I used to think twitter was for web junkies but after watching this video I can see the benefit of using it as a miniblog. Some things that can develop into bigger conversation pieces or connect people don’t always merit a full email or blog post. hmm Good point.
Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
I haven’t blogged for about a month or so now. It wasn’t something I did or didn’t do intentionally. I’ve just not done it. Many things have happened and I have a ton on my mind. I probably have more things I could potentially blog about now but don’t feel a great enough desire to do so. One thing that I love posting about is the kids. Over this blog break Oliver turned 1 year old. Here is a few pictures from his humble party.
As if having this blog doesn’t make me seem enough like a narcissist …thinking that I actually have “readers” is quite conceited of me. But for those of you…mom, dad… that actually read my blog there are easier ways than visiting randzig.com to see my post. You can suscribe to my content via a feed reader or via email.
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UPDATE: Just to clarify… for some one might think this is an announcement…. That it is not.
This brings to mind what happens to parents when picking out baby names. It can be toture. It doesn’t really matter what the name is. People always have something to say about it. Whats really funny is when you tell someone the name you’ve picked and they finish it by giving a last name that is not in the family. For example:
Me: “Jet” You: “Like jumbo jet, or jet pack, Jet Li?” Me: “Yes,…exactly like that”.
Or for perfectly normal names:
Me: “Oliver” You: “Like Oliver Twist”. Me: “Yes… exactly like that.”
Me: “Luke” You: “As in Skywalker?” Me: “Yes as in Luke Skywalker.” You: “Sweet name…keep the Skywalker too.”
As you can tell it doesn’t matter what the name is people always feel the need to complete it with the first thing that comes to mind.
With out even thinking about it I just realized I have been blogging for over a year now. I believe my first post was on June 25 and is a video of Jet walking for the first time. Last year on the the fourth I tried to find video of a scene from The Sandlot when Ray Charles version of America the Beuatiful plays during the one and only night game of the year. Well I tried again and wasn’t able to find it. So I’ll give you 3 videos. One- Ray Charles performing the song himself, 2- The trash talking scene from The Sandlot and 3- A reenactment of that same scene. Its pretty funny. Take a look! Happy Fourth of July. May you be filled with contentment as you are chased down the street by a spinning object emitting sparks.
I woke up this morning with the sounds of Hawaiian slack key guitar playing via KKFI 90.1. That put a little hop in my step. Then the DJ said they were giving away tickets to the Led concert. They said you had to be the third caller. I was the 1st. Dangit! I knew I shouldn’t have hit the call button that quick. It would have made for a good blog post but oh well, I figure people get a laugh out of my losses anyways. I will be going to the concert and it will be good. I’m not gonna lie if your idea of a good concert is G-Unit or Good Charlotte you may not enjoy it. However if you have a general appreciation for musical ability….consider this your invite. There are going to be several other notable players there also. This is how they are promoting the event.
Chet Atkins and Bob Dylan have both stated that 2005 Grammy Award winner Led Kaapana is simply the best musician alive in Hawaii.
After being way to quick to call for the tickets I pulled into my local Wendy’s for their new breakfast. I saw a ginormous balloon and a little girl dressed up as “Wendy”. I never go for breakfast like that but today I just decided to do something different. I pulled up and was going to pay for my food and the guy said, “No, its free”. I looked at him like ”what chu talkin bout willis” and he looked back at me and said “For realz dog!”. Actually he didn’t say that but thats how I took it. So we gave each other a fist bump and fade back. As I was driving off I looked back and saw that the balloon said “FREE BREAKFAST”. Yeah guess I should have seen that. My coworkers are mad because I didn’t call and tell them…but what can I say. I did call Shaunas boyfriend to let him know but mostly I just called to wake him up because I knew he’d be sound asleep. I’m so considerate. 
And speaking of Hawaii! The inlaws got another notice in the mail stating that there are more available lots in Maui. Your saying sooooo? OK I’ll backup….The DHHL(Department of Hawaiian Homelands) is giving away free land to native Hawaiians if you are at least a 1/2 Hawaiian. I know you thunk I was Hawaiian right? Nope I’m bonafied Osage Indian. One of my relatives was Cheif of the Osage Indians. My island is bigger. Anyways you can see on this google map where the lots that are currently available are located. Moree trying to convince me to go visit because May 12 is an orientation meeting. Here is the PDF that explains it.
Since I have started “blogging” I have had several people ask me why I do it. To be honest I don’t think its a big deal either way, but for onlookers that don’t read blogs at all I’m sure they just think I’m strange. Some people think its a waste of time or think that your living in a virtual world. To that I would say Americans waste their time on much worse things and email/blogging is not different than writing letters like people have done all throughout history. So I wanted to take time to post on the issue of this blog and also an explanation of why I do it. (more…)
Apparently a substantial amount of footage for this film took place at Christ Triumphant in good old Lee’s Summit. I had told a guy who recently saw this movie that I have never seen anything like what was in that trailer. I said this in my efforts to defend typical evagelical America. As it ends up I’ve been to the church that it is happening at. Ironic to say the least.
While this did hit home geographicaly speaking let me just say this…I agree that some evangelicals allegiance to America is a little bit overboard, but that does not justify many Emergents slandering their fellow Christian. This is taking place all over the net recently. I say this not as a defence to the people in this movie but as a defence to everyone I ever went to church with “Evangelicals”
Word of advice to Emergents. Don’t use this film as a wedge to prove the truth you may hold. It could be viewed as an attack. Any point needs to be seasoned with Love and Respect. “Can you beleive those Evangelicals. Oh I know!”
Over at Shaun Groves blog he has come clean on his MySpace practices. As a independent musician Shaun uses his MySpace as a marketing tool. Thats not abnormal. But then he tells about the application he uses that finds and accepts friends automatically.
In the last two months I’ve doubled the number of “friends” I have by being proactive. I bought a program that adds “friends” for me. I just tell it who I want - women age 30-37 or singles looking for relationships living within 30 miles of Dublin or bands who list Def Leopard as musical influences or guys over fifty with the words “Star Trek” in their profiles. And BAM those people get a friend request from me.
Cool with that? Well, it gets worse.
Go read the details of this app on his blog. It really does get worse.
I guess I don’t really blame him for using it that way. But there is something about it that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. But like I posted on his blog, “I’m not the one making music for a living” and also mentioned that he is living some peoples dream. I guess I used to hand out flyers for Dreamer shows. Same thing?
As for me MySpace just sickens me. I hardly ever even look at the site and typically everytime I do I become totaly disgusted. Disgusted with the girls and profile pics, the horrible design, and it is absolutely flooded with a load horrible bands that post flyers the size of my monitor. If I was younger I would likely be using it I admit. Many of my peers that have one do not even use it as a blog. They simply use it for social networking. Which is cool, but really other blogging tools can or should be able to do the same thing. I am thinking about creating a profile for communication purposes to keep in contact with everyone that feels it is a necessity to use MySpace. Would I be contradicting myself?
Over at Jesus Creed Scot Mcknight is going to have a conversation regarding womens roll in church. Although I already have a beleif regarding the issue I’m still interested in seeing others interpretation. He began by asking what type of issues readers feel necessary to discuss. So of course a couple of guys brought up the typical versus regarding women in church (1 Corinthians 14:34-36 and 1 Timothy 2:12). But then a fellow mentioned Galatians 3:28. Feeling like I was out of the loop I went to that verse to see what it had to say. It says:
Galatians 3:28
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Then I thought to myself…”And?”…Ok…Maybe I missed something in context. So I read the verse in the context of the chapter and this is what I got out of it.
Basically the chapter starts with this theme as interpreted by yours truly.
You dumb Galatians. Why do you think you are justified by living by the law? You aren’t! You are justified by faith. This was done so that the gentiles could get in on Abrahams goods. Then it goes on to talk about, The Promise and the law didn’t negate it, but was put in place until The Promise came. So now you think the law imparts righteouness? Nope. The only thing the law did was held you prisoner and pointed to the coming Promise because it was your only way out. And now you have a way out! Your not under the law anymore! You are now Sons of God! No, no your not God but you are heirs according to The Promise! So it doesn’t matter if your Asian, American, African, male or female. If you have faith in Christ and therefore belong to him there is no distinction of male or female. You are a Son of God, a Christian!
Where does this chapter say anything about women in church? Being generous the only thing I could say is that because God doesn’t see a distinction, women can serve in the same manner as men. But thats not whats its talking about. Its talking about regarding your salvation there is no difference. Where as in the other versus mentioned above(1 Corinthians 14:34-36 and 1 Timothy 2:12) it is reffering to conduct in church. And it is very specific.
People try to give examples of women that teach kids, or missionary women to say that it is allowed by churches that follow the no women leading doctrine. What you think because someone says a women should not be teaching a man that that means a women can’t raise her own kids? Or a women can’t witness? No its talking about women in relation to men in the church. People got to learn to stay on topic and read in context.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is regardless of how you feel about the issue at least read in context. Is that to systematic? Seriously, is there something I’m not catchng? Let me know.
Emergent disclaimer: I do not have a hold on truth nor do I claim so. I’m just trying to watch my doctrine like you.
