Having Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off was great…back to work today, on call tomorrow and Sunday *fingers crossed everyone looses my phone number*.
The in-laws are in town which is wonderful. Julie is 3 for 3 in spectacular meal cooking. 7 people and 1 blind dog that loves to hear the sound of his own bark. Good stuff. The brother-in-law got a surround sound system…we tested it with The Dark Knight. I had never seen The Dark Knight…one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
I finished 6-6-2 in the regular season of our fantasy football league. Two Ties!! And I made it to the championship game (and got crushed).
I was listening to someone on the radio talk about this Madoff goof-off who took everyone’s money in a Ponzi scheme. This guy on the radio made an excellent point about one of the largest Ponzi scheme’s ever to exist and go unnoticed in history: Social Security.
Julie bought this “Would You Rather?” game…it’s pretty interesting. The game itself is ok…I’d much rather just read the questions and sit around debating which is better.
Today’s interesting deep thought question from the game: Would you rather know your own future and not be able to change it, or know everyone else’s future and not be able to tell them?
we used to play a game called "will i never" and one person stood in the middle with everyone sitting aound and made statements of someting they have never done and whoever has done it has to get up and fight for a new chair...whoever is left standing is the new person in the middle...loads of fun
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you guys too! It sounds like you had a great holiday - we did too! :) I got Justin the Dark Knight, and we're excited to test it on his new system too! Isn't the movie amazing? Heath Ledger was just phenomenal.
Adam got a PS3 and Dark Knight for Chrismas. It was WONDERFUL! I was scared silly through the whole thing. I would definately not want to know futures...of anybody.
i am thankful for GOD'S WORD. sometimes i don't even feel worthy of being allowed to read it, and yet it's there faithfully.
i am thankful for THE REVELATION TO JOHN and the teenagers helping me study it. we've talked about angels, demons, and the real battles...great stuff i wish i'd talked about at their age.
i am thankful for a lovely, patient, intriguing wife that makes home a haven of rest.
i am thankful for this job, even if i haven't had a 2-day weekend in three months.
i am thankful for this job, even if i have to be at work the last thursday and friday of november.
go titans.
go state.
time to go eat.
heaven's getting closer by the second...
*** UPDATE ***
I got up at 4 this morning (like always) to go workout, and there's 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND!! Seeing that much snow is great, but it's even greater to hear native Texans talk about it. I feel bad for people who didn't grow up with a good snowfall or two a year...deprived children.
I am glad you are still thankful for your bible & bible study during the midst of these busy times. How have you found time for The Revelation, lunch breaks?
We got a little bit of snow here in the Austin area, but nothing compared to that. It is funny to see people's reactions to it. A couple of year's ago we had an ice-storm and work was shut-down for 2-3 days.
Personal: Julie and her sister evacuated to Memphis for 10 days; I evacuated to THE Starkville, MS to the MSU v. Auburn crazy football game...came back the next day. House OK, one shingle bent upwards and some fence fell over. Had power, cable, and internet less than 14 hours after hurricane...must be living right. :)
Work: The opposite. Our levee at the plant is 10' tall. We had a 10ish foot surge. The levee was breached and topped, filling the plant with a nice riverwater/seawater mix for 3 days. Result...a nightmare mechanically, and I'm only getting every 14th day off (plus a few hours every Sunday morning). The destruction is amazing, but so is the current restoration effort. Ridiculous.
Work will be crazy probably until Feburaryish...sorry if you don't here much from me.
How many times did your company get trashed during the VP debate? Mine got five...woo!
My main problem with the Bailout situation is this: Where is "oversight" going to come from? Congress? Government can't keep other financial systems like Freddie/Fannie or Social Security in order, so how will their oversight help? I say split the $700 Billion and AIG's assests amongst every U.S. citizen. The economy would bounce back REALLY strong after all the stupid people blow their money.
The Revelation is still incredible...becoming my favorite book.
ok, well its coming. I'm doing a lesson on How Should Christians Vote. I'll be leaning heavily on your sermon outline & Edwin Crozier's. Thanks for having the guts to speak up & sharing that with me. I'll e-mail you mine when it is finished.
Favorite quote from the full story: "The great thing about this experiment is that we know we must find something new because our current theories don't explain what will happen at LHC. We have some guesses which may or may not be right, but whatever the results, the LHC will herald a new age in our understanding of physics."
Translation: We. don't. know. what. will. happen.
Awesome.
Ike's kinda coming this way.
I upset a Catholic visitor in Bible class Sunday...but we studies for 15 minutes b/w it and worship, and he's going to come back. Win win.
Work is busy, but fun. A new job is always tough but fun I guess.
I've already started on one of my 2009 New Year's Resolutions: set a personal record in the half-marathon. Gotta beat 1:25:39. Southeast Texas heat is hot
I don't understand how a black hole can be small and still swallow everything. Don't be scared of the earth exploding...it's not like we can stop it. Blame the French.
I have read several articles on the LHC. I'm excited about the results. The power it will consume is enormous. Pretty sure they said the same danger was possible before the Trinity Test - though it was top secret.
It just powered on and began accelerating. They haven't slammed the particles into each other yet... That's when the really interesting stuff happens... mini-black holes, killer strangelets, cats and dogs raining from the sky... the end of the world*. (* - denotes sarcasm)
- I think I've lived here long enough to make a blanket statement: The best restaurant in Beaumont is Rockin' A Cafe. It's classic friendly people serving a meat, two vegetables, brownies, and sweet tea. It's a good way to end a week, start a week, whatever.
- Rockin' A Cafe has a sign above the register that reads as follows: Fat People Are Harder to Kidnap. I'm not sure how long this truism has been out there, but I laughed out loud...hard...when I saw it.
- Julie and I bought a 42" LCD T.V. last week. I'm not a huge TV watcherer until it comes to sports. ESPNHD + CBSHD + college football = one excited Bill.
- Starting a job transition this week. I'll be training a guy to take my spot, then I'll be moving to a Machinery position supporting about half the plant. It's something COMPLETELY different, which I like. You only live once, might as well try to learn everything. I also like how this company moves people around...
- I think my next Bible class project will be writing some high school material on Worship. So far I've got a Table of Contents. Any references would be nice...
- Julie and I are headed to the annual Kleinwood singing Friday night. Then we'll stay up all night at a buddy's apartment in Houston. Then we'll fly to Nashville for a vacation visit to see the folks. Should be fun.
The stars at NIGHT, are big and BRIGHT...whew, almost turned into a Texan there. Yikes.
I definitely want to throw some book info your way on that bullet point about worship. Don't let me forget it, but I don't have the info with me right now.
my family and i always went to dorothy's front porch...it's between port arthur and beaumont off memorial highway, i think??? it's a catfish place, and it is good! glad you guys are enjoying life out there!
Great article to read whodoyouthink. Definitely makes one consider What worship really means to them. It Will require more consideration on my part since it makes a strong argument that goes against a lot of sermons I have heard, or maybe did not hear correctly, over the years.
