This past Saturday I took part in my first LIVE fantasty football draft. I ended up with the first pick overall (which is alot of pressure btw) and chose LT. Here's my current team:

QBs:
Derek Anderson
Eli Manning
Jason Campbell

WRs:
Santonio Holmes
Calvin Johnson
Brandon Marshall
Marvin Harrison
Kevin Curtis
Bernard Berrian

RBs:
LaDanian Tomlinson
Steven Jackson
Ryan Grant

TE:
Donald Lee

K:
Phil Dawson

DEF:
Minnesota
New England

Not unbeatable, but I feel pretty good about my current roster. How's your team look?

flyin jazz

An Air Canada regional carrier has dumped their life vests in favour of fuel savings. [read about it]. Apparently 'Jazz' has decided that the 25 pounds of life preservers are not work their weight in gas.

They still have the flotation seat cushions and the only significant bodies of water they fly over are the great lakes. but is that enough to keep you feeling safe?

to me, it's not a big deal. I'm not afraid of flying and with the way they track flights these days i'm sure a rescue team would be deployed even before you hit the water.

What do you think? would this give you second thoughts before flying 'Jazz'?

mile high speech

i'm currently watching Obama's acceptance speech at the democratic national convention.

*he just mentioned michigan's autoworkers!!*

i'm not sure who i'm going to vote for, but i find the conventions fascinating. It's like an outrageous combination of: high school pep rally + promise keepers + all the political crazies you can find.

*he just said the "dignity of work"... what a great phrase*


the sight of the packed stadium is pretty cool though.

Dedication

What a great weekend! Becky, the kids, and I went to her parents place for the past few days. We watched the last of the Olympic games, played a ton of cards (which dad and I dominated), and best of all dedicated Ashlyn to God.

With parents for Pastors we have been blessed to be able to make dedicating our children a family affair. Becky's dad dedicated Evan, my dad dedicated Aaron, and Becky's dad had the great honor of dedicating Ashlyn. We did miss having my parents and Angela and Jared with us, but it was still a great time to commit her future and our parenthood to leading her to a daily walk with Christ.

olympic highlights

My dad recently shared his "high" and "low" olympic moments (so far) on his blog. It's a pretty good list, but he left out Usain Bolt from the "Highs".

His total domination of the the 100 meter finals was incredible. Not only did he destroy his competition, but he totally humiliated anyone who has run 100 meters and tried hard. Then he follows it up by winning the 200 meter sprint in world record time also (if you weren't impressed, just read Michael Johnson's reaction to Bolt's race). [his live reaction is great too, but i can't find the video].

Yeah, he's a bit of a showboat and appears to be a bit full of himself prancing around the track; but you gotta hand it to him... he backed it up (unlike U.S. sprinter Wallace Spearmon who was dq'd for stepping out of his lane).

Phelps' feat is still amazing, but Usain gets my vote for top olympic moment. What's your fav. moment?

btw: i'm totally going on the "Bolt diet" of chicken nuggets and plenty of naps before a big event, it seems to work.

Nehemiah

This past week in Sunday school our lesson was on Nehemiah.

I love the book of Nehemiah. It's one of my favourite books of the Bible (not that the others are bad... you know what i mean). It's such a cool story of God's design planted within the heart of a man. Nehemiah faces constant adversity and opposition, but continues to seek God and follow His .

I particularly like the opening prayer found in verses 5-11:

Then I said:
"O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

"Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'

"They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.

Such a cool prayer.

What about you, what is your favourite book of the Bible?

back to the drawing board

sad news everyone.... i didn't make the cut for "who wants to be a millionaire".

but i did get a t-shirt, magnet, and pencil!

and I did have fun. I arrived at the U of M dearborn campus at 6am (it started at 7) and found myself 171st in line. Around 400 people make it into the first round of testing with me and we filled out two 30 question tests, with 10 minutes to complete each test.

The tests were all multiple choice, just like the show, and i thought i did well. However, i knew i had just enough answers i was unsure of that i might not make the cut. Unfortunately, i was not among the lucky few to make the cut (about 20 people passed the first test and about 60 passed the second one; the guy next to me passed both). I was out of there at 8:30 and only drove 2 miles out of my way to get there, so i don't feel like i had to give up much to get turned away.

here's one question i did not know the answer to:

A Sirocco is:
a. a wind
b. a thunderstorm
c. a hurricane
d. a flood

what's your answer?

for jared: pressure point knockout

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the next gamble

i was right about american gladiators. tim tore it up.

next finale... the mole. it's craig. i am completely sure it is him.
I thought it was alex until he got eliminated. craig is too much of a nice guy who happens to make alot of mistakes.

gladitor bets

the men are about to compete in the final eliminator of american gladiators.

my money is on Tim. that guy is lightning.