Archive for March, 2010

Good Job Canada!

Mar 26

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Okay.  Some I love my country.  I’ve even bet on my allegiance (still owe this guy thought :S).  But I have also been outspoken that Canada’s reputation for…sucking, does not go undeserved. Well, we’ve done it again.  In addition to sub-par Superbowl commercials, an absence of Chipotle’s and a commitment to all sports that require a stick, skates and fighting…we have once again displayed our shortcomings.

Being the “Old Man” that I am, I went to bed last night @ 10:30.  I received a text this morning from my brother saying: “Are you up, are you watching right now?”  This could only mean one thing, something crazy happened last night post-me going to bed in the NCAA game.  So, being a Canadian, I go straight to tsn.ca to find out what happened.  Here’s what I saw:
You could imagine my surprise when the only mention of any NCAA event (last night there were 4 games) is a byline that reads “March Madness Roundup: Kansas State captures memorable win.”  ARE YOU KIDDING ME!  I know that the NCAA Tourney is a bigger deal in the U.S, but (what I found out later) it was a double-overtime photo finish…and….nothing. You could imagine my confusion when trying to figure out what my brother was referring too.  I decided to shoot over to espn.com just to see:

Full front page coverage and video of the game, and 2 of the 4 sub stories about other NCAA games.  For some reason, TSN believed that Montreal (6th place) beating Florida (12th place) in an NHL game last night somehow deserved the top line.  From this I can draw one of three conclusions.

1) TSN hires only hacks, that know nothing about sports
2) A 6th place team beating a 12th place team in hockey is multiples more exciting than a double overtime, winner moves on college basketball game
3) Canada is just really…that bad.

I think it’s a tie between 1 & 3.  On another note, American’s now are on a path to socialized medicine and probably socialism itself.  Maybe having crappy sports coverage is a socialism symptom.  That probably wasn’t in the Pro’s and Con’s that Obama listed when pitching the bill…

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Work’n for the Weekend!

Mar 24

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Today I tweeted:

Within seconds, my friend Kaj hit me back with a “I guess Loverboy was right.”  I did not make the connection.  But after Mr. Google reminded me, my afternoon is going to be spend rocking it 80’s style too…

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This is the LAST time!

Mar 22

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A little Monday morning pick-me up. This was TOTALLY me circa 1989.

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The Smartest Guy in 2007

Mar 17

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$725M a good deal!

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The Madness Begins!

Mar 16

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It’s March. That means…tax time…AND NCAA March Madness.

This week Thursday and Friday is typically a great day to “call in sick” and watch basketball all day.

Every year I’m in a family and friends pool. I always win lose, so maybe this year will be different!

So to YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU & YOU and a bunch more…your going down!

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JESUS: More Than Enough

Mar 8

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of Jesus being “more than enough.” I know Tomlin’s popular “Enough” which talks about God being more than enough for us…but I’ve still been thinking about the concept. Definitely one of those “I know it’s true, but it’s such a crazy big concept, I want to sit inside it for a bit” moments.

I was drawn to John 6 – The Feeding of the 5,000 and how the disciples started with no food to feed all these people. Then a kid shows up with a few little buns and fish scraps and the disciples are thinking that could barely feed them let alone everybody else…but. Jesus says, it will be enough and then starts getting the food passed out.

How many times in our lives do we do that to ourselves? Look at the time to complete a task…”No way that’s enough.” Or maybe the strength to climb the big mountain in front of us “Don’t have enough.” Well, first reaction is usually right, at this is no different. You don’t have enough time, strength, money or whatever else it is you need. You think if Peter was like, “Okay everybody, I got some food here, everyone just take a small nibble as pass it along” hoping that at least he could feed a few dozen people and explain the shortage when the time came..?

Nope.

They were all like, “It’s not enough Jesus!” And what did Jesus say…It’s MORE than enough.

I’m not saying to leave late to work or go look for huge mountains to climb…but what I am saying is this. WHATEVER your facing. Lost keys, Lost job, Lost joy…He’s MORE than enough.

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Balloon FAIL!

Mar 3

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I don’t even know what to say to this.  Thanks to THIS GUY (my on retainer silly video finder)

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Life is Busy

Mar 2

Posted by matt in Learning, Praise the Lord, RandR, family, life lessons | 1 Comment

The more days/months/years I get under my belt…the more I realize 2 things.

1) I know nothing. It funny how as you get older you realize not only how little you know, but how foolish you were. I had lunch a few weeks back with a good friend, and we talked about that exact thing…how “in our youth” we often count ourselves so much more highly than we ought AND take for granted the wealth of knowledge from those around us.

2) Life is getting busier. I remember years past when the most challenging thing on my “post-work agenda” was whether to play Madden or rock the DVR…not so today. Between growing responsabilies and work and @ home…life is definitely NOT slowing down.

So. Why do I write this? Well the first inclination might be that I haven’t blogged for 20 days, and unlike blogging rockstars like THIS GUY I have…well…left something to be desired…

But more than that…I find myself circling the wagons a little lately. I had a LONG conversation last night with a guy in my small group about the calling of a man to 1st be a good disciple 2nd be a good husband/father and 3rd be a good worker/employee/etc. God doesn’t need your 41st hour @ work. He doesn’t need the 3rd garage in your house or the new surround-sound speaker system…you know what though….He does ASK you to give ALL that you have and follow Him.

As life gets busier…compromising gets easier. Prayer for PS3…Devotions for David Letterman…it’s not that far a jump. Within a matter of days a slip becomes routine and then your “down and out.” One of the disciplines I’ve been pursuing lately is substituting good things for GODLY things. T.V isn’t bad…neither is PS3…but you know what is more that “not bad”….JESUS CHRIST. I want to love Him, live for Him, serve Him, follow Him and Lead people to Him whenever I can…and unfortunately…”busy” is in the way.

So why do I write this? I clearly DON’T have it figured out…

Well, that’s the point. No one does. I’m just a dude trying to live for the only thing worth living for. I get in my own way sometimes, but the Lord is gracious and leads me back to where I know I ought to be.

Thank-you Jesus.

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