it's coming in August!
alright, so it IS computer animated... it IS a movie made just to promote an animated TV series... and it DOES feature a female (?) jedi-in-training. but more space fights, more great stories, more lightsabers!
sneeky peeky.
3.15.2008
3.13.2008
home worship center
bad news, fellow lead worshippers. the need for our jobs as leaders of corporate worship may be coming to an end.
check this out. the home worship center has been patented. now that the people can worship at home, they'll never come to church....
check this out. the home worship center has been patented. now that the people can worship at home, they'll never come to church....
3.06.2008
note: don't die
a word for the wise: if you live in a village in south France, DON'T DIE...
or pay the consequences.
or pay the consequences.
3.03.2008
3.01.2008
1.29.2008
ben stein's new movie
this movie might be a little late as far as the age-old debate goes. but it's interesting just how many scientists seem to continue to get ostracized for not condoning darwinism. can't we all just metaphysically coexist?!
1.26.2008
in my element
we're up in Erie, PA leading worship for a youth winter retreat. and i sound like a McDonald's commercial, 'cause I'm lovin' it so much.
worship is going so smoothly it's incredible. the kids are responding and my band (neal, whom I haven't played with in over a year, and orion, who rocks my socks on drums) is killer. their instincts and ability to stay true to the mood and song are uncanny.
and we've had a lazy saturday. worshipped this morning. took a walk out onto frozen Lake Erie. then took a nap. now we're sitting inside our cozy meetin area, looking out at the snow quietly falling onto billows of clean, cottony forest ground. we can see the Lake from our dorm area and from the big windows of the worship lodge.
Lord, don't take me now :)
worship is going so smoothly it's incredible. the kids are responding and my band (neal, whom I haven't played with in over a year, and orion, who rocks my socks on drums) is killer. their instincts and ability to stay true to the mood and song are uncanny.
and we've had a lazy saturday. worshipped this morning. took a walk out onto frozen Lake Erie. then took a nap. now we're sitting inside our cozy meetin area, looking out at the snow quietly falling onto billows of clean, cottony forest ground. we can see the Lake from our dorm area and from the big windows of the worship lodge.
Lord, don't take me now :)
1.24.2008
seasoning
note to self: if you think you might not be posting on your blog for a while, don't make any new posts related to the season of year. it might be 2 or 3 seasons later before you post again :)
12.06.2007
fall has fallen
when I first moved to North Carolina from Pennsylvania, I really missed autumn. I mocked the pseudo-fall in NC by saying it only lasted 2 weeks. then I moved to Arizona and seasons as we knew them came to an abrupt end....
and look at this glorious fall we're having in Carolina! this is a really cool tree in our backyard.
this is our whole backyard.
lots of trees = lots of leaves = leaf fight!
and as seasons change, we get older - even our babies. yesterday our baby became a little boy when he got his first haircut. kept the faux hawk, lost the curls (sorry bud, one or the other had to go!).
lots of trees = lots of leaves = leaf fight!
and as seasons change, we get older - even our babies. yesterday our baby became a little boy when he got his first haircut. kept the faux hawk, lost the curls (sorry bud, one or the other had to go!).
11.26.2007
diagnose and adios....
worked my last shift at the 'vale last night. hopefully my last overnight shift ever :)
kind of sad to leave. I realized it was the longest I've ever kept a job (4 1/2 years; incidentally, the shortest i've had a job was 2 weeks. delivered chinese food in college).
they had a little spread for me as it was my last day. a gigantic cookie with a "we'll miss you" message and an icing-stethescope on it makes a guy feel good. I understood for the first time that i wasn't only taking care of patients while working there. that the staff were my patients too, in a way.
it was a good last shift to have. some new (disoriented) staff and a particularly slow night for lab & x-ray, along with a healthy dose of uncooperative patients helped remind me of the finer things I've experienced over the years. i was called a few choice words, had a patient vomit in front of me, smelled pus from an infected surgical wound, had family members get upset when I didn't know spanish. ahh, i'll miss this place....
kind of sad to leave. I realized it was the longest I've ever kept a job (4 1/2 years; incidentally, the shortest i've had a job was 2 weeks. delivered chinese food in college).
they had a little spread for me as it was my last day. a gigantic cookie with a "we'll miss you" message and an icing-stethescope on it makes a guy feel good. I understood for the first time that i wasn't only taking care of patients while working there. that the staff were my patients too, in a way.
it was a good last shift to have. some new (disoriented) staff and a particularly slow night for lab & x-ray, along with a healthy dose of uncooperative patients helped remind me of the finer things I've experienced over the years. i was called a few choice words, had a patient vomit in front of me, smelled pus from an infected surgical wound, had family members get upset when I didn't know spanish. ahh, i'll miss this place....
