Books, Looks, Crooks, Nooks

Was reading la Biblia last night (is it a feminine noun?) and I was reading through Ephesians. I had previously been reading through Romans, but I got stuck. I was having to reread stuff and start back from the beginning and it was all starting to annoy me. So I've temporarily forgotten about Rome, and moved on the inhabitants of Ephesus. The nice thing about Paul is that he wrote lots of letters, so if you're having problem with one set of folks, just pick a different country!

Anywho, I found this prayer that I thought was a keen-o prayer to pray.

I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 3.16-21

And if you want to go all Emiril on it and kick it up a notch, then substitute the word "you" with the name of a friend or family member and substitute "your" with "his" or "her." Talk about crazy....

And DangerMouse came out today. Don't worry, I bought it so you don't have to. Actually I just pre-ordered it, so I haven't actually bought it yet...

Cinnamon

Thank you veterans!

On this Memorial Day, I am grateful for all those who have served this country and their families, specifically those who gave their lives in combat.

So, have I mentioned I'm reading this book about holiness? So because it's been on my mind, I was over at Borders today and did a little reading in the "Religion" section. And I found this quote:

The Holy Spirit gives us a "want to" desire - not just a "have to" obligation - to live a Holy life.

-Charles Stanley
Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit

I was thinking to myself about how it seems that when we are being obedient to God's Word, we are doing it because we feel like we have to do it. I can speak for myself in saying that I have definitely felt that way. But I've noticed in some things that I'm more apt to do things because I want to and not because I have to. More and more I'm finding joy in things like prayer, because I no longer view it as a chore, but an opportunity to talk with my God about what's going on in my life. For those of you taking notes, the key word in that last sentence was "opportunity."

The Sun.

Hellllooooo Gromit!

Were-Rabbit.

Love

Legislate or Hesitate?

So here's what I've been trying to work through today. I was invited to see a movie with some friends. And as I often do, I searched for and found a review of the movie that reviews the movie based on objectionable content. Here is the review that I found. So I found this review and immediately made the determination that I would not see this movie. I couldn't see this movie (Actually told someone "I can't see it"). I had no interest in seeing it to begin with, but thought it would be a funny movie to go "MST3000" on. But after the review I read, I couldn't even do that. So here comes the dilemma.

Do I share what I found with my friends who are going? Or do I trust their judgement and believe they made the best decision? I'm not sure about it. I don't want to seem like I'm imposing my views and morals on my friends. But on the other hand, I want my friends to strive for holiness. People don't like other people to tell them how to live their lives. And that's why I hesitated, and actually never said anything. So my friends are seeing the movie. And I still don't know whether I should have said something.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

It's Saturday.

England and the US played a football match today. England won. Read what the Brits said here. Read what we said here.

So I was at Hersheypark this evening and I was watching people (as always). I had a thought. It's kinda out there, but bear with me. Lots of couples at the park. Middle school, high school and post school. And I had this thought: I could be married. Now that doesn't necessarily sound odd. But I was thinking specifically that if I wanted to be married, I could have gotten married. It may not have been right, but I think I could've done it. But I haven't. So I continued thinkin' and had these thoughts (in no particular order): I'm picky, I'm patient and I think I'm going to be a better husband for it.

Now understand, this is not applicable to everyone. There are married folks that read this blog, and those folks are happily married and as I implied, are ALREADY married, so this doesn't pertain to them. But waiting has allowed me to observe lots of relationships and marriages and to gain lots of insight based on those observations. Now, I'm not dating everything that moves, so I don't have a lot of personal experience. But I still think that my waiting is going to pay off for some lucky lady. Some day... But until then, I'll just continue my training. Ha Ha. I should get a shirt that says H.I.T. (Husband in Training).

A Sense of Humor

What's your apple?

So I'm reading this book on holiness by Jerry Bridges (I linked to it earlier in the month, if you're interested). In the last chapter, he discussed The Battle for Holiness. Let me give you a quote, then I'll discuss.

Just as fire burns any combustible material presented to it, so our own evil desires immediately respond to temptations.

So here's the thing. If you have a sin in your life that has been a real stumbling block, you need to keep it as far away from you as possible. If you are an alchoholic, it wouldn't be very smart of you to walk into a bar after you sobered up. You think you may be strong enough to resist the temptation, and you very well may that first time. But since you had no problems that time, you'll come back again. And again. Another quote:

Deceit of the mind is carried on by degrees, little by little. We are first drawn away from watchfulness, then from obedience.

