irony- liberals inherently live in metropolitan areas yet try to protect the rural areas. If they are so passionate about the earth, why don’t they live on it? Conservatives live on the land, use its resources, and live in harmony with it. The power plants, the lumber mills, oil and minerals…those things are what fuel the cities.
Makes you wonder about who is supporting who…
On my old site I had a listing of some of my favorite bands, songs, albums and movies. As of lately I’ve been watching some old flicks and thinking about my list and how it might change with some of the new (or old) films I’ve seen. Here’s my list as it was:
1. Braveheart
2. Passion of Christ, The
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
4. Gladiator
5. Matrix, The
6. Rudy
7. Princes Bride, The
8. Shawshank Redemption
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Rear Window
11. Road to Perdition, The
12. Sandlot, The
13. Enemy of the State
14. Almost Famous
15. Traffic
16. The Insider
17. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
18. Truman Show
19. You’ve Got Mail
20. Run Lola Run (aka Lola Rente)
21. The Station Agent
22. Return to Me
23. 10 Things I Hate About You
24. Remember the Titans
Honorable Mentions: Band of Brothers (mini series)
Movies that I’m thinking of taking off the list: 10 Things…, Remember the Titans, You’ve Got Mail
Movies that I’m thinking of bumping up: Run Lola Run, Rear Window
Movies I’m thinking of adding: Dial M for Murder, It’s a Wonderful Life, Amelie, Monsters Inc, LOTR: Return of the King
and finally,
Movies I plan to soon watch: Lawrence of Arabia, Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Patton, The Philidephia Story, Whale Rider
Any other great suggestions?
My first Christmas as a married man is in it’s fleeting moments. I am not distressed however, since it was an exceptional day. Jen and I awoke early to have our own personal time together exchanging gifts before heading to my parents to spend the afternoon and evening with my siblings and their kids. I really enjoyed every minute of it. Selfishly, the gifts I recieved were great (not a single piece of clothes!), but that’s not what made the day so good. I just enjoyed sharing it with the people I love. Seeing the kids’ faces light up was undoubtedly priceless, but it was in those few quiet moments that I enjoyed Christmas the most.
It seems like every year Christmas brings new, and often different meaning. This year it was the “fulfillment of a Promise”. A couple weeks ago I purchased Andrew Peterson’s new album “Behold, the Lamb of God”. It’s a Christmas album, but one like no other that I’ve heard. The first few songs don’t mention much of anything about the shepards, wise men, or a manger. I didn’t quite get it at first, I mean, this is a Chrismtas album isn’t it? After I listened closer I realized that the album focuses, in part, on the promise that God gave in the Old Testament to deliver His people. While God did deliver the Israelites literally from their slavery, He also did it figuratively when He sent His Son as a fullfillment of His Promise. To us it’s easy to take that for granted…our lives are pretty easy now, even as Christians. We don’t have to worry about violent persecution, slavery, or Jewish law for that matter. God is Good…and man am I glad that I am free of the Old Testament Law and most of all– sin. God gave me the ultimate gift on this day 2000 years ago…He fullfilled His Promise…and someday He’ll fullfill another when He returns.
30 miles from here, in the outskirts of Cincinnati they had 6 inches+ of snow. A little north of Cincinnati they had 12+ inches. And here in the little town of Winchester, we got ice…lots of ice. It rained most of the night and began to freeze at about 8pm. When I went to bed at 2am the power went out briefly. I woke up at 6am to see fire trucks and other emergency vehicles patrolling the streets, I’m assuming for broken limbs and powerlines…there was no power at that point. I woke up around 10am and got out of bed around 12pm. Word was we wouldn’t be getting power back for up to 48 hours. Luckily they fixed the power around 2-3pm today…but we were the fortunate ones. Those living out in the country are still with out power and may be without it for a while. Hey, at least we’re getting a white Christmas.
Here are some pictures of the day:
This shot is an imitation of this one.