11.21.2007
beat boxing
jaw to the floor....
i used to think i could beat box. this french guy takes it to a whole nutha level!
i used to think i could beat box. this french guy takes it to a whole nutha level!
11.19.2007
turd
walked into the employee bathroom at my hospital and saw this:
are you kidding me?! was this a patient? a family member? an employee that did this?
laughter... followed by reflective sadness.
in other news, there's a great site when you have down-time at work. one that actually stimulates your brain instead of numbing it. one that actually has the potential to help others. how many grains of rice can you give today? a plethora?
are you kidding me?! was this a patient? a family member? an employee that did this?
laughter... followed by reflective sadness.
in other news, there's a great site when you have down-time at work. one that actually stimulates your brain instead of numbing it. one that actually has the potential to help others. how many grains of rice can you give today? a plethora?
11.07.2007
marlow-on-a-mission
our dear friend, chris marlow is off to Africa for a 10-day mission trip and he needs your prayers....
lord, give them safety,
lord, give them guidance.
give them wisdom and reverence.
lord, send your spirit,
lord, send your grace.
send your providence and your peace.
see you soon, bro.
lord, give them safety,
lord, give them guidance.
give them wisdom and reverence.
lord, send your spirit,
lord, send your grace.
send your providence and your peace.
see you soon, bro.
11.06.2007
b-day
happy birthday, boston! we had a busy weekend. family from all over... baby dedication at hope... and lots of birthday cake with all our friends!
11.01.2007
boston: jedi master
some consider this cruelty...
but being baby yoda has its perks. yoda got to ride his first carnival ride (at hope's harvest festival) and got to have his first lollipop!
10.31.2007
one more to go...
i head home to raleigh today. i was just chuckling at two things:
-the southwest airlines clerk at the ticket desk is wearing a halloween costume. it's a head wound with a motorized rat gnawing away at it with bright red eyes.
-there are little birds inside the terminal. not flying around, but bouncing lightly on the floor; about three of them in all, following each other, startling weary passengers.
spending the weeks with Tim and Kristin this time around has made me wish I'd been able to every time (this would've been impossible as they just moved into the house). these two weeks, though heartbreakingly hard away from J & B, have just flown by. I felt so at home staying at the Ernst house. I got to see them every day. make human contact outside of work. have a home cooked meal every day, SITTING DOWN (crazy how this simple fact cuts way down on the drive-through quotient).
I stayed so busy I barely had time to read or play guitar - which is good and bad.
we're getting geared up for boston's first birthday party and baby dedication this weekend. should be loads of fun. pictures and stories soon....
-the southwest airlines clerk at the ticket desk is wearing a halloween costume. it's a head wound with a motorized rat gnawing away at it with bright red eyes.
-there are little birds inside the terminal. not flying around, but bouncing lightly on the floor; about three of them in all, following each other, startling weary passengers.
spending the weeks with Tim and Kristin this time around has made me wish I'd been able to every time (this would've been impossible as they just moved into the house). these two weeks, though heartbreakingly hard away from J & B, have just flown by. I felt so at home staying at the Ernst house. I got to see them every day. make human contact outside of work. have a home cooked meal every day, SITTING DOWN (crazy how this simple fact cuts way down on the drive-through quotient).
I stayed so busy I barely had time to read or play guitar - which is good and bad.
we're getting geared up for boston's first birthday party and baby dedication this weekend. should be loads of fun. pictures and stories soon....