Being holy requires vigilance people. You can't apply a patch and expect yourself to be able to resist all temptation. Do you know how easy it is to talk about someone behind their back? Sure you wouldn't do it by yourself, but if you put yourself in a situation with several other folks who like to gossip, resisting that temptation becomes a lot more difficult, and for many people, impossible.

We have to continue to pray and immerse ourselves in the Scriptures to stay strong. It's also helpful if you surround yourselves with like-minded friends, who can support and encourage you, as well as keep you in line (I call them "truth-tellers," which I think was a term someone else coined). All this to say that we always have to be on guard against sin. Always. Because we're still human.

Musical Talent

Powerball Fever!

So the fever is gripping my office. They've assembled an office pool with each person kicking in four dollars for two plays. Myself and one other person in my office declined and we have been assured that we will be the only ones reporting to work on Tuesday. Which is bad news. The good news is that one of my powerball-playing co-workers has graciously agreed to pay-off my car loan if she wins. So that will be nice. Which leads into this question:

What would you do with $150,000,000.00? This question was posed to me last week and it was fun, so I thought I'd ask you to dream and I thought you would be interested in seeing how i would spend it. So here goes:

Tithe on it
Pay off my church's mortgage
Pay off my parent's mortgage
Buy my sister and her family a new house
Pay my nieces' college education
Pay off my debt
Make sure the rest of my family is financially secure
Provide each member of my small group with a stipend
Buy a beach house for the family
Buy myself a townhouse
Buy NFL and MLB season tickets
Possibly consider giving Messiah College some money, specifically in the areas of outreach and women's athletics
Live in England for a year and follow a Premier League soccer team
Buy a boat
Have lunch with Richard Branson
Help out residents of Appalachia
Create a scholarship fund
Quit my current job (eventually) and start working at non-profits on a rotating basis (one or two years with each)
Take a cruise
Buy an annual pass for Disney World
Travel across each continent by train

And I think that still leaves me with roughly $75,000,000.00 which I'll put into some discretionary rainy-day fund or something.

God's Mercy

I hate suffering.

I've mentioned it to a few folks before, but it's come to my attention again. More so now because I have several friends who are currently hurting. Whether it be physical, emotional or spiritual. It bothers me. I know that it's often times necessary, but that doesn't make me like it any more. I wish I could sit with these people and reassure them that everything will work out and everything will be alright. I don't believe myself to be a people-pleaser, but I sure as heck wouldn't mind being able to help people out of the situations they're in. But I can't. And that kinda bugs me. But I do what I know how to do. I pray. And I make my shoulder and my ear available. And I pray.

I was going to write a little about that book that I've been reading on holiness. I even brought the book to work. But I had to work today. So hopefully it'll happen soon.

I've decided that I'm going to do something new with the blog. Every entry, I'm going to end with something that I'm thankful for. And I start now.

Loving Parents

A gentle reminder..

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:10-18

This just in....

Tom Cruise Goes Crazy on Oprah. Pictures here. Apparently Katie does that to him..

Also, new Chicken Little trailer up. Check it here. There's a lot riding on this picture as it's the first CG movie created in-house by Disney. If they don't make up with Pixar, this is what the company is pinning it's hopes on...

The Best Spring Ever..

from a temperature standpoint. Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. I'm lovin' it.

I was watching one of my favorite television networks last night. They did a show about french fries. The show is called the "Secret Life of..." and the key there is that it's actually pronounced the "Secret Life of dot dot dot." Dots are the placeholder for the mystery food of which that show will be based on. Basically they do a history of that food, it's roots, how it came to the States, the different ways it's prepared and fun facts about it. So french fries was on the menu. They did a little piece on this little place in NYC called Pommes Frites, which creates Belgium-style fries with your choice of sauce. Besides wanting to eat french fries, I was also made to think about what I could do if I bought a fryer. I don't eat a lot of fried food, and my concern is that if I bought a fryer, I would fry anything I could find. So that might not be good. But I could make my own funnel cake. That would be good....

Last year I kicked myself for missing the Air Show at Andrews AFB. I missed it again. NUTS! Someone remind me not to miss it next year, please?

This weekend is the Artsfest downtown. Coincidentally, the Filmfest will also be occuring at the same time. They're showing Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Whitaker Center on Sunday night if anyone is interested. I'm planning on going. Steve Martin's in it, along with the BeeGee's, Aerosmith and others. It was made in the seventies, so you shouldn't expect any sort of theatrical masterpiece. But it is free.

I found this article this morning. The funniest part is the last paragraph. It made me laugh.

Finally, I celebrated one year of blogging last Thursday. And forgot to blog about it. So happy birthday blog.

I'll live there..

If you can tell me where this weekend's weather is the norm, I'll live there. Mad props to God for some awesome weather.

I took some pictures yesterday, down by the river. Actually it was a creek. See them here.

I went to Hersheypark on Saturday night. Rode three rollercoasters: Storm Runner, Wildcat and Lighting Racer. And on one of those three coasters, I lost my keys. Now I didn't realize it at the time that they were actually lost. No, I didn't realize they were gone until I was outside of the park walking back to the car. I went to pat my leg to reassure myself that my keys were there, and the reassuring lump of keys was not there. Nuts! Now just a few minutes earlier at Guest Services, a very gracious employee named Chelsea listened to me describe the urgent need for trashcans in the new queue area at Storm Runner. The lack of trashcans had led people to simply toss their trash on the recently-mulched landscaping of the queue. It was sad. And bad. But enough about trash.

Since I had just been speaking with her, I decided to go back to her. She was very helpful before, so why not now? I explained my situation to her and she made a few calls for me to ride operations, and then to lost and found. While she was calling, I prayed. Thankfully, she informed me that my keys were anxiously waiting for me at lost and found and I could pick them up there. She also said that I owed her. So I'll have to come up with something the next time I'm over there. But that was my Hersheypark adventure for the week.

I also went to the Greek Festival this weekend in Camp Hill. Expensive food, but some fun dancing to watch. There's a few photos in my photo blog (link to the right). And there was lots of people saying "Hopa!"

Review - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

It's easy to see how this movie made almost 17mill on midnight showings alone. I bet fanboys would have watched a second showing of it immediately afterwards if they could.

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I was a little concerned about the fact that I had not seen episode two recently and that I would be a little lost. If you had those same fears, don't worry about it. George is a pretty good storyteller and the movie stands alone by itself, if you remember nothing from the other movies. All your familiar characters are there, with the appearence of a few new ones. General Grievous as what appeared to be a part-droid/part-human type thing is a great villain. You don't normally think of droids as bad guys. I could never see Data as a bad guy. Anywho, all the classic Lucas hallmarks are here including your always delightful John Williams score. One of the things I've come to enjoy about the Star Wars movies is Lucas' unique creature creations. My excitement over the opportunity to see Chewbaccas' relatives was quenched and there some cool new additional creatures to marvel at as well. Those little droids that attacked Obi-Wan's shuttle by drilling were cool. And of course the lush scenery created was super-sweet eye candy. And you can't forget Padme's daily hairstyles. But enough about pretty things. How's the story?

For this genre, I think the story is good. I thought it was better than the first two. But that may be because I knew where the story had been and where it had to end up. So perhaps that made it easier to follow. But after two movies of evil lurking, it finally broke through in ROTS. Most of the dialogue was okay, but there was still some hokey lines between Anakin and Padme. George Lucas is a good storyteller and has a great creative mind, but he struggles when it comes to love. But I think I can forgive him for that. And one of the biggest compliments I think I can pay is that this 146 minute movie went like "that." It moved faster than some 90 minute movies I've seen.

All that to say that Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith gets a rating of "9.5." The forced, hokey dialogue is the only thing that kept it from a "10." I will definitely see it again (but I'll wait till it comes to the West Shore Theatre).

Das vetter es rainy

I didn't know the word for rainy.

Tonight I'm going to see this movie by this hotshot director named George Lucas. The problem I have is that I've kinda forgotten a lot of the details of the storyline. I know general stuff, but I don't recall some specific stuff. Like the details with the Federation and the Senate and all that madness. I wanted to see episode two before I saw three tonight, but it didn't happen. Oh well, i'll do my best to follow along and just be excited to see Wookies (plural intended). Review to come probably tomorrow.

