If you haven’t heard about Josh Hamilton, he lost in the Home Run Derby last night in spite of hitting 28 homers in the first round. They kept talking about his previous addiction, and what a great comeback story it is, but didn’t really give the whole picture. Here’s a link to “the rest of the story”…
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We saw the new Will Smith blockbuster over the weekend. I was really surprised. I was expecting “X-Men 4″. The turn midway through into a character movie instead of a straight out action movie was a somewhat welcome twist.
After all this time, I guess I know what’s wrong with me. I don’t know if anybody even watched Eli Stone last week, but I bet they did since it had the Lost lead in. I finally don’t feel so weird knowing someone else has days where George Michael just shows up at random times and sings song, even if it is a fictional character… Tammy occasionally finds it irritating that I think everyday life should be a musical.
I managed to talk Tammy into going to see the new X-Men movie on out data night Sunday. It was somewhat at odds with the actual backstory from the comics and TV cartoons as they all have been, but all in all it was very enjoyable. I enjoyed the introduction of the “Danger Room” and the use of a Sentinel in their training session. They did a good job of not making Beast look too cheesy. I went into the theater with visions of a “Hulk” like CGI Beast in the fight scenes. Fortunately, they were quick shots and weren’t too distracting.
Lots of new mutants were seen with cool new powers. Plot twists kept things interesting, and a short run time meant for great pacing. I am a bit of an X-men geek, but I would have to give it an A- in spite of the twisting of the original mythology.
I’ve been reading The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus. It spoke to me in so many ways. Most importantly, it affirmed my long held belief that the church as it exists today was not the church that Christ envisioned. Today’s Christian, by the same token, does not model the intended follower of Christ.
It is easier, however, to say these things than it is to actually live them. The writings of Mr. McManus, along with a healthy dose of the Holy Spirit, have convicted me of so many things. I often think, “Instead of having chuch this morning, we should all go out into the neighborhood and share the love of Christ with anyone who will listen!” Yet how often do I walk by my own neighbors, or parents of my children’s teammates and remain silent?
As I listened to a CD from a leadership conference where McManus delivered a program entitled “The Barbarian Way Out of Civilization”, I felt broken. All I could do was sit trembling and weeping, crying out to God to change my heart. The Barbarian is alive in me in thought, but not yet in practice. It is my desire to feel the freedom to proclaim the love and sacrifice of the Saviour, no matter (or becuase of) who may hear.
The kids and I are currently listening to Family Force 5, a Christian Rock band out of Georgia. They have a myspace page (FF5) where you can listen to their streaming music. “Replace Me” is one of my current favorites. With a combination of punk, rap and thrash in the same song, how can it not be good?
We saw Poseidon Saturday night and I was not terribly impressed. Like Titanic, knowing what is going to happen the whole time puts something of adamper on the experience. The action as fast paced and the effects were good. There were way too many corpses laying around for my taste. The language was clean, and there was nothing overtly sexual other than the dad not wanting his daughter fooling around under his roof.
It was tense beginning to end, and I left wrung out, yet still thinking I would never get those 2 hours of my life back.
I give it a C+.
