My Chevy Suburban Is A Prius Offset

Someone out there has bought a Prius in order to save the world. I hope they don’t get too happy…my Chevy Suburban Z71 is offsetting their lowered carbon footprint with a heap of good old fashioned CO and CO2 output.

I don’t mean to turn this blog into a global warming tirade, it’s just that this Live Earth poop that’s all the rage is driving me crazy. There is simply no scientific proof that global warming is due to man. Period. While there is some scientific data that shows global temperatures have risen a half-degree or so (Celsius) in the last 50 plus years, but it has been far, far warmer in the past than it is now. And that is a fact that is simply irrefutable. And yet the world didn’t end. I’m sick of hearing that there is a consensus among scientists that man is causing global warming. There can be no such thing. Science is one of two things- proven scientific fact that can be argued by no one (examples include gravity, the fact the earth circles the sun, that the earth is round, etc), or a theory that is in the process of being proven or disproved. Man-made global warming is a theory, and one suffering more and more hits to its veracity every day.

There is a wonderful film online worth watching that I encourage anyone reading this to watch. Its called The Great Global Warming Swindle, and should be watched alongside Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to get a good look at both sides of the argument. Isn’t that the best way to do it? To listen to all arguments and weigh the evidence in order to make up your own mind? Check it out:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3028847519933351566





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Who Are We That You Are Mindful Of Us?

This past Sunday we FINALLY made it back to church. It’s been a long stream of illnesses, problems, trips and other issues that have kept us from going to church for more than a month.

Our pastor, Rick White, did not preach this week. Instead Ken Davis delivered the message. It started off a bit slow for me. Didn’t seem that compelling. But then the evidence of our insignificance in the universe started snowballing. By the end of the message I truly, for the first time, really understood mankind’s absolute smallness and insignificance when contrasted against all of creation- the known and unknown.

Except for one thing that lifts us up above all that was created- our value to God.

I hope you have some time to watch this.

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Inside Button

I love it when my wife laughs uncontrollably. It’s sort of like getting a basketball to bounce when it’s sitting still. You have to work hard at first to get it to bounce a few centimeters off the ground, but if you keep working it you can make it bounce as long and as high as you want.

Once you get Michelle going, you can work it and keep her laughing until she about passes out from lack of oxygen. The things that seem to make her laugh the hardest is when I act like an idiot and make a fool of myself. I guess because normally I'm just too-cool-for-school and in control.

This past spring when we were on vacation in Destin FL one of those occasions happened.

Our girls drive us nuts by always competing to push elevator buttons. According to them there are two distinct kinds- inside buttons and outside buttons. If one is lucky enough to push one of them, they are forbidden from pushing the other so that one of the remaining 3 girls has a chance to push a button. It’s amazingly important to them- not sure why.

Most places they push and shove to position themselves walking down a hallway to get to the elevator first to push the button without breaking into an actual run and bringing about the wrath of Mom or Dad… “Stop running! You’re gonna fall and break your neck!”

On one evening, leaving our beach condo and heading to dinner, I whispered to Michelle while we waited for the elevator to arrive on the 4th floor - “Watch this…when the elevator opens I’m going to charge in and push the inside button.”

The bell dinged. The door opened. And I, a large 6 foot 2 inch man charged into the elevator pushing and shoving my lovely and petite 4 girls to the left and right like a massive linebacker breaking through the line to attack a quarterback. The girls were shocked and surprised as their little bodies were thrown aside, and their dad victoriously broke through and pushed the inside button with a war cry of victory.

The man from the 5th floor that was inside the elevator looked like he was about to soil his pants. I said hello sheepishly. We all got on the elevator and rode down to the lobby in silence.

By the time we got in the car Michelle was laughing so hard she was crying.

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Check Out Last Month's Top 5 Greatest 'Hits' June 2007

#5 This Is The End
The long and hot spring of girls softball 2007 comes to a close. Assistant coach positions on four teams was a bit more challenging and time consuming than I had anticipated.

#4 Relient K's 'Five Score And Seven Years Ago'
A shameless plug for our family's favorite music CD of 2007...so far.

#3 Red Hawk Down
People that know me would never peg me as an animal lover. I guess I do have a soft-spot deep down inside that shows itself once in a while.

#2 AT&T Is The New Cingular (And Got Off To A Bad Start With Me)
Yet another disaster day in Dallas. That city has it out for me.

#1 Red Wine
Embarrasing moments. Those are always the favorites. Especially with my family.


Finally- the highest HIT piece ever on DigitalRichDaily...yet again...from November 29th, 2006 (enough already):

Fly The Friendly Skies
A tale of hand-to-hand (or rather butt-to-face) combat at 30,000 feet.






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Picture and Story 4

K & S. Best friends since kindergarten. In 2001 she moved away to North Carolina, and I will never forget the weeping and gnashing of teeth that poured out of my little girl when her friend moved away.

Now K (about to turn 14) and S (just turned 15) remain close friends, even though they are hundreds of miles apart. Our two families have been able to sustain a long-distance friendship and we love their whole family dearly.

As I write this S and her family is upstairs, visiting our home for the week, and K & S are together again.

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