Thank you to the cook who prepared the meal last night. There is just something wonderful about having someone else cook for you. What could it be..... Oh, I know. It's the LACK OF PREPARATION that's required. It's one of the reasons I like eating at my parent's house. Not only do I get a meal, but often times I get leftovers, which translate into an addional meal...that I don't have to prepare. Not that I'm adverse to cooking, but it's not necessarily something that I find pleasure in. Unless it's grillin'. That's a completely different beast. But yeah, one of the ideal characteristics of my future wife, is that she likes to cook. Because I don't want her to feel like cooking is slave work or a chore. I want her to take pride in what she prepares. This entry can now easily go off on a completely separate tangent. But it won't. Not today anyway.

Dark and Lilght

That's the best way to describe this post.

Dark. I watched something very bad last night. Have you guys heard about the tv show that Britney and Kevin Federline were putting together? Well, I watched it last night. I'm sad that I did. I was looking forward to some behind-the-scenes type insights into touring, traveling, and performing. That's not what it was. It was Britney, talking about relationships and sex. Here's the only gem that I gleaned from this experience. Neither Britney or Kevin believe in marriage. Don't take that as gospel truth, but I am 99% sure that that is what I heard. I'm sorry I watched it, and rest assured, I will not watch it again.

Light. Holiness. Holiness has been the subject of many of my thoughts and prayers over the past two or three weeks. I am currently reading The Pursuit of Holiness, by Jerry Bridges. And I'm becoming overwhelmed with how much of a fight it is to not only be holy, but stay holy. I'll worry about staying holy sometime, but right now, my focus is on becoming holy. As I start to examine my life and take a look at my priorities, things get ugly. I don't often slander people out loud, but in my head? That's another story. Lot's of people have road rage. I do too. But I don't often verbalize it. More and more, I think the Holy Spirit has been prodding me immediately after I have thought something. I remember getting on to the turnpike one afternoon last week and complaining about the people in front of me driving slow-as-snails on the on-ramp. Immediately after I had those thoughts, these words came to my mind "May the words of my mouth, and the thoughts of my heart, bless your name, bless your name, Jesus." I am encouraged because as I have been praying, these things are coming to light. But I'm disappointed because if they weren't there, they wouldn't have to come to light.

All that to say that holiness is a hard road. But I've reached a point in my life where I feel that I'm up for the challenge. And because God's in it with me, I have the confidence that I can do it.

Also, the new Starbucks in Camp Hill opens this Saturday, the 21st.

DM

You have no idea how excited I am about this.

Billy

A good article about a good man. Front page in today's USA TODAY.

A weekend of firsts..

Saturday, I went home for the first time in probably five years. Home, for those of you wondering, was Waldorf, Maryland. As suspected, some things changed, but a lot of stuff still looked the same. I've always wanted to share my hometown with people, but most, if not all of you were busy on Saturday. So I've created a photo blog. Most of the pictures here will have been taken by my cell phone (hence the name of the blog), but every once in a while, you'll see a photo from the digital camera. So check out my latest internet creation here.

Later on Saturday, I went to the Hofbrauhaus in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. I would link to the website.....if they had one. If you like German food, you should definitely check this place out. It's a little out of the way, but it's worth it. The food was great, as was the service. I had the weiner schnitzel with HOT potato salad and potato dumplings. The only thing I didn't like was the dumplings because they were not the consistency that I was expecting (and never having had potato dumplings, that expectation was formulated in my imagination). I also enjoyed the company of my dining companions, so if you were one of them, thank you.

Finally, Sunday was the first service in our brand-spankin-new church building. From my vantage-point, things went relatively smoothly. But there is always room for improvement. One nice touch was that they had two ladies signing during the choir numbers. I complimented the choir director on that and told him that he should do that all the time. He said he would, if he could have a choir that large every week.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Worst advice heard this week.

"Here's how you find out if he's worth marrying: Move in with him, and if you can still get along, marry him."

This quote was made by a divorcee.

Good things still happen in high school sports.

I'm going home tomorrow. I'll see if I can't get some photos of some of my favorite hometown haunts. Maybe create a little photo piece.

RSVP

I'm listening to a sermon series right now from Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and I wanted to just mention a quick point that they brought up.

They're talking about your heart as Christ's home and they are using an analogy of the rooms in a house, to teach. The first sermon on 05/01 was about "the invitation." And the point was made that when we invite Jesus in to our lives, we have RSVP'd with Him. Check out these acronyms:

R enovate
S tuff that's
V ery
P ersonal

or how about this one:

R emodel
S ituations that
V alue new
P riorities

That's good stuff to think about. It's also a reminder about the stuff we want to hold onto in our lives that's junk to God.

Dress-codes

This article has raised my ire. Back in the day, all the head coaches in the NFL wore suits. Now, the NFL won't let this coach wear a suit. Why? Because of it's contract with Reebok. This is ludicrously lame. If a coach wants to look a little classy on the sidelines, let him dress up. This is patheti-sad. I cannot emphasize how crappy this is. I'm going to email this article to the UniWatch guy at ESPN and see if he can do a story on it. There, I just emailed him.

Now to understand where I'm coming from, understand this. I respect classy traditions, especially when it comes to fashion. What happened to the stirrups on baseball players? Dang Pedro Martinez has elastic put in the bottom of his pants so you can't see his socks. Why do women with bellies like to show them off by wearing too-short shirts or too-low pants? Where, oh where did the one-piece bathing suit go for the women? They even sell little bikinis for infants!! Hey fellas, how about wearing an undershirt under that long-sleeve dress shirt? That bugs me to no end. And pull up those pants. I don't need to know what your boxers look like. I could go on, but then I might not be able to stop. Drop me a line if you have further questions, or need fashion advice. = )

Wendy's is giving away free frosty's this weekend. To thank you for not putting any of your digits in their products and then trying to sue.

Feelin' the love

I'd like to take a moment to highlight a ministy at West Shore (my church), that doesn't get much attention, but should. Every Monday night, a team of volunteers calls people listed in the church directory. All they ask for, is if there is something they can pray for. They act as a compassionate ear and are more than willing to listen to any and all requests that you might have. Then they take all the requests they have received, and they pray for them. And then they pass them on to other folks who pray for them as well. It was Linda that called me last night. We talked briefly and I gave her a prayer request. She gave me a bit of encouragment and told me again that they would pray for me. That is cool. So here's to you, West-Shore-Monday-Night-Call-and-take-Prayer-Requests-people. You rock!

Sometimes for fun, I like to read other blogs on a random basis. Last night I found a blog called PostSecrets (I think that's what it's called). The premise is that you anonymously write a secret on a postcard and mail it via snail mail to this address. Your postcard is photographed and posted on the website for all the world to see your secret. But no one knows it's yours, except for you. I deliberately did not post a link to the site because some people's secrets are rather obscene and disturbing. One of the things I concluded based on what I saw, was that there are a lot of hurting people in our world. People who have no hope, who are bitter, and who are filled with hate. There were some positive postsecrets, but most of them were not. It made me sad. When will people see that we need Jesus?

Finally, here's your link to the latest celebrity wedding. Apparently 4.5 months is long enough to know. It's the first marriage for both.

Clear your schedule

Why? Because on Friday, October 14th, Messiah College will be the site for the comedic tour-duh-force known as Colin and Brad. Having seen this show, I can vouch for it's laugh quotient. With the exception of the physical humor (I'm not a fan of that at all), there are lots of laughs to be had. So you have been officially notified.

Also, the new teaser trailer for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardobe has been posted here. You can choose to download it here, but I should warn you that it's roughly 52M in size so it's rather large. But it's good. And that makes it worth it.

They finally updated the West Shore Church website. For the longest time, it had been down. But it's all fixed now. And it looks nice. I like it better than the previous site design. It's a lot cleaner and geometrically-pleasing. And those are two qualities that I look for in a website. You can check the link over on the right. --->

To My Mom

To the one who brought me into this world,
To the one who gave me life.
To the one who changed my diapers,
Who taught me my A, B, C's.
To the one who did my laundry,
Who drove me to practice after practice after practice.
To the one who gave me my sense of fasion and my shopping savy,
To the one who taught me how to iron,
Who sent me care packages.
To the one who has always encouraged me,
supported me
and loved me.

Thank you doesn't even begin to cover it all.
But I can't ever thank you enough.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I love you.

Verse of the Day

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 25:11

Who Loves Ya?

Free candy. Just for you.

Thanks for being a member of my studio audience.

Quatro de Mayo

If anybody is in Pittsburgh this weekend, do this. You get to be a victim AND you get free Pirates tickets!

In other news, the Loews Cineplex theater chain has announced that they will start advertising the actual start time of the movie. Not what time the commercials start, but what time the movie starts. All because somebody claimed deceptive advertising. Read more.

