By Paul on Jul 4, 2008 in Personal | 3 Comments
This is Hannah, our younger daughter. As you know by a previous post, she turned 20 last week.
On this past Wednesday, she got a pretty cool present. Here’s Hannah with her boyfriend Ben…
Who, as of this past Wednesday, is now her fiancee Ben. He proposed while they’re both at a church camp near Macon, GA, where they’re serving as cabin leaders. Here’s a pic shortly after the proposal…and yes, that’s a ring on her finger. I’m still getting used to seeing it.
So, sometime in the next year or two, I’m going to have a son-in-law. Weird. Great, but weird. Yay, Ben and Hannah!!!
By Paul on Jul 3, 2008 in Randomness, Movies | 0 Comments
This makes me laugh…mainly because you get to hear James Lipton say “Booyah”…
By Paul on Jul 2, 2008 in Watercooler Wednesday | 3 Comments
Anna and I don’t watch much TV. There are a few shows we try not to miss, and some other shows that we enjoy when we catch them, and some other shows we enjoy that we never thought we’d enjoy.
So, let’s break down what flickers across the cathode-ray tube and catches the Joseph’s attention:
NETWORK TELEVISION: Um…not much. I’m one of those weirdos that has never seen 24, Lost, Prison Break, Survivor, The Mole, The Amazing Race…all those “buzz” shows. Mainly because I’m never home when they’re on.
(And no, I can’t TiVo them. I don’t have a TiVo. That’s way up there on my “yeah, that ain’t gonna happen” list, along with a big screen TV and surround sound)
But we do watch:
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson - He occasionally gets a bit crude, but I think this guy is really funny. And his approach to the traditional monologue is fresh.
The Local News
Star Trek reruns
So, that leaves…
CABLE TELEVISION: And the reason I love cable channels is that if you miss something, odds are they’re going to run it again soon. My channels of choice:
DISCOVERY CHANNEL - Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters are my favorites, followed closely by Cash Cab.
TLC - I’m a sucker for What Not To Wear. And I know there’s a real “love them or hate them” about Jon & Kate Plus 8, but we like to watch it.
Next week…the most surprising network of all, and why can’t I stay away from it?
What are your TV must-sees?
(This post is part of Watercooler Wednesday hosted by Ethos)
By Paul on Jun 30, 2008 in Sports, Current Events | 0 Comments
Rest in peace, UGA VI. You were a good dawg.
By Paul on Jun 30, 2008 in Randomness | 0 Comments
I may have to try this sometime…
By Paul on Jun 29, 2008 in Sunday Retrospectives | 0 Comments
The fifth Sunday of June. Months with five Sundays always feel strange to me by the time the fifth one rolls around.
We used a small vocal ensemble (10 voices) to lead worship today, rather than individuals on microphones. I like the change in energy. Drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and two keyboards rounded out the praise team.
Our set (iTunes links where available):
Celebrate The Lord Of Love (Paul Baloche / Ed Kerr) - This is from Paul’s “Open The Eyes Of My Heart” CD. As a keyboard player, I enjoy the Bruce Hornsby feel of the arrangement.
A Thousand Hallelujahs (Mark Roach) - Seriously, have you not bought this CD yet? What are you waiting for?
How Great Is Our God (Chris Tomlin / Ed Cash / Jesse Reeves) - Every time we do this song, our congregation connects with it more and more.
Blessed (Darlene Zschech / Reuben Morgan) - Straight scripture, beautiful music.
The Kingdom Of God (Paul Baloche / Mia Fieldes / Kari Jobe) - I love this song…but there’s two 7/4 feels in the chorus of a 4/4 song, and every time the congregation is clapping along, the 7/4 shuts ‘em down. Oh well.
How was your Sunday?
By Paul on Jun 27, 2008 in Personal | 1 Comment
The big 20!
By Paul on Jun 26, 2008 in Bloggage | 5 Comments
Well, sometime over the past week we hit 20,000 unique visits for the blog (and over 35,000 page views). I’m not what some would call a “stat ho”, but I think it’s pretty cool. So thanks for coming by.
I wanted to throw a couple of things out there…
- This blog gets over 100 hits a day, but according to Feedburner, only 9 folks look at my blog using an RSS reader. If you don’t use a reader, you really ought to consider it. Basically, it consolidates all the blogs you follow into one window, and shows you the updates when they happen. Saves a lot of clicking (Currently I follow 108 blogs. Can’t do it without a reader). For the Mac, I use NetNewsWire…it’s awesome and it’s free. Google Reader rules as well. So give it a shot. When you get an RSS reader, just click the “Subscribe in a reader” link to the right. It’ll walk you through it.
- If you’re a regular visitor and have never left a comment, please say hello. I’d like to meet you.
- If you have a blog, please consider swapping links with me. I’m always looking for new stuff to read.
Thanks for coming along. I’m looking forward to continuing the conversation…
