, and rub his stomach throughout their <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">homeschool</span> lessons for no apparent reason. Afterward, he went to his room to draw.<br /><br />It was then that the mother decided it was time she prepared herself for the real battle for the day. No, the battle wasn't with the mom calling for the 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> time refusing to pay her bill for psychological testing for her son done almost a year ago. No, it wasn't with the foreign salesman who calls three times a day trying to sell generic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WYergI8GI/AAAAAAAAAAs/YROX_oK-1yY/s1600-h/cleaning.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WYergI8GI/AAAAAAAAAAs/YROX_oK-1yY/s320/cleaning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171707399945908322" border="0" /></a> toner cartridges by the case. It wasn't even that ever looming question that plagues every mother every day of...WHAT AM I GOING TO FIX FOR DINNER TONIGHT!? No, those wars had been waged and victory had been claimed...for the day anyway. This battle was for the restoration of olfactory peace in her home. Armed with carpet cleaner and brush, high-powered vacuum and attachments, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Febreeze</span>, several <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Walmart</span> bags (what would mothers do without <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Walmart</span> bags?), and a very, very long handled spoon, she approached her foe.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WouLgI8HI/AAAAAAAAAA0/81lnIT0sP-4/s1600-h/normal_GASMASK.png.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8WouLgI8HI/AAAAAAAAAA0/81lnIT0sP-4/s200/normal_GASMASK.png.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171725258419925106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She created a makeshift mask by pulling her shirt over her nose and mouth and forced her way into the room. Behind her she heard a slamming door as her young son protected the sanctity of his room. It was then that she realized the same thing he had known all along but was most likely too scared to tell her. "THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT ROOM THAT IS MAKING ME FRO-UP, MOM!!" With window thrown open and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8Wp8LgI8II/AAAAAAAAAA8/eN1GqPIgzXs/s1600-h/dead_animal_smell_remover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Nmndzl41kE/R8Wp8LgI8II/AAAAAAAAAA8/eN1GqPIgzXs/s200/dead_animal_smell_remover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171726598449721474" border="0" /></a>ceiling fan spinning, the search was on!<br /><br />As the bed was pulled away from the wall, and with an almost anticlimactic ending, there lay Spot. As the menacing, angry, green fog was sucked out to <st1:street><st1:address>Jefferson Place</st1:address></st1:street> to torture another family another day, the only thing the mother felt was sadness. Oh, if only it had been an old, dessicated, moldy piece of peanut butter sandwich, or a bulging cup about to explode from the gas-producing bacteria in a remnant of curdled milk. She lowered her "mask" and with spoon in hand, scooped the small, furry, not quite stiff animal into the trusty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Walmart</span> bag.<br /><br />She sprayed and brushed carpet, vacuumed, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Febreez</span>-ed, and fanned the whole room all the while thinking about Spot and how she wished the animal had found the water bottle. Determined to just let the memory of the beloved pet go silently from the house like the smell out the window, she decided to keep the day a secret. The boys walked in from school and up to their rooms. A few seconds later she heard a loud voice coming from upstairs. "Who's been in my room?" The mother just smiled a small smile and fought a tear and said, "It was me, Sweetheart. I was just doing some cleaning."</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4229883594944322742?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stinkerdoodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080999199556064529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-53519631765747049062007-10-31T10:02:00.001-04:002007-10-31T10:02:47.820-04:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_shark_odd_dc;_ylt=At0_TpMQ48Gv7cus9lUpAWwE1vAI'>Iraqi fisherman nets shark 160 miles from sea - Yahoo! News</a><br/><br/><img src='http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20071030/2007_10_30t100752_450x356_us_iraq_shark_odd.jpg?x=380&amp;y=300&amp;sig=CVq3GydfKmaGaMXMbp97fg--'/><br/><br/>Evidently the US military is having so much trouble with Iraqi Insurgents that we are resorting to subtle, secret, and frankly idiot measures. As can be read in that article link, sharks have been found in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 160 miles from the sea. And the Iraqi public have, in their sheeplike adherence to insurgency propaganda, blamed the US, sayiing we must have put them there, stating "Our children always swim<br />in the river and I believe that there are more sharks. I<br />believe that America is behind this matter..."<br/><br/>Oh yeah! Wait til we sick the Jellyfish Commando's on 'em! That'll show them there insurgents! Good grief.<br/><br/>How do we expect to ever win or make headway in the Middle East with this opinion of the US that we have to overcome...<br/><br/>*throws hands up in frustration*<br/><br/><br/><p class='poweredbyperformancing'>Powered by <a href='http://scribefire.com/'>ScribeFire</a>.</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5351963176574704906?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-78887090256470245302007-10-28T15:13:00.000-04:002008-12-10T04:55:43.027-05:00Oh my gosh.<br /><br />Kelly and I are getting ready for our weekend out of town, and are going absolutely crazy with anticipation. It will only be the second time we have gotten to get away overnight without the children. The first time was only last year, and was only for one night. This year we're taking the whole weekend, leaving Friday morning and not coming home until we HAVE to Sunday night.<br /><br />An entire weekend of just us. No TV, no computers, no cell phones, no KIDS.<br /><br />Needless to say, we are looking forward to a VERY QUIET and ROMANTIC weekend...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RyTm4RgHmMI/AAAAAAAAAEg/ePYVa5qq8bY/s1600-h/couple-in-bed-sex.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RyTm4RgHmMI/AAAAAAAAAEg/ePYVa5qq8bY/s400/couple-in-bed-sex.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126476130299648194" border="0" /></a><br />Kelly has been developing her "battle plan" as I call it for months now. I have been kept completely in the dark about it, and she apparently has several surprises in store for me... I am all giddy with, yet again...anticipation. The girl has been sewing something or some things for weeks now in the evenings and has been keeping that a secret as well. So all in all, I am expecting a weekend filled with surprises and fun!<br /><br />To heighten our, yeah, anticipation, we have been, um, "restraining" ourselves for the last few weeks... increasingly teasing each other but never letting it go past a certain point, to drive each other crazy. And let me tell ya. IT'S WORKING. For both of us. We are both doing such a good job of it that, well, let's just say we are as giddy as high schoolers again. Though it's driving us both crazy, we did the same thing last year when we went out of town, and it turned out to have had definite positive benefits in our time together, if ya know what I am saying! *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*<br /><br />Let me tell you, if any of you out there - any of my married-with-kids friends out there - ever plan on a romantic weekend out of town away from the kids... trust me, display a little restraint for a while before your trip, and you'll enjoy your weekend more than you think. It'll be like your honeymoon all over again!<br /><br />I know some of you out there are probably saying, "Geez, Sean, you're a Christian. I didn't know Christians talked so openly about this stuff!" LOL... Well, God created everything, and blessed us with countless things in our lives. Marriage, and the intimacy between a husband and wife, and everything that goes with that, are sacred institutions... and ones that are to be ENJOYED, not ENDURED.<br /><br />So deal with it. I love my wife. And EVERYTHING that goes with her.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7888709025647024530?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-54167820693494693792007-10-23T22:21:00.000-04:002007-10-24T09:49:52.950-04:00So, Sean and I are preparing for our trip next weekend... our long-awaited, quiet, romantic trip in the mountains at a spa cabin. We have been away from the boys overnight only once. It was last year and it was for only one night. This year the boys are a year older and I'm a year bolder. I've been giving the boys little reminders, plans, tips, etc. Luke, age 8 and Mitch, age 6 were in the bath tub tonight. As I'm bathing Mitch I thought it would be a good opportunity to give Luke some instructions for while we're gone.