10.27.2007
birthday recap
for those who didn't know, yesterday was my thirty-#@!# birthday. here's an excerpt from my conversation with my mom:
mama wahba: happy birthday! thirty-#@!# years!
me: thanks mom.
mama wahba: now you're as old as Jesus was!
me: (puzzled) yeah... as old as he was when he was crucified....
mama wahba: uh. um. well. but that's how old he was.
ha ha. love you mom.
all in all, it was a good one. our close friends Tim & Kris (whose guest bedroom I happen to be occupying this trip to AZ) got me a cake with real candles and everything. and last night the folks at work chipped in to get some amazing mexican food platters from garcia's - including the mouth-watering Pollo Fundido.
I got birthday cards from most of my family that somehow found their way to me in Phoenix. and not one person sang an embarrassing, off-key version of "happy birthday" to me (that's a good thing).
thanks everyone. you made it a good-as-a-birthday-could-be-while-away-from-my-family.
mama wahba: happy birthday! thirty-#@!# years!
me: thanks mom.
mama wahba: now you're as old as Jesus was!
me: (puzzled) yeah... as old as he was when he was crucified....
mama wahba: uh. um. well. but that's how old he was.
ha ha. love you mom.
all in all, it was a good one. our close friends Tim & Kris (whose guest bedroom I happen to be occupying this trip to AZ) got me a cake with real candles and everything. and last night the folks at work chipped in to get some amazing mexican food platters from garcia's - including the mouth-watering Pollo Fundido.
I got birthday cards from most of my family that somehow found their way to me in Phoenix. and not one person sang an embarrassing, off-key version of "happy birthday" to me (that's a good thing).
thanks everyone. you made it a good-as-a-birthday-could-be-while-away-from-my-family.
10.24.2007
come pick me up (live)
I accidently caught this on letterman one night a few months back. then I accidentally stumbled upon a link to it on a buddy's myspace page today.
one of the best, hard-core-yet-really-soft-core, broken-hearted love songs ever written. grab a hanky....
Ryan Adams Com Pick Me Up
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one of the best, hard-core-yet-really-soft-core, broken-hearted love songs ever written. grab a hanky....
Ryan Adams Com Pick Me Up
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10.20.2007
why philemon?
please don't misunderstand. I mean no blasphemy.
but as I read this morning, i sit and ponder, "why - tell me why would they bother to include the book of philemon in the new testament?"
random little letter (think email-length compared to the rest of paul's letters). written by paul, in jail, letting his buddy Philemon know that he is sending a slave, Onesimus to be a slave for him. that's it. random.
but as I read this morning, i sit and ponder, "why - tell me why would they bother to include the book of philemon in the new testament?"
random little letter (think email-length compared to the rest of paul's letters). written by paul, in jail, letting his buddy Philemon know that he is sending a slave, Onesimus to be a slave for him. that's it. random.
10.16.2007
day without a mexican
anyone who knows Jodi and I will agree that we love mockumentaries. last night we got to watch one that's been on our blockbuster cue for a few months: A Day Without a Mexican.
while I'm definitely opinionated/passionate about the topic of immigration (both my parents immigrated to this country; I work at a hospital where 85% of the patients are non-legal immigrants; the list goes on), i'll do my best to refrain from this post becoming a PSA. here's my super-quick review of the movie itself:
the good: great premise. really good message. mockumentaries rock - especially with social commentary, comedy and a little controversy thrown in.
the bad: poor acting. multiple story lines that don't really go anywhere. really preachy. and apparently they got lots of their facts wrong.
overall opinion of the movie: watch the trailer online. then sit down with some level-headed friends/family and talk it out over a few beers and a game of cards. you'll get more out of it.
while I'm definitely opinionated/passionate about the topic of immigration (both my parents immigrated to this country; I work at a hospital where 85% of the patients are non-legal immigrants; the list goes on), i'll do my best to refrain from this post becoming a PSA. here's my super-quick review of the movie itself:
the good: great premise. really good message. mockumentaries rock - especially with social commentary, comedy and a little controversy thrown in.
the bad: poor acting. multiple story lines that don't really go anywhere. really preachy. and apparently they got lots of their facts wrong.
overall opinion of the movie: watch the trailer online. then sit down with some level-headed friends/family and talk it out over a few beers and a game of cards. you'll get more out of it.
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