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I'm a nerd.

And that fact should probably bother me, yet it does not. I'm almost 30, my wife is wayyyyyyy too hot to be married to me, my friends are slightly hipper than me and still hang out with me, so I have nobody left to impress. Plus, I don't have the energy to fake it. So, how did I come to the conclusion that I'm a nerd? I'm usually asleep by 9:30pm, and up at 5am - and I like it that way.The majority of my TV exposure revolves around mass consumptions of the History Channel,Discