Feeling old

Well, this past Saturday I turned 37 years old. It was not a big deal, just another birthday that passes. My wife enabled my golf habit by letting me purchase a Taylor Made Rescue club. I am excited about the opportunity to play with it. Especially on the Par 4 number 3 at Polish Pines where you have to lay up before the water.


Enough on my b-day. Now to the reason I am feeling old, the movie "War Games" is 25 years old. I love the movie! It was my first introduction to what a computer could do. Can you say, "Do you want to play a game?"

The cool thing is the biblical imagery in this wonderful movie. David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) figured out how to get access to a computer created by Dr. Stephen Falken (John Wood). He knew all about the man who created the computer, but he could not get access to all the computer had to offer. Finally through further research David learns about Dr. Falken's son who was killed whose name was Joshua, which of course is the Hebrew name for Jesus. Once he figures out about the son he has access to the computer like never before.

Biblically speaking is the idea that we cannot have access to all God the Father has to offer until we KNOW about Jesus Christ His Son. The Son gives us access to the all the Father has for us.

Great viewing

With the writer's strike this season some of my favorite shows have been delayed or canceled for the season all together. I am glad to see hope is on the horizon with one of the best shows I have seen, Deadliest Catch. I wrote a small blog about this last season here. I think I enjoy the show for the fact that this is real reality. These guys work hard and take great risks to bring a creature comfort to many people who enjoy King Crab. Personally I am not a crab eater, but this show is well worth it. So, on tax day at 9:00 PM on Discovery Channel catch the new season.

Reliving

So the other day I blog about Dr. Demento and I was listen to some of the classics from the show and forgot one of my favorites, Squirrels. Also, there is this classic, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah and finally Bulbous Bouffant. So, click on the links and find these classics.

Birthday Shout out

Today is the birthday of a radio icon, Dr. Demento. When I was a kid growing up in McKinney, TX my brother and I would listen to his show on Q102 on Sunday nights. He introduced us to some wonderful songs over the years. Songs like, "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV, or "Dead Puppies" by Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band. Dr. Demento also introduced me to Weird Al and many of the songs that were not popular by him. So if you ever wonder why I am the way that I am, well this might explain a whole lot. So, if you like listening to, "mind numbing ear-candy while enjoying MAD MUSIC and CRAZY COMEDY," then join with me in wishing Dr. Demento a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Well...

Sunday was a good day. The sermon went really well considering I preached longer than normal. It is funny because I only had three pages of notes, usually have at least five. My daughter the night before asked me about being baptized, she had been asking for some time. I talked to her about what baptism means and why and she said she wanted to become a Christ follower. I prayed with her and she will be baptized next week. The day after my b-day. My parents are flying in from Texas for this. Riley is the first of their grandchildren to profess Christ.

This week is a lot more tame than last week. I actually got to go work-out this morning. It is hard when you have to take some time off to get back into it. I did not want to go and once I got there I wanted to leave. I pressed through. I didn't do my normal work-out but I got back into the grove.