Ok, so I’ve been bad.  Pitiful actually.  I know I haven’t kept up with this thing like I should.  Funny thing is I have more to say than ever!  So beginning now, prepare yourself for a barrage of posts – some will make sense, others maybe not.  But here it goes! 

And daggumit, comment!

Am I the only one who thinks there is a resemblance?  Pastor Furtick meet Colt Brennan.

Dropped Wyatt off with someone who watches him on Mondays and Fridays.  Saw something that made me curious.  It was a black lady on the corner out in front of the bank my wife works at.  It was cold, dreary, and misty.  She was saying ‘Hallelujah!’   ‘Praise Jesus!’  and holding a sign that said ‘Jesus Loves You Too!"

I called Jennifer to ask her what in the world was going on.  She said, ‘Oh she’s there every day’. 

I couldn’t help but smile.  The lady was so happy a just waving a away at everybody.  It was a good start to a day.

I am listing a new blog and it is worth your time!

Matt Furukawa is our very talented drummer.  He is a machine.  Honestly he is on of the best drummers I have ever had the privileged of working with.

Matt also does our worship planning, rehearsals, and helps with our creative process.  He is a God-send and a gifted leader.

Why do you want to read his blog?  He’s witty – unpredictable – and full of good ideas.

I need a new heart.  52-50

I don’t even know what to say…please provide a caption.

I walk into the John Deer store in Tn…

I kid you not…this was on the door.

Any of you blog readers from Knoxville?  Can you recommend a good church to go to Sunday? 

I mean like a rockn’ – in your face – reaching the far from God kinda church.

As most of you, I get tired of the same countdown clocks running every Sunday.  We have about 12 we purchased from somewhere and I just got bored with them.  In fact, some of them were just plain ugly.  Besides, I liked the idea of having a countdown clock match our series.

One day I stumbled upon some from Digital Hotcakes.

I take the series splash, import it into Final Cut, overlay the countdown, place it where I want and resize it using the ‘Motion’ tab, then adjust the Chroma Green key to make the green disappear – and just like that – a custom countdown for each series.  They have white and black of various font types.  Check it out and play around with it.  One cost $15 and I’ve used the same one since I bought it!

So we’re cutting back some expenses and one of the casualties is Netflix.  Sorry guys.  But we do have a Redbox around the corner – which I love.

So today was the big day.  I was all prepared with my speech.  I had the front up.  I had my stern voice ready.  I knew I was in for a fight.  Some poor sap on the other end was going to try to give me 1 -2 maybe 3 months of free service just to stay with them – because they are scored on retention. NO NO NO!!!  I would have to repeat over and over…getting more flustered by the minute.  Oh how I was dreading it.

"Thank you for calling Netflix.  How can I help you?"

"I need to cancel my service."

"Ok, what is your 6 digit account number"

"123456"

"Ok, and your name?"

"Pickwell"

"OK.  I have you canceled and since your billing date was today, I went ahead and refunded your money.  And we’ll give you 7 days to return your current movie.  Anything else I can help you with?"

At this point I was dumbfounded.  They’re even nice to you when you’re leaving.