<br /><br />"Luke, while Daddy and I are gone next weekend, I want you to take your bath with Mitch so you can help him. You need to wash his hair and make sure he bathes. OK?"<br /><br />"OK, Mom."<br /><br />"It's just two nights, Friday and Saturday."<br /><br />"Can you bring us back something like you did last time?"<br /><br />"You know Luke, probably not. Last time we did a little bit of shopping on the way home. This year we're just gonna be chilling out at our cabin. You know, relaxing in the peace and quiet."<br /><br />"Yeah, I know what you mean by chilling out.... Kissing."<br /><br />I heard Sean bust out laughing out in the hallway after having obviously overhead our conversation. He stuck his head around the corner and said, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Naw</span>. Mommy doesn't like it when I kiss her. We'll probably just do some hiking in the woods or something."<br /><br />Luke, who has caught us in some "compromising positions in the middle of the night" just laughed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5416782069349469379?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stinkerdoodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080999199556064529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-12077420054133523792007-10-16T11:50:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:22:29.889-04:00<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=56465411@N00&amp;tags=hardlaborcreekstatepark" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="425"></iframe><br /><br />Well, a good time was had by all. This is the kind of "camping" I can handle...Camping in a cabin... with a bed... guess I am getting too old for the tent/sleeping bag thing except on rare occasions...LOL.. Hard Labor Creek State Park is a pretty place... a couple of lakes to fish or boat on, and a nice creek winding through, with some rocky/waterfall like areas and then just wooded spots. In fact if you look at the pics there was one section of the forest that seemed to have a carpet of clover or something... it was like it muted all sound and it was very quiet... I felt like we were the Fellowship of the Ring running through Lothlorien...LOL<br /><br />Anyway, we got some pretty good pics of the boys and the surroundings, including a few from Stone Mountain Park when we made a day excursion over there on Sunday....<br /><br />Sorry for the time between posts, but dang it gets so hard to keep up with this thing when you got so much else going on...LOL<br /><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1207742005413352379?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-84049355936877023492007-10-08T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-08T12:57:34.565-04:00...and that's including the How to Speak Southern posts... if you don't count them (and I don't know if I would really count them as real posts myself), then it has been over a month I believe.<br /><br />BUSY.<br /><br />Kinda hard to get motivated to blog when you are working till 11pm... 12am... even 1 am almost every stinking night writing reports, catching up on old notes and paperwork, writing recommendations for court cases, etc. I am pretty exhausted to tell you the truth. Being busy is not a bad problem to have, so I am not complaining about the work... just the lack of time to get it done in...<br /><br /><br />I'm trying to think of some of the stuff that has been going on lately...<br /><br />Luke's football season is going about as well as I expected... An 8-year-old league with a team made up almost completely by boys that have never played organized football before? Record: 0-3-1... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LOL</span>... Luke is doing fairly well. They have him playing Offensive Right Guard. He knows how to block pretty well (which is why they put him there even though I think he is better suited for a defensive position), but ONLY when he has a defensive guy right in front of him to block. If the defensive line is playing the gaps, or a 4-3 type scheme where Luke doesn't have a guy immediately in front of him, he has yet to learn exactly what to do. He typically just charges off the line looking for anyone to block... a defensive lineman his teammates missed, a linebacker, a safety, a referee... I have got to get him to learn to maintain his position and scheme block depending on the play. They are playing him both sides of the ball most of the time and he's fast enough to ALMOST catch some of these little fast running backs... but I just can't get him to be aggressive enough... Instead of charging off the line he kind of stands up and allows <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">himself</span> to be pushed backwards by the offensive lineman... or allows himself to stay tangled up with the blocker instead of fighting him off... shoulder slash, swim move, windmill, anything... I have showed them to him but haven't gotten him to use them in game yet. Still, I think he is doing well considering. He wants to go to football camp next year, so I expect we'll see improvement next year...<br /><br />Kelly and I are gradually getting geared up for our romantic getaway weekend! It is now only 4 weeks away, and we are starting to get a bit giddy. My parents are already on the slate to watch the boys for the weekend. I am a bit concerned because Mitch has grown into a "scared of the dark/ be lone in room at night" thing, so he is up a lot and in our bed lately. My plan is to set up a camping out thing for the three boys in one of their rooms for the weekend with the 20 inch <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">TV</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">DVD</span> player with a bunch of new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">DVDs</span> they have not seen... Hopefully that will minimize the inconvenience for my parents at night. But anyway, Kelly is all busy making all kinds of plans, including food, um... "clothing", and the atmosphere... I am supposed to help with the ambiance and atmosphere as well as activities we can do during the day and evenings when we are... um... how <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">should</span> I say this?.... too tired to do anything else... The problem I have is I just have a hard time with thinking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">about</span> stuff like that... Gotta get started... gotta make sure my plans have nothing to do with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">TV</span> or football...reminder... no <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">TV</span> or football. That would be bad. Like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Ghostbuster's</span> Crossing the Streams Bad....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">LOL</span><br /><br />We're going camping again next weekend again with the boys for Fall Break. They are all excited, as are we... To be honest, though, I have been so busy I have not been involved in any of the planning other than picking the days I am taking off for it... <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">we're</span> going somewhere northeast of Atlanta... will have pictures eventually...<br /><br />What little time I have carved out for myself to recharge lately (which usually only amounts to the middle of the night on the weekends) has revolved around Halo 3. I am still not a big fan of the adversarial <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">multiplayer</span> (hated it on Halo 2), but am giving it my best shot to like it, since it is where my friends are hanging out... I do love the single player and online co-op with friends... Hope to get into more of that this weekend too...It is my one vice right now...well, other than football... but that goes without saying!<br /><br />OK. This update about why I haven't been blogging has been sitting for three days! Even though I am not done with it, I am posting what I have. Good enough for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8404935593687702349?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-21987232375949606902007-09-13T11:54:00.000-04:002007-09-13T11:57:56.838-04:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">LESSON 7:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Et</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> To have eaten. "You done et?"</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2198723237594960690?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-49259782918588683592007-09-12T14:12:00.000-04:002008-12-10T04:55:44.225-05:00Well, man! I can't believe I have not posted in two weeks! Time flies when you are swamped I guess!<br /><br />Some things going on lately....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulU2gA-i3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/ddyppT8CMPA/s1600-h/dirty_color.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulU2gA-i3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/ddyppT8CMPA/s400/dirty_color.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109708547512241010" border="0" /></a>...I seem to be getting increasingly swamped with work at the office. What with school having been in session for a while and all teachers getting tired of the behavior of their "little angels," I am getting more referrals for evaluations... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ADHD</span>, behavior problems, learning disabilities, you name it. Very time consuming. Especially when you consider the fact that the only time I generally have to write the reports (typically 9-10 pages each) are in the evenings after the kids have gone to bed...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulUeAA-i2I/AAAAAAAAADw/1IITISuqnbo/s1600-h/bioshock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulUeAA-i2I/AAAAAAAAADw/1IITISuqnbo/s200/bioshock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109708126605445986" border="0" /></a><br />...what time I have carved away (admittedly more than I <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">should</span></span> have been carving out) has been spent with <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bioshock</span></span></span> for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Xbox</span> 360. I was not all that interested in the game, but got sucked into the hype of it as the release date neared so picked it up. Boy am I sure glad I did! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Though</span> I typically only enjoy single player <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulNlwA-izI/AAAAAAAAADY/3qisSv088TM/s1600-h/halo3_002.200692510555.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulNlwA-izI/AAAAAAAAADY/3qisSv088TM/s200/halo3_002.200692510555.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109700563168037682" border="0" /></a>games that have a solid <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">multiplayer</span> component (unless you mention <span style="font-style: italic;">Oblivion</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LOL</span>), this single player only game was DA BOMB! Shooter, adventure, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">RPG</span>, horror, mystery components all perfectly rolled into one. And the glue that held it all together? One of the best, Hollywood-script-quality style <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">storylines</span> I have ever seen! Man, when you get a twist toward the end, it rivals and gives you the same chilly feeling as the realization of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kobayashi</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Keyser</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Soze</span> story twist in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Usual <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Susp</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ects</span></span>! Amazing! The game is finally finished and traded <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulcQwA-i4I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AcIY3iHFaic/s1600-h/giraffetastic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulcQwA-i4I/AAAAAAAAAEA/AcIY3iHFaic/s400/giraffetastic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109716695065201538" border="0" /></a>in for the next great game - <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Halo 3</span> - due out two weeks from tomorrow! More to come on that at a later date! Oh, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">btw</span>, I also picked up <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Space Giraffe </span></span>for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Xbox</span> Live Arcade... It has been getting a bit ripped by reviews, but if you are at all a fan of <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tempest</span></span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">trippy</span> music and visuals, or Jeff Minter, you gotta get this game!<br /><br />...other things taking up time...<br /><br />Luke has started playing football, and we have practices 3 days a week. Pretty funny seeing 177-8 year <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">olds</span> in full football gear and pads at practice! I have to admit that it has been quite an emotional flashback helping him put his pads on, lacing them up, and fitting his helmet. Last time I member all this, it was me getting my shoulder pads laced up by my dad. When the perspective shifts like this for the first time, you are overwhelmed with feelings of joy and pride, but also grief over the loss of those old days when you, both literally and figuratively, looked up to your dad. I'm lucky to be able to say I still book up to my dad but still miss those days. I can only hope my boys look up to me like I did to my dad. Anyway, this has also started to take up a good bit of time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulSewA-i1I/AAAAAAAAADo/TCcYNvN1cS4/s1600-h/luke_football.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RulSewA-i1I/AAAAAAAAADo/TCcYNvN1cS4/s400/luke_football.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109705940467092306" border="0" /></a><br />So anyway that catches us up a bit on things around here. Hope to post more soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4925978291858868359?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-92080330130169622222007-08-29T13:42:00.000-04:002007-08-29T13:48:09.994-04:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">LESSON 6:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dadgummit</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> An expletive. Alternate, southern form of 'damn'. "Dadgummit! Bubba's done chased a skunk clean into a hole and stinks somethin' fierce now!"</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">No copyright. this didn't come from the book I have been quoting. For some bizarre reason this did not make into the Lexicon I have been quoting from. The authors must be Yanks pretending to be Proud South.<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-9208033013016962222?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-54899270530359818752007-08-27T12:48:00.000-04:002007-08-27T14:01:14.997-04:00The World of Luke.<br /><br />Luke is a very bright kid. But Luke is also hyperactive and impulsive. He gets his work done in school very easily and quickly and becomes quickly bored. Bored, hyper kid = LOTS of discipline problems. Add to that the fact that:<br /><br />He never gets intimidated.<br /><br />Dateline today. He has his very first football practice tonight, so he is very excited. He was high energy about it this morning already before school. Kelly just got a call from his teacher already at 12:30 today:<br /><ul><li>not listening</li><li>talking in class</li><li>getting out of his seat</li><li>been placed in the corner</li><li>has to have "silent lunch"</li><li>had to sit out of recess</li><li>already has two "letters" today before lunch on Monday (1 letter=5 points deducted from weekly conduct grade)</li></ul>His teacher tells Kelly that when she was going over some math concepts in class today, Luke was rifling through his desk and not listening to her...<br /><br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">She says, "Luke, because you are not listening that must mean that you think you already know how to do this."<br /><br />"Yes ma'am."<br /><br />She continues. "Now Luke, this is rounding to the thousandths. We've never done that before and you didn't do that in 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span> grade. Are you sure?"<br /><br />"Yes ma'am."<br /><br />And his teacher goes on. "OK. So if I went ahead and gave you the test right now then you would pass, right?"<br /><br />"Yes ma'am."<br /><br />The teacher keeps digging her hole deeper (thinking she is digging Luke's). "Now this won't be a practice test. This will be your test for the week and whatever your score is will count for your grade."<br /><br />"OK."<br /><br />She does not have the test ready.</blockquote><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BAM</span>! He called her bluff. Now, the thing is, Luke was probably being honest in all his answers, truly thinking he already knew it and could pass the test. The thing is (which we can never admit to him), he's probably right. His teacher assumes that he cannot do something unless he has seen it first, rather than taking a concept he is familiar with (rounding) and extend that concept out to the next digit. The problem is this - we'll now never know.<br /><br />By not having the test ready, we are now in a bad position. He still thinks he was right and justified in acting the way he was. His teacher will still look at him like all the other students, and assume he was just being nasty rather than being honest (and proving to her he probably could have done it). So she is already starting to see him as an attitude problem rather than a bright kid who needs more challenge.<br /><br />And poor Luke just does not seem to see the inappropriateness of his behavior. We have gone over and over with him about this stuff - no talking in class, listen to your teacher at all times, don't talk in the hall, don't get out of your seat, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">yadda</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">yadda</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">yadda</span>... Yet when he gets home after a hard day at school he sits in the floor crying not knowing exactly what he did that was so wrong...<br /><br />I think this is just gonna be one of those issues that we are going to have to struggle with every year in school until one of Luke's teachers "gets him" and makes an effort to see WHY he acts the way he does (bright and bored vs. "attitude problem") and then works with him to challenge him...<br /><br />In the mean time, he's gonna keep his teacher's hopping... and his conduct grades are going to keep dropping...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5489927053035981875?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-47721307836454515202007-08-27T10:06:00.000-04:002007-08-27T10:09:50.641-04:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Busy. Nothing else to post right now. More later.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">LESSON 5:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Comin' Up a Cloud</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> An approaching storm. "Stay close to the house. It's comin' up a cloud."</span><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4772130783645451520?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-26747002694020110612007-08-25T11:50:00.000-04:002007-08-25T11:55:12.337-04:00<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Busy. Not much going on. Nothing else to post right now.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">LESSON 4:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Break Bad</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> To behave in a violent, wanton, or outrageous manner for no discernible reason. "Ol' Bill </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >broke bad</span><span style="font-size:180%;"> last night and wound up in jail."</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-2674700269402011061?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-76660528967003736762007-08-23T11:40:00.000-04:002007-08-23T11:57:13.922-04:00As you may or may not know, I have been a big Jeff Minter fan for years. Jeff was put on tap to design the NEON visualizer for the Xbox 360 media player, and just finished and released Space Giraffe for Xbox Live Arcade. Unfortunately, the game has been getting fairly ripped by a lot of people because they just don't "get it". It definitely pays homage to Tempest, and it seems that some people are playing it just like Tempest, which makes the game rather boring (plus these people likely are not of the old arcade days where the only goal was to get the high score... so again, they just don't "get it"). Minter's game design is an acquired taste and his games are fairly esoteric. One of the biggest complaints I have heard about the game is that they just didn't know exactly what they were supposed to do and that the tutorial was not explanatory enough (and I must admit I kind of feel the same way). But I just noticed on the <a href="http://www.yakyak.org/">Yak Yak message boards</a> (Jeff's official message boards for Llamasoft) a mention of a tutorial done by a user over on You Tube. Here you go:<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ws-nkqUP2kU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ws-nkqUP2kU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Now two things I myself noted after watching the video:<br /><ol><li>I was actually doing some of it right when I tried it out...LOL</li><li>I thought you could only "bull" enemies when you had a jump pod, but evidently you can do it anytime even without a jump as long as the powerbar is extended. It is not actually the jump that allows you to "bull" enemies; rather, it is the fact that jumping <span style="font-style: italic;">extends the powerbar </span>which allows you to "bull" the baddies and boost your score multiplier. Good to know, and not something I thought was made very clear in the tutorial of the game.</li></ol>Just FYI for those interested.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-7666052896700373676?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-8177750804434411772007-08-23T09:47:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:53:19.028-04:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><br />LESSON 3:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bad Off</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span> Desperately in need of; also, extremely ill. 1. "Is that <span style="font-style: italic;">Valley of the Dolls</span>?! You must be bad off for something to read." 2. "Jim's in the hospital. He's bad off."<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-817775080443441177?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-47175627613732896672007-08-22T13:05:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:52:27.706-04:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><br />LESSON 2:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Attair</span>:</span></span> Contraction used to indicate the specific item desired. "Pass me attair gravy, please ma'am!"<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4717562761373289667?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-80152883302165594592007-08-20T23:00:00.000-04:002007-08-20T23:26:41.084-04:00<span style="font-size:78%;">(I was gonna find a pic to go along with this post, but no matter what I looked at, I just felt it would have been in poor taste.)</span><br /><br />I was a big Vick fan. Not a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Koolaid</span>-drinking, blind-faith spouting, rabid fan, but rather an admirer of the man's obvious athletic talent.<br /><br />And I hope I never see him in a football uniform ever again.<br /><br />Not NFL. Not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CFL</span>. Not Arena Football League. Not the European Football League. Not even McMahon's old <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">XFL</span>.<br /><br />Vick used his power and money to build and develop his own dogfighting compound, financed it, and evidently not only appeared at the fights themselves, but also participated in the sacrificing and execution of innocent dogs.<br /><br />There is no excuse for what he did, and it has infuriated me over the last several months as I have listened to him spout all kinds of spin-control crap. He stated out talking about how he's such an animal lover and could never do anything like this. Then he is quote saying no matter where he goes in the world, "Mike Vick" is always going to get the support of his fans. Now that he has accepted a plea agreement, you don't here him saying anything about retracted all the flat out lies he has been spouting for the last several months.<br /><br />One thing I am glad of: The Power of Celebrity appears to be tarnishing. Vick's going to prison for at least 12 months and is likely done forever in his gravy train that is the NFL. Other celebrities (Paris Hilton, Lindsey <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Lohan</span>, etc.) are actually stating to get jail time. Yeah, nothing compared to what Vick will get or deserves, but at least celebrities are actually getting SENTENCED and not just sent to some posh "rehab facility." Is their treatment equal to us "common people" yet? Not even close. But maybe our society is just getting fed up with these elitist celebrity idiots. We can only hope.<br /><br />Hey Mike. Hope you can run and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">juke</span> in jail like you can on the football field, 'cos you're gonna be running for your life in there.<br /><br />Good.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8015288330216559459?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-58178354239861882182007-08-19T21:53:00.000-04:002007-08-23T09:53:38.029-04:00So I have often noticed that when I am gaming with a bunch of my friends, nearly all of whom either...<br /><ol><li>live north of the Mason-Dixon Line</li><li>live in the South but are transplanted Yankees</li><li>live in Florida (which in many Deep South circles is not even considered "South" due to the constant influx of Northern Snow Birds)</li></ol>...they always make a comment when I say something like "Dad-gum!" when I die in the game... obviously unfamiliar with the eloquent and colorful vernacular of the denizens of the Kudzu Belt...<br /><br />So I thought I would start educating my Northern friends about the meaning of some Southern phrases... Now I will not plagiarize these, they are pulled from a book entitled, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Speak Southern</span></span>, by Steve Mitchell. The dedication reads: "<br /><br />This book is dedicated to all Yankees in the hope that it will teach them how to talk right."<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">LESSON 1:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Ahmoan</span>:</span></span> An expression of intent. "Ahmoan have a drink. Want one?"<br /></span><br />I plan on adding one every day just for kicks... This book is written like a dictionary, so there are TONS to choose from. I will try and pick the highlights for y'all...<br /><br />That being done... Ahmoan go get me something to drink and play Xbox 360. Later.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copyright 1976 by Steve Mitchell and Sam C. Rawls</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5817835423986188218?