Today I went out to mow the grass and like I always do, I put my headphones in. I didn’t look too closely at what was on my playlist, but instead just hit “Play”. What came up was Andrew Peterson’s album “Behold the Lamb of God” (a Christmas album). I almost changed it, but then decided I would listen to the first couple songs first. Well…that turned into listening to the entire album…yes, a Christmas album in the middle of summer. But first you must understand that this is no ordinary Christmas album…it’s like no other. Instead of focusing each song on the litteral birth of Jesus, it splits it up and spends a lot of time talking about the history that came before Jesus’ birth. The first song for example is entirely about Moses…what does Moses have to do with Jesus? Well everything! This album has helped me to see that… Jesus isn’t just my Savior, He is the savior for all man kind. He was the fullfillment of prophecy that had been spoken of for thousands of years before His birth.
Besides being an album filled with tons of provoking thoughts, besides being a truly original Christmas album, this album is purely genius musically as well. Unlike many modern day albums which seem to be just a hodge-podge of hit singles, this album was thought out and moves as if it were just one song with many different pieces fitting together to make it whole. If you listen to one song you may think it sounds good…but when you fit it into the puzzle, it sounds great- it all makes sense.
I love this album…even in July.
“And what if I did do it? Even though I admit to nothing and never will. What does that make me? And I’m not here just defending myself but all those Pickers out there who’ve been caught. Each and every one of them, who has to suffer the shame and humiliation because of people like you.. Are we not human! If we pick do we not bleed! I am not an Animal!”
-Seinfeld, “The Pick”
I was in 5th grade, gathering my books into my backpack, preparing to leave when this boy Micah caught me. From across the room he shouted, “Ewww!!! David just picked his nose!!!” I froze in humiliation and quickly scanned the room to see who else was looking, but thankfully everyone else was busy scooting their chairs in…the rumble had covered Micah’s accusation…there was no one to see but my accuser and who would believe him!? It was my word against his…it would never stand up in court! From that day forward I became a closet picker. I was mortified that I would be caught again and I would have some horrible nickname for the rest of my life. Well…today, I think it’s time for that to change. I’m coming out of the picking-closet and i think it’s time everyone else does the same! I mean, come on people…we all do it! Why can’t we just admit it? Why must we do it in shame? No one has a problem with me cleaning my fingernails and I can only imagine what kind of gross things are caked under there! I can spit saliva from my mouth and no one really thinks much of it…i say it’s time that picking receives the same liberty! Free yourselves! Admit that you’re a picker! Say it with me…”My name is ______ and I am a picker”. See, what a relief it is! Now…go and share the message!
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If you need a good laugh, you need to check out this page: Yogi Berra Quotes
I was reading through some other site and read one of Yogi’s famous quotes, “If you come to a fork in the road, take it”. Everytime I thought about that quote it just made me laugh. So I thought I’d look up some of his other sayings…I was litterally laughing outloud for a solid 10 minutes. It’s just the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time. I hope everyone else can get just a fraction of the fun out of it that I did!
My pastor and I were talking today about the church’s website, which I am in charge of. I recently just spent a few hours on an update that I completed around 1am. After I completed it, instead of waiting until the next day to inform him, I went ahead and sent an email so that he would see it when he came in to work. His comment today was something to the effect of “Dave, it seems like you are in your prime from about 2-5am”. Obviously this was not the first email I sent to him in the early hours of the morning.
For the past 2-3 years I have become quite the “night owl”. I mean, I always have been. I remember watching Letterman when I was in high school not thinking about the fact that a lot of my friends had been in bed for hours. Now that I’ve matured and can stay up to practically any hour I please, and I often find myself doing so. I don’t know why, but for some reason it seems that my mind just thinks better late at night. There are no distractions, no people calling, no birds chirping…just me and the silence. It’s in these times that I usually have some of my best ideas…and its for that reason that I have began to stay up late again…I’m just curious as to what idea my mind will produce. Don’t get me wrong, not all of my ideas are pure gold…but even those that are a serious flop are entertaining to read when I awake from my slumber.
So…if you want me to work on cold fusion, be sure to ask me sometime between 2-5am and I’ll see what I can do.