Note to potential Macaroni Grill visitors: make a reservation. My parents are going there for dinner Friday night. They called last night and the got the LAST reservation for a 5:00 seating. So ya'd be advised to call a couple of days ahead of time. Otherwise you might be stuck. People like the Macaroni Grill.

Forgive me if I've posted the following already (I can't recall everything that I post). I've come to a decision about my career. It's not about me. I had great plans about how much money I would be making now and that in other two or three years I would be working in human resources for the Walt Disney Company. Then in the past few months, I've figured out that it's not about me. It's about God. Now, I've known this for some time, but for some reason it didn't sink in much. Maybe I thought that my career was one piece that I could hold onto for myself. It's not. Human resources may not play a role in my future employment. I understand that. So right now I'm open to whatever may come my way, be it HR related, or something other. But I know this. God knows the desires of my heart. He knows where I will thrive, and he knows what I like to do. And I believe that as long as my heart's right, that he will honor those desires. (This also applies to other areas of my life as well)

Thinks and Loughts

Here's a link (with some thumbnail photos) to an article about The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Buzz buzz buzz...

Here's an interview from the German magazine Spiegel, with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. Lots of Tom being on the defensive about his scientology.

There has also been lots of buzz today in the press about the fiancee of the "runaway bride." Are you ready for this? He still wants to marry this girl. Can you believe it. This girl runs away to New Mexico ruining all their plans and cancelling their wedding. And he still wants to marry her? Must be some of that so-called "Unconditional Love." Article.

Hersheypark opens Friday. They also redesigned their website from that horrid storm runner theme they had last year.

Tuesday Morning Prayer

Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence, O Lord
Take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me, the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me.

Skyrockets in flight...

With the upcoming release of a certain movie about jedis, wookies and light sabers, it's only appropriate that I link to the blog of Darth Vader.

A word of warning about this next link. There was a report about this on the news tonight. I had no idea that people did this sort of thing. It's kinda disgusting. Well, actually it's a lot disgusting. If you like body piercing, click here. If not, move along to the list of movies that I want to see this summer. You've been warned.

These are the movies I would like to see this summer (summer in this case commences in May):
Kingdom of Heaven
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Fantastic Four
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood (that will never come to Harrisburg)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Batman Begins
Bewitched
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Brothers Grimm
The Pink Panther

Worth your time...

I'll be there Saturday. Cost is $3.

No, they're not angels, they just sound angelic.

I am referring to the sound produced by ladies. Singing. It's a sound I enjoy hearing. Now last night, I happen to listen to a large auditorium of ladies singing. I suspect there were some non-singers in the crowd, but their voices blending with singers voices, evened out quite well. It was a very peaceful, soothing kind of sound. I even enjoy listening to the ladies in my small group sing. (secret fact: sometimes I drop out and just listen to them sing!)
So, if you're a lady and you sing, thank you.

And now for something completely different.

Two Reviews

Crazy Saturday. I saw two movies.

The Interpreter
The Interpreter stars Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. In a nutshell, Kidman plays a UN translator who overhears an assasination plot against the leader of Maboto, Africa. Once she reveals the plot, Penn is one of the Secret Service agents assigned to the case. This was a good movie. Now before I go any farther, some of you may wonder "Why does he call most of the movies he sees good?" That's a good question. I like to think that my statements are accurate and that it's the result of good taste. I will not have an opportunity to tell you how bad A Lot Like Love is because I will not see it. Same for XXX: State of the Union. So I like to think I only see good movies, which is true save for the occasional bomb (Cat in the Hat, anyone?)

Anywho. I'm not a big drama fan, but there was enough action in this drama to keep my interest. The movie was just over two hours, but it didn't seem to drag at all. Sean Penn was great in his supporting role and there were a few plot twists to keep things interesting. I'm giving this movie a 9.

Sahara
Sahara is a fun movie starring Matthew McConnaughy, Steve Zahn and Penelope Cruz. This was a good fun action movie. McConnaughy and Zahn play treasure hunters looking for one of the iron-clad boats from the Civil War. Cruz plays a doctor with the WHO, who crosses paths with our treasure hunters. I wasn't intellectually challenged like I was in The Interpreter, but it was fun to watch nonetheless. Steve Zahn stole the show. I think he is becoming one of my favorite male actors. He makes me laugh out loud. I'm giving this movie an 8.