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-48253820551753971532007-08-16T22:00:00.000-04:002007-08-17T08:41:37.072-04:00<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ahhh</span>, the frantic days of after-school-homework-time. Luke needs to study spelling words, Connor needs to read. Mitchell just wants to decompress his sensory-sensitive body and mind by stripping his clothes off and curling up with Over The Hedge on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">widescreen</span>. As I get the boys engaged in their work, I attempt to do my own after-work chores.....clean up breakfast dishes, go through backpacks, sign school papers, switch the laundry from the dryer to the basket, washer to the dryer, and hamper to the washer.<br /><br />At some point, I hear the dreaded call from upstairs, "MOM, THE TOILET IS OVERFLOWING!!" Of course the call doesn't come until I can actually <span style="font-style: italic;">hear</span> the water falling onto the bathroom floor in the boys' bathroom. I run upstairs and there is murky water and soggy paper flooding the floor and seeping into the carpet in the hall. I frantically turn off the valve at the back and look up to see Connor and Luke standing at the door in the hall just staring. I scream, "Get me some towels!" They run to the linen closet and as I'm bent over picking up the soggy bath mat I can see them out of the corner of my eye just standing there. I realize that I must not have given enough instruction and they do not know what to do with towels in light of a water emergency. Now, remember, they are 11 and 8. So, I give more instructions. "Throw the towels on the wet floor!!" It was then that I realized they had gotten about 6 hand towels. Not much help. At least it stopped the 2 inches of water from continuing to soak the carpet in the hall.<br /><br />"Go get my mop and bucket from the kitchen!" I knew this would be easy for them to find because the mop and bucket are a standard fixture in our kitchen. Connor was the first to respond. He runs downstairs, but it certainly seems it is taking him longer than expected to return. Now, I realize that time can seem to stand still as one is standing in......well, you know. I peak my head around the corner and see him standing on the stairs watching Over The Hedge. "CONNOR!" I scream. "Oh, sorry Mom. Sorry," as if he completely forgot why he was coming up the stairs with a mop and bucket.<br /><br />At some point, during and after cleaning up I began the investigation. "Who forgot to flush the toilet? Our toilets are the water-saver kind so they don't suck really well. It is absolutely necessary that each time you 'go', the toilet gets flushed. Who forgot to flush?"<br /><br />Amazingly, no one admitted to making their "deposit" and then simply walking away. "It wasn't me, Mom. I promise." "I haven't even been in that bathroom in days." "I think it was probably Mitch." Now, at the risk of sharing too much information, a mother knows what her children's "movements" look like. Some are long and thin, some are short and fat, some a certain color.....you know what I mean. I started noticing that there was yellow husk-looking material in what I was cleaning. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hmm</span>. We had corn casserole last night. Connor and Mitch do not like corn. That leaves Sean, Luke and I.........which narrowed down my list of suspects. I gave Sean the benefit of the doubt, counted myself out, which left Luke.<br /><br />"Luke, I believe you are the culprit. First of all, Mitch did his "job" after school today in the downstairs bathroom as soon as he got home. I know this because I saw it. Second of all, Connor was coming in to do his "job" when he saw someone else had already beaten him to his bathroom and that is when he flushed and the mess here began. Thirdly, and most conclusively, you are the only one of the children who ate corn".....as I pointed to the floor. He dropped his head, face turning red and walked to his room. I think I watch too much <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CSI</span>.......<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4825382055175397153?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stinkerdoodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080999199556064529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-19890992261024572632007-08-14T00:14:00.000-04:002008-12-10T04:55:44.619-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rozsavage.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RsEsXZNR8DI/AAAAAAAAAC4/jQFEVZ6-pkQ/s400/rozsavage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098405033575313458" border="0" /></a>So just how absolutely amazingly freaking cool is this woman! First, she rows SOLO across the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Over 3,000 miles and 103 days at sea later, she made it.<br /><br />Below is a quote straight from her website:<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">It was the year 2000, I was 33 years old, and I seemed to have the perfect life. I had a job, a husband, a home, a little red sports car. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />In theory, I should have been happy. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Fast forward to March 2006. I am 38, divorced, homeless, and alone in a tiny rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. My last hot meal was two months ago, before my camping stove broke. My stereo is bust. I’ve had no human contact since my satellite phone stopped working several weeks ago. All four of my oars are broken and I’ve had to patch them up with duct tape and makeshift splints. I have tendonitis in my shoulders and saltwater sores on my backside. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />I have battled twenty-foot waves, sleep deprivation, self-doubt and depression. But I have never been happier.</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />They said I was crazy. They said I wasn’t big enough, not tall enough, not strong enough.</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />But at last, after three thousand miles and 103 days at sea, I am about to accomplish my goal. I am proving that anybody can achieve the extraordinary, if only they have enough guts and determination and sheer bloody-mindedness to see it through. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />I am realizing my dream, one stroke at a time. </span></blockquote>Oh, and by the way... yesterday, she started a new venture.... rowing across the Pacific Ocean! Can you believe this? And the cool thing is, she seems to be a techie as well. She blogs daily from her boat, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Brocade</span>, has podcasts, and so on! It is really an interesting read, you shoudl check it out...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://rozsavage.com/">http://rozsavage.com</a><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-1989099226102457263?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-5722570555201428412007-08-13T09:01:00.000-04:002008-12-10T04:55:44.770-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RsChcZNR8BI/AAAAAAAAACo/94Faz_Se-tU/s1600-h/treefalls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RsChcZNR8BI/AAAAAAAAACo/94Faz_Se-tU/s400/treefalls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098252287358398482" border="0" /></a><br /><span>[</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">DISCLAIMER:</span> This post is in NO WAY an effort to get sympathy traffic or posts or comments or anything... just some of my own introspections....LOL]<br /><br />I was asking some friends the other day about blogging, and if any of them still did it. I was trying to get updated on all my friend's blog feeds. Well, one said, and I quote:<br /><br />"<span class="postbody">I have been kicking it around again, then I realize that I don't really care enough to...."<br /></span><span class="postbody"><br />At first I thought it was just a funny quip in an effort to be the elitist humorist of the group (sorry, Rammy, had to slam you... you know I love you man! LOL), but then I started to think about it, and sure enough, it started to make me question and wonder this whole blogging thing.<br /><br />As I sit here and think about it, there are several different categories of bloggers/blogs:</span><br /><ol><li>Those blogs written to disseminate information to the masses of people who are interested in that particular subject</li><li>Those blogs written in order to disseminate information in order to advance their agenda, influence opinion, or create doubt and mistrust in other organizations, etc....(i.e., whacked out conspiracy theory type stuff)<br /></li><li>Those blogs written to disseminate news data on a timely, to-the-minute basis, to be more personalized and consistent with our "immediate gratification" culture</li><li>Those personal blogs written as an easy way for family and friends to stay in touch with one another</li><li>Those blogs written in order to have a good repository of information and stories to be stored "indefinitely" and having an easy location to recall events (i.e., stories about family, journaling, type stuff)<br /></li><li>Those blogs written by people simply due to the "it's all about me" nature of our culture, written not to provide anyone with any information, but rather to simply say "Hey! Look at me! I exist! And I am worth looking at! Even to the point of doing and saying stupid things to get people to notice me!"