Update

I’ve imported all the posts from this site into the sweet & aweful one that I’m using for the church now. I figured I was updating this one so infrequently lately that I’d go ahead and move it into the one I’m “supposed” to update.

Go to http://sweetandaweful.wordpress.com to continue to follow the latest happenings from my corner of the world.

I didn’t realize that!

Guess John Tesh wrote the NBA’s theme song for TV. I had no idea.

Being a basketball fan, I should probably be disappointed, but  I don’t consider the NBA to be “real” basketball as much as it is stand-around-and-watch-people-shoot, so in the end…I don’t care.

It’s still fascinating, in a strange sort of way.

Facebook vs. Myspace

Facebook is winning.

Local church survival

I’m watching Dallas Willard on a live video feed while he’s at some conference I’ve never heard of. Monvee? No idea what it is, other than something church-ish. He’s talking through the difference between living as Jesus would live vs. behavior modification. He just made this statement:

“We should have no regard for the survival of any local church. It’s Jesus’ church. He’s building it. We should get out of His way.”

Whoa.

Consumer-driven church

What a consumer wants in a church.

Written tongue-in-cheek.

Sort of.

Blogging, church style

Pastor Glenn decided last week that every person on staff should have a blog informing the general public of our thoughts, plans, and anything we can think of. That’s all fine, and it will probably be a good thing, but it’s turned me into the IT expert on our staff.

Problem

I don’t actually know what I’m doing online and/or why things work (or don’t work) from time to time. I don’t know computer code or anything programming related. I don’t even know how to set up a RSS feed; I just let WordPress do it for me.

All this to say, this blog will have even fewer posts than usual in the immediate future while I work with the staff and teach them the little bit of information I know.

Someday, I will get back to posting random things on a more scheduled basis, just not anytime soon.

Testing

I am sending this from my phone to test the WordPress mobile application. That’s all. It’s not exciting. Sorry. I blame global warming.

Whoops!

Turns out that 2009 is the 25th Anniversary of the Macintosh computer by Apple. I don’t have an Apple computer, but I do enjoy my iPod, so I’m thankful for that company. I found a website that had compiled reviews of the Mac when it debuted in 1984. This was my favorite review:

San Francisco Examiner, John C. Dvorak, 19 Feb. 1984
The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I dont want one of these new fangled devices.

Ummm…. whoops. I’ll bet Mr. Dvorak uses a mouse these days (and that he wishes the Internet wouldn’t keep sending things like this around).

Stuff about me

Because it’s so important to know what I do every waking moment, right?

I hate hyphens.

I ‘m sure the inventor of the hyphen is a lovely individual, but one of the thoughts that’s been running through my head all day has been, “Stop with the hyphens already!”  I’m a fan of using the hyphen when writing–I’ve been known to use them from time-to-time.

I hate the hyphen when it’s used to separate, or it’s used to stop a risk from being too risky.

I hate the hyphen found in (Insert race here)-American. I hate the hyphen found in last names. I hate the hyphen found in surveys when I have to list the denomination I “belong” to.

At what point does ancestry stop mattering? At what point do married couples “join together as one” and quit with the separation in their unified lives? At what point can I just say, “Yes, I follow Jesus.” Everything else should be irrelevant, in my opinion.

I’m thrilled with the idea that I live in a country that elects people to national office regardless of skin color, age, gender, education, height, weight, income, etc. I’m just as thrilled by all the “Firsts” happening today, but I think I’d be more impressed with the “Nexts.” We’ve broken down a barrier. Hooray for us.

Now what?

Will we continue to point out the differences with the hyphenation of characteristics of the individuals involved?

Or can we finally move past the hyphen?

I’m hoping that as time passes, we can talk about our President without including a hyphen. He’s accomplished something great today, and so has our nation.

If our country really wants to move forward and be unified, let’s drop the hyphen.