I've been getting a lot of positive feedback on our current message series, 'Friends on Facebook.' If you don't attend True North, we've been talking about how our online interactions and behaviors are changing how we think and act in real life. The NY Times has been publishing some great stuff on this topic lately. Here's another article REALLY worth reading if you suspect your internet activity might be compulsive. How are you doing with this? Are you justifying the amount of time you spend online? Are you telling yourself (and others) things like "I can quit any time." ? Read on. And ...
I've been doing a little ruminating on the life and death of Steve Jobs and it's only just now occurring to me how much this guy's work has impacted my life. Driving to work today, I listened to a podcast - a word added to our lexicon to describe spoken word content placed on iTunes to be downloaded to and played back on iPods. My iPhone is like an appendage to me. It keeps my contacts, my calendar and innumerable other apps and digital helpers. And when I write a sermon or an email, or a blog post like this ...
I recall an instance from several years ago while Jen and I were still living in our first home. I was in my kitchen and I heard a loud 'bang' followed by what appeared to be flashes of light seen through the front window. It was daytime so I knew it had to be a significant light source. I walked out of my house and saw a full size tractor-trailor about 4 doors down from me. The roof of the container had snagged an electrical wire which had snapped and now lay beneath the truck, sparking on the ...
I was woken up this morning at around 4:15 by the sound of my daughter gently crying as she entering my bedroom. She’s basically been in the pool non-stop since school got out and her dedication has yielded a painful case of swimmer’s ear. A couple of children’s Tylenol and a quick prayer got her settled back down, but I had an unusually hard time falling back asleep. It could have been that I was thirsty, or that my back was sore, or that I was hot and feeling angry at myself for not pushing my wife harder on ...
This week's target weight: 263
This week's actual weight: 262.8
So, I had an off week. Spent it in Montauk which was great for my soul, but not awesome for my diet.
Still, I did still lose 2/10ths of a pound. I know this is nothing, but at least I didn't gain anything.
I'll step it up a bit this week and try to put some more margin between my target and my actual. Happy to still be on target at the end of my second month!!
This week’s Target Weight: 264
This week’s Actual Weight: 263
Another week, another pound baby.
Submitted via iPhone. iPhone is the right thing.
This is just positively the best rant I've ever heard.
And I consider myself an expert on rants.
This one gets the Heavy B seal of approval.
Listen to this and get some perspective peeps.
Perspective is the Right Thing.
Can I get an Amen?!?!
So I spent a good chunk of this past weekend with Jason Voorhees.
A few weeks ago we did a message on 80's horror movies (don't ask). Talked a little bit about how usually what scared us 10 years ago looks pretty silly now.
Case in point would be the Friday the 13th movies. I remember the original being a classic, but somehow by the time we got to Part VII, it just got laughable. So being that this past Friday was the 13th, the HDNet movie channel was playing like six of these movies in a row and I TiVo'd them all, and made a really amazing discovery. If you watch almost any of the Jason movies at 2x or 4x, they become absolutely hilarious.
And if you want some serious fun, mute the TV and add your own dialogue and soundtrack. Amazing!
Other than the annoyance of having to fast forward through the prerequisite nude scenes, it was a really enjoyable experience.
Ok Right Thing readers. Time to sound off:
In your humble or not-so-humble opinions, what was the single greatest horror movie ever made?
Go.