<br /></li></ol>Though my goals when I started the blog (or so I thought) were #4 and #5, I am seriously beginning to doubt my motives. As you'll see from the site, very few comments are made by others. This seems to tell me that I am blowing smoke out my butt - kind of like the "tree falling in the woods but no one is around to hear" syndrome. If I am blogging posts and no one is around to comment, am I really communicating with others? I would say no. Which brings my blog, unfortunately and embarrassingly, to #6. Am I so shallow that I keep posting knowing it rarely gets looked at, just so than <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I</span></span> can say, "Hey! Look at me! I exist! And am worth looking at!"<br /><br />Sad, really.<br /><br />Made even more sad by the fact that, even though this realization is slowly creeping up on me....<br /><br />I still keep posting.<br /><br />So in the end, what is worse? Having a friend who doesn't blog because he sees it as unimportant even though you'd like to hear from them on a regular basis, or continuing to blog yourself when it seems no one else cares or is interested?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-572257055520142841?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-40989336784627034322007-08-12T17:14:00.001-04:002008-12-10T04:55:45.067-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/Rr94S5NR8AI/AAAAAAAAACg/MsrqlsbCvMg/s1600-h/disturbia-poster-2-15-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/Rr94S5NR8AI/AAAAAAAAACg/MsrqlsbCvMg/s320/disturbia-poster-2-15-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097925569196191746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="direction: ltr;">I gotta say, I thought this movie was great! I have become a big fan of Shia LaBeouf in some of his recent movies (The Greatest Game Ever Played, for example), and he definitely shines in this one! He has this amazing ability to display such range of emotion, humor, and vulnerability with such maturity and flexibility it belies his age. But then, he can show the<br />type of carefree and jovial personality that you would expect from someone his age. There is one amazingly tense scene where he shows such passionate and vulnerable emotions with only his eyes and the trembling of the muscles of his mouth (I won't spoil the scene for you)... He shows more emotion in that one scene than some actors (*cough*Keanu Reeves*cough*) show in<br />their entire careers...LOL<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I thought the movie was very well done and tense. It has been described as an updated teen-focused Alfred Hitchcock movie, and I would have to agree with that assessment. It has none of the slasher crap that most movies of this type have these days, where the only thing they try to do is constantly one-up each other with increasingly graphic and gory and bizarre killings. This movie shows no nudity (though close to it once), has very little language, and only typical teen hormone rages. Imagine if John Hughes did a horror movie... yep, high school angst combined with love story combined with tension, fear, and a serial killer. It was a really interesting blend of a lot of stuff and it all came off pretty well (though Shia's sidekick in the movie, Ronnie [played by Aaron Yoo], came off as out of his class when placed in with the rest of the cast). Props go to David Morse too. He has that uncanny ability as an actor to come off as polite, humble, unassuming, sinister, and simmeringly evil all at the same time. Some of his one on one interactions with Shia's (Kane) and Sarah Roemer's (Ashley) characters were WAYYY tense.<br /><br />The movie had me on the edge of my seat for several scenes, and the acting (particularly by Shia and David) was top notch. All of this without the usual needless nudity and language typical of today's movies. All in all I <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">HIGHLY </span>recommend Disturbia.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-4098933678462703432?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-87856220479224773552007-08-10T13:07:00.000-04:002007-08-10T13:27:07.739-04:00My secretary forwarded this email to me a while back and thought I'd add it here... Guys are always getting the shaft and getting blamed for stuff. We are always being told that WE are being insensitive to the plight of the women around us and our spouses... Well has anyone thought about how woman are insensitive and inconsiderate of US?!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Guy's Rules</span></span><br /></div><br /><blockquote>We always hear the "rules" from the female perspective. Now here are the rules from the male side of life.<br /><br />These are our rules!<br /><br />Please note... they are all numbered "1" on purpose!<br /><br />1. Men are NOT mind readers.<br /><br />1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down, do you?<br /><br />1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.<br /><br />1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.<br /><br />1. Crying is blackmail.<br /><br />1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it already!<br /><br />1. 'Yes' and 'No' are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.<br /><br />1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.<br /><br />1. A headache that last for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.<br /><br />1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.<br /><br />1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.<br /><br />1. If you think you're fat, you probably are...Don't ask us.<br /><br />1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.<br /><br />1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.<br /><br />1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.<br /><br />1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions. Neither do we.<br /><br />1. All men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.<br /><br />1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.<br /><br />1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing is wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.<br /><br />1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.<br /><br />1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear IS fine....Really.<br /><br />1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or golf.<br /><br />1. You have enough clothes.<br /><br />1. You have to many shoes.<br /><br />1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape.<br /><br />1. thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight... but did you know that men don't really mind that? It's like camping.</blockquote><br />Now, I will freely admit that a lot of these don't apply to Kel... she's one in a million and not into most of the (what she feels is stupid) girly girl woman attitude and mind games that can go on in a relationship. So now that I have given that caveat, maybe I WON'T have to sleep on the couch tonight. I don't like camping.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8785622047922477355?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-1850565049264206922007-08-07T15:36:00.000-04:002007-08-08T23:43:53.753-04:00<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Hey guys, sometimes you just have to sit back and watch what God can do. As some of y'all know, I am very involved in Promise Keepers, a Christian men's evangelistic and discipleship movement. For the last year I have become a volunteer for PK as an Ambassador, and have met some absolutely fantastic men of God. though I took a bunch of guys to the PK even in Mobile, AL, back in June, a bunch of my fellow Georgia PK guys went to the Columbia, SC, event last weekend. Monday night I got an email from Hal Taylor, our Eastern PK Ambassador representative who i have had the pleasure to meet on a couple of occasions. Below is the first email I received:<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc0000;"><em><strong><blockquote><p><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em><strong>I want to thank you guys for being men of prayer. We need you tonight!!! While coming home from the Columbia event 4 of our ambassadors who arrived on motorcycles we struck by a car and 2 of them are in critical condition. We need you guys to start praying right away!</strong></em></span></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;"><em><strong>Mike and Bob please get this news out to the ambassadors in the Mid and Western US for us!</strong></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;"><em><strong>I will be driving down to Macon Ga. in the morning where they were taken for surgery. I will let you know how they are doing! </strong></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;"><em><strong>Satan never rests long after joy rocks hell like it did this weekend!!! But he is defeated and we all know it! He can’t rob our joy!!!</strong></em></span></span></p></blockquote></strong></em></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">I have been in prayer for our guys since then, and just last night received this wonderful follow up email from Hal describing in more detail what happened and how God surrounded these men with powerful and prayerful brothers and sisters in Christ and just the right mix of people to help them in their most dire time of need....</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc0000;"><em><strong></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;"><em><strong>Guys!<br /></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#990000;">God is great!!! This has been a story of miracles.<br /><br />Our brothers hit a car going 55 miles an hour without pressing the brakes. They struck the car with 2 passengers (one who was 2 months pregnant) who were turning into their AME church for services. They hit the car so hard that it moved the car 15 feet. Both passengers were OK as well as the baby.<br /><br />The congregation heard the crash and came running out to assist. In the crowd there were 3 EMT’s and a minute later a vacationing doctor from North Carolina who was “sight seeing” on the back roads of Ga. arrived on scene. All gloved up and started administering medical attention immediately. All the while the parishioners began laying on hands and praying all around them. They said they had church all over the highway.<br /><br />It never ceases to amaze me how we never see race in time of crisis and emergency. Heaven watched while an African American church ministered to the souls and bodies of white men laying in the middle of an almost forgotten highway in the deep south. Angels stood to cheer as the two groups, one in shorts and the other in suits, stood arm in arm and petitioned for God’s intervention. The power of God’s healing was unleashed during the faith driven prayers of the unified brothers and sisters in Christ normally separated by race.<br /><br />On August 5th, 2007 Sunday afternoon the sight that was witnessed by heaven was also witnessed by hell. God allowed the enemy to do his worst and then all of eternity watched as God’s children did their best. The Father’s greatness was being observed in an event that Satan wished for evil. God turned it and used it for His own glory!!!<br /><br />The names of the men in the accident this week are<br /><br />Mike Podskoc- Severely broken leg with multiple fractures and crushed heal/ other numerous injuries, he has steel rods in leg and hardware in his ankle. They are (surgeries yet needed, still in hospital) room 539<br /><br />Eric Armor- Had a brain bleed that this afternoon has stopped bleeding. Other various broken bones (doctor released this evening at 6:00pm) this was a major miracle<br /><br />Mike Wade- many bumps and bruises (released today)<br /><br />Jay Henson- many bumps and bruises (released today)<br /></span></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Medical Center Of Central Georgia<br />777 Hemlock St<br />Macon, GA<br />31201-2155<br />478-633-1000</span></strong></em></span></p></blockquote><p></strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I don't care what anyone says, God can use anything, no matter how seemingly dark and dangerous and scary, to glorify His name and bring people together of ANY race, nationality, background, or whatever. I just thought this was an amazing story, and just wish I had been able to be there to be part of it all. My prayers still go out to all these guys, especially Mike (who I met recently at a PK Ambassador retreat) who still sounds like he has a long road ahead of him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">If so inclined, I'd appreciate it if you included these guys in your prayers for continued healing. Thanks.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-185056504926420692?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-354616177176467532007-08-05T13:48:00.001-04:002007-08-05T16:03:02.216-04:00River Trip 2007.... Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjos...<br /><br /><br /><iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=56465411@N00&tags=chattahoochee" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="425"></iframe><br /><br />I'd write more, but I am tired and have reports to write for work tomorrow. Suffice it to say, it was another great trip. No bad weather at all and the only problem was the new guys running out of gas because they wouldn't listen to people telling them to fill <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">completely</span> up the last morning of the trip. Luckily we only had to tow them in the last mile or two. Great bunch of guys! Lots of bad jokes, old jokes, old stories, confederate and SEC college football history stories, and general good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ol</span>' Southern Redneck fun! And only about 5 or 6 alligators to deal with this year...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LOL</span><br /><br />I promise y'all... when I can afford my own boat and take my own crew, y'all (and you know who you are) will have an open invitation to partake in classic redneck river fun!<br /><br />Oh, and by the way, sorry about the quality of some of the pics... they were all taken with my Treo, which ain't the best cameraphone in the world...LOL<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-35461617717646753?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-51835755023325231682007-08-02T08:28:00.001-04:002008-12-10T04:55:45.635-05:00Well, in T-minus 3 hours, 32 minutes I will be heading out for the annual "River Trip". This year we are doing our standby trip, the Chattahoochee (we've done the Tennessee and Alabama rivers in the past).<br /><br />What the River Trip is not:<br /><ul><li>We don't canoe.</li><li>We don't go down rapids in rafts.</li><li>We don't ski.</li><li>We don't fish.</li><li>We don't camp in tents.<br /></li></ul><br />What the River Trip is:<br /><ul><li>Bunch of guys. </li><li>Boats. </li><li>Beer.</li><li>Bad Jokes.<br /></li><li>Power boats.</li><li>Sand bars.</li><li>Riverside motels.</li><li>Hamburger steak in the evening.</li></ul><br />We have had a couple of motto's for the River Trip over the years.....<br /><ul><li>What Goes Down, Stays Down.</li><li>The River Trip: Doing Men Things in a Manly Way.</li><li>(and the unofficial one that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">no one</span> has been brave enough to put on a t-shirt):</li><ul><li>Chicks Dig Guys Who Go Down On The 'Hooch...</li></ul></ul>The trip has definitely dwindled and become more sedate over the years (they've been doing this for 25 years or so), however. Whereas the trips used to involve 8-10 boats full of guys (and on occasion the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RrHUPEoq_dI/AAAAAAAAACQ/eXsztfNSETw/s1600-h/eufaula001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RrHUPEoq_dI/AAAAAAAAACQ/eXsztfNSETw/s320/eufaula001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094086008940199378" border="0" /></a>bailing out of one of them before the trip could start), the numbers and activities have dwindled as the guys get older. I keep telling my dad who is the main organizer of the trip now that they need to infuse the trip with younger guys to liven it up, but no luck so far. Guess that won't happen until I can afford to buy my own boat and bring my own "crew". Now the tip consists mainly of tooling down the river at a leisurely pace, hitting every good sandbar along the bank to relax in the water, tell bad jokes, and hear stories that my dad tells <span style="font-style: italic;">every <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">stinkin</span>' year</span> about all the stuff that happened on past River Trip's (most of which we are all present for anyway...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LOL</span>).<br /><br />The trip really is a blast though. I am not really into the whole "get stinking drunk and get arrested" thing like some of the old gang used to do years ago anyway....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">LOL</span>... It is really just a time for guys who have to be upstanding citizens all year (business owners, attorneys [including the D.A.], sheriffs, doctors, etc.) to just kick back, relax, and <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">be a guy</span></span>. We have always done a three day trip:<br /><ul><li>Head down to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Eufaula</span>, AL, on Thursday afternoon</li><li>Put in the water Friday morning and head all the way to <span style="font-size:100%;">Apalachicola, FL by Friday evening (trust me, that is a HAUL...not much sand bar hopping on Friday)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Head back from Apalachicola on Saturday morning and come halfway back upstream to Lake Seminole on the GA/FL border</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Come on back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Eufaula</span>, AL, on Sunday, get out, unload, and head home.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;">Last year and this year, though, we are only doing a two-day trip... only go halfway on Friday to Lake Seminole, then head back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Eufaula</span> on Saturday. It is a more laid back, relaxing trip because you aren't hauling your butt on the river from 9 am til 8 pm on Friday to make it all the way to Apalachicola. Those Fridays' could be rough, especially if anyone had any boat trouble...still both my dad and I kind of miss the long haul days...