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01/02/2009

NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. (Jan 1, 2009)

40,000+ sit outside in the Chicago weather to watch the hometown Blackhawks lose to conference rival Detroit RedWings.

Photo posted at 15:49

12/10/2008

On December 10th 1993, id Software introduced a title that would change the face of gaming as we knew it. Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the revolutionary FPS, Doom.

The game is estimated to have been downloaded by over 10 million players over the first two years of release

Photo posted at 15:13

11/04/2008

Just a quick picture of my ballot earlier this morning (via TheTumbler)

Photo posted at 19:02

10/28/2008

One of my heroes that isn’t my Mom or Dad.

A quote from Rich at one of his concerts shortly before his death in the Fall of 1997.

Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you’ve done it to me. And this is what I’ve come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they’re just wrong. They’re not bad, they’re just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in a beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.

Rich Mullins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photo posted at 12:19

10/23/2008

Sure, being a nerd can be fun at times, even rewarding at a certain level, but THIS is what my heart longs to be able to do. I love the story, and the medium through which the story is told. Visit the artists site (Carlos Lascano) to get a bit more insight on the tools that were used to create this masterpiece of Stop Motion.

Video posted at 11:57

10/22/2008

Just my .02 but I’d choose the Phillies in 6 games over the Devil Rays. (Yes, I still refer to them by their old name)

I’m sure this is what the book makers in Las Vegas would like also as Tampa Bay was a 200-1 long shot to start the season, and there could be some major payouts if the Rays are able to continue their Cinderella-like run.

Photo posted at 10:14

10/07/2008

My favorite new Minor League Baseball team logo. This as-yet-unnamed, furious-looking apple represents the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the newest member of the Class-A Midwest League. This is a tip of the ‘cap’ to the legendary Johnny Appleseed being buried in the northern Indiana town. Official Team website.

Photo posted at 10:13

10/02/2008

“ We have all experienced times of exaltation on the mountain, when we have seen things from God’s perspective and have wanted to stay there. But God will never allow us to stay there. The true test of our spiritual life is in exhibiting the power to descend from the mountain. If we only have the power to go up, something is wrong. It is a wonderful thing to be on the mountain with God, but a person only gets there so that he may later go down and lift up the demon-possessed people in the valley (see Mark 9:14-18 ). We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life— those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life, and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength. Yet our spiritual selfishness always wants repeated moments on the mountain. We feel that we could talk and live like perfect angels, if we could only stay on the mountaintop. Those times of exaltation are exceptional and they have their meaning in our life with God, but we must beware to prevent our spiritual selfishness from wanting to make them the only time. We are inclined to think that everything that happens is to be turned into useful teaching. In actual fact, it is to be turned into something even better than teaching, namely, character. The mountaintop is not meant to teach us anything, it is meant to make us something. There is a terrible trap in always asking, “What’s the use of this experience?” We can never measure spiritual matters in that way. The moments on the mountaintop are rare moments, and they are meant for something in God’s purpose. „

My Utmost For His Highest - The Place of Exaltation

Quote posted at 07:51