There is an excellent book coming to the Americas from our long allies in Great Britian. It is a guide to boyhood adventure that has been lacking in both of our cultures for years now. Give it a look.

"The Dangerous Book for Boys"

This is where I read about the book.

Dr. Albert Mohler's blog

Something Cute

Little boys in button-up shirts.

Sock It To 'Em Mom

This weekend I found out why it is that "Soccer Moms" drive SUVs. There is'nt enough parking at the fields. I went to take a couple of boys to their games this weekend as their parents are on hiadus (I don't really know how to spell that), and found that I had to jump the curb to park the car. Thankfully the parents left their GMC Yukon for the weekend. My little Chevy Aveo would have bottomed out.

Now if we could just make "green" SUVs more available to them.

Just One More Funny Thing

Preservatives

They’re used to keep food "safe" and "healthy" but you know what, they’re not really good for you in and of themselves. God made natural preservatives like citrus juices, various types of oil, and who can forget salt, but they only last so long before you have to start adding things that only three people in the universe can pronounce. (Although these three people are on different continents and never go over the pronunciations together so that the can decide who’s doing it correctly.)

Think about it for just a moment. What you put in your mouth is meant to be digested. Digestion involves the breaking down of the foods molecular structure; which is the very thing that preservatives are meant to hinder. So doesn’t it stand to reason that the digestion process would be equally hindered as a result. Your body is trying to gather the good stuff and dispose of the bad and yet there are these chemicals that are getting in the way.

In general, if you can’t pronounce it or figure out what it is, you probably shouldn’t be forcing your digestive tract to try and figure it out either. I’m not saying that we should all spend way too much on organic foods and never eat anything out of a box. It's just that there should be a little more thought as to what we’re really throwing into the old pie hole.

There’s a show on food network that I really enjoy, Alton Brown’s “Good Eats.” The guy is a food scientist and he really gets into the structure of food and why it responds to heat or cold in just the way that it does and so on. He's fun and sometimes funny. But it’s rarely seen that he uses any type of preservatives apart form those I mentioned already (oh yeah, vinegar). And the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat” supports a diet built on this very premise. Think about what can you eat on the “South Beach Diet.” Fresh veggies, some fruits, fresh meats, eventually whole grains.

Eating things that your body is designed to digest: makes sense doesn’t it. Funny that we didn’t think of it before.

You Know What Else Is Funny??

I Mean Really, Really FUNNY...

Pepsi Girl

Viewing Tip:

Let the video go through once without watching

then click play again for viewing pleasure without the pauses for buffering.

Something Else That's Funny

Statistics show that a great number of people who may legally pursue marriage in all states(hetrosexual couples) here in the US are choosing not to, while those that may not in most states(homosexual couples) are fighting for the right to do so.

Question: Why is it that we want that which is forbidden to us and yet choose to set aside that very same thing if it is not?

Answer: Sin. Look at the fruit in the garden. The only tree that was forbidden and Eve and Adam chose to eat of it. They weren't hungry. They hadn't fallen on hard times. They had only been convinced (by Satan) that Someone (in this case God) was keeping them from a "better life." But the "better life" is never "better" for very long before it becomes bitter.

I suppose then that it's not funny at all but a matter to be pittied.

Something Funny

Chain Letters.

Sometimes they just make me think of someone special, or not so special.

Sometimes they fill in the gaps of my thoughts.

Sometimes the're just silly.

However, it's sad sometimes that these are the only instances in which I communicate with some people that are very dear to me.

Heaven Revisited

It can be a great wonder how God brings about the simple things of life to meet in a very grand way. In previous posts I was greatful to point out some of the briliant aspects of Heaven in response to a triffle found on the side of a cup of tea that I had recieved from an establishment. The next post was like it in that it referred to the holiness that awaits those who believe and will ultimately dwell in the presence of the Most Holy.

However the point of all these words are lost on the general masses, for the simple fact that one only gets excited about Heaven through the faith that God provides to those purchased by the precious blood of Christ. Although this is a point elluded to in both previous posts, it was again brought to mind by the sermon delivered to the people of Hope Community Bible Church this past Sunday (05/06/07). In it we were reminded that the things hoped for by the people of God are simply daft to the world and the promise of Heaven is among the chief assurances of the Redeemed.

There does remain a drawback for the Believer in all of this mucking about with the subject of faith. That drawback is that we are not home yet and until we reach that eternal rest we must continue to live moment by moment according to the reality of that which is unseen, that which is untouched, that which is unfathomable to the human mind. This is how we know the the Spirit is indeed living within us. Ask a Christian about the bliss of Heaven and you will have an insight to his/her knowledge of its King.

The challenge then is to have lofty minds, minds that are so far in the clouds that we long to bring others there just that we may rightly see them and show them the glories of golden streets and gates of a pearl.

I have fallen short this very day and every day before. What do you know of Heaven? What do you know of Hell?

May we grow in our knowledge of the Holy!!

A Side Note...Hey, Hey, I'm A Monkey

Year Of The Monkey

1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004

"People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle. Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn't be successful but they have a disconcerting habit of being too agreeable. They want to do things now, and if they cannot get started immediately, they become discouraged and sometimes leave their projects. Although good at making decisions, they tend to look down on others. Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories. Monkey people are strong willed but their anger cools quickly. They are most compatible with the Dragon and Rat."

Not quite sure about all of it, but there's a little potential there.

What are you?