</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RrHUVEoq_eI/AAAAAAAAACY/TJyX0v7xC-Y/s1600-h/eufaula002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RrHUVEoq_eI/AAAAAAAAACY/TJyX0v7xC-Y/s320/eufaula002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094086112019414498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">Anyway, some of y'all need to come with me on this trip one of these days... Heck, some of you are already close by, and I know there are others that would fly down for something like this.... And you all know who you are...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">LOL</span> Network connectivity is an issue on the river, but I will try to post some stuff while on the river if I can...<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Oh, and by the way, these are the kinds of things you can run into on the Chattahoochee or in</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> either Lake <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Eufaula</span> or Lake Seminole if you don't keep your eyes open...Yes, that is a deer it its mouth. Welcome to the River Trip, baby!<br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-5183575502332523168?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-88003943821272479782007-08-01T21:42:00.000-04:002007-08-01T22:20:32.369-04:00So, summer is almost over and we haven't really done much in the way of a family vacation. So, because we have a bunch of boys who like to play outside, I talk Sean into going camping. We pick a state park in Birmingham because that's where my sister and her husband live with their four kids, so we figure we'd have more fun squeezing 11 people into a 10-man tent than just 5.<br /><br />The planning begins. First of all, I have to do a tent repair on one of the tent door zippers that Connor broke. Then comes all the lists of what each family is bringing so we do as little duplication as possible. The forecast calls for thunderstorms all three days, but we decide to chance it anyway. But, just to be on the safe side, everything is packed in plastic tubs and bags because there's no way all our gear is going to fit inside the tent with 11 folks if it does rain. <br /><br />I probably should mention that neither family are avid, experienced campers and we have little to no camping gear either. So, our adventure begins. We show up at the park and they tell us there is a limit of 8 people per camp site. Hmmmm. So, I say "We only have one tent. Does that mean that 3 people have to sleep on the dirt next to us to get eaten up with mosquitos all night?" Since 3 of our campers are 6 years old and under, they let us slide. <br /><br />Before we even get everything unloaded, Mitch takes off for what he can see as water through the trees. The rest follow and end up playing in a muddy bog before we even set up camp. We walk down a little farther and see a small beach area where some of the water is roped off for swimming. All 7 of the kids are water bugs, so that is where we spent the majority of our time...especially since it never rained and the temperature was in the 90's. <br /><br />I wont bore you with any more details of the trip, but suffice it to say I am a bit more experienced at this whole camping thing. As a result, I am compiled myself a list of important things to remember the next time we decide to embark on another camping adventure.<br /><br /><ol><li>11 people can drink a whole heck-of-a-lot of water in 3 days....even when one is drinking mostly breast milk and another prefers Mellow Yellow and GatorAid.</li><li>Canadian nightcrawlers will disintegrate into mush if not kept in the cooler.</li><li>Check carefully for rocks at the tent site before putting down the tent. Somehow a small pebble becomes a boulder when you're sleeping on it.</li><li>Squirrels like powdered lemonade in those little single serving "sticks" that you pour into bottled water.</li><li>Crocks do not cause blisters as bad as flip flops.</li><li>Even when the forecast calls for rain, don't forget the sunscreen.</li><li>Kids like playing in fires even when it's 100 degrees.</li><li>Grown-ups go camping ONLY because their kids think it's the coolest thing in the world.</li><li>Fish like to nibble on freckles and moles.</li><li>You can never have too much light. There's not much to do sitting around in the dark.<br /></li></ol>All in all, it was a great trip....even though Sean ended up sleeping in his truck the last night, the wimp. Next time we'll add an air mattress to our gear.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-8800394382127247978?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Stinkerdoodleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080999199556064529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-35698665442944954722007-08-01T12:35:00.000-04:002007-08-01T12:46:49.045-04:00Well, this is long overdue...<br /><br />I have heard of Michael Yon for months. He is a freelance journalist/blogger who is embedded with US Forces. For the left-leaning folks out there, he is not your typical mainstream liberal media always down on the war. The mass media political Left is so anti-war that it almost seems as if they want to undermine our troops even when there are signs the troop surge is actually working. There was even a Democratic congressman from either North or South Carolina that was asked about the latest reports from journalists that the troop surge is having positive effects. When asked what affect this would have, he literally said "it would be bad for us [the Democratic Party]." How can anyone <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">root</span></span> for the troops to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">lose</span></span>?!<br /><br />Anyway, Michael's blog gives what I think is a more down-to-the-minute, on-the-ground view of what is going on over there rather than what we have been used to - mainstream media agenda and bias - and I think is a good read. Though I have known about it for sometime, I have only just started to read it. Definitely an interesting read. You all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">oughta</span> check it out... both the lefties and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">righties</span>... interesting stuff!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.michaelyon-online.com/"><img src="http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9162/myon406x605id.gif" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-3569866544294495472?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-69803258549368779712007-07-30T08:48:00.000-04:002007-07-30T09:01:06.424-04:00Hey y'all. As promised, here are some pics from our camping trip with my in-laws at Oak Mountain State Park in Birmingham, AL. Kelly was working on a funny email about all the things we learned on the trip, and I am trying to get her to actually blog it herself. But until then, suffice it to say that we had a good time though it was VERY HOT. I don't have time to write more but hopefully Kelly will later...<br /><br /><iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?user_id=56465411@N00&amp;tags=oakmountain" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="425"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-6980325854936877971?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15646764.post-7474975517539423002007-07-28T10:52:00.000-04:002008-12-10T04:55:46.444-05:00Well, we and Kelly's sister and her family are out camping this weekend at Oak Mountain State Park in Birmingham, AL. My brother-in-law Richard and I are out fishing with the boys (Connor, Luke, my nephews Joe and Anthony) this morning and here's a couple of pics from my Treo... Unfortunately, moments after the pics of the snake were taken, my nephew Anthony threw a rock and killed it. I will post more pics via Flickr when we get home tomorrow....<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYXkoq_ZI/AAAAAAAAABw/93QqEEmniWM/s1600-h/Photo_072807_001-797813.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYXkoq_ZI/AAAAAAAAABw/93QqEEmniWM/s320/Photo_072807_001-797813.jpg" width="320" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYEoq_aI/AAAAAAAAAB4/vaMmX_mWlNA/s1600-h/Photo_072807_002-799850.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYEoq_aI/AAAAAAAAAB4/vaMmX_mWlNA/s320/Photo_072807_002-799850.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYEoq_bI/AAAAAAAAACA/x4MG1tTq9GQ/s1600-h/Photo_072807_003-700292.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYEoq_bI/AAAAAAAAACA/x4MG1tTq9GQ/s320/Photo_072807_003-700292.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYUoq_cI/AAAAAAAAACI/pwc5VPeXUXI/s1600-h/Photo_072807_004-701200.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PVQDz2EjaAQ/RqtYYUoq_cI/AAAAAAAAACI/pwc5VPeXUXI/s320/Photo_072807_004-701200.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15646764-747497551753942300?l=headgamer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Headgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381620802705570725noreply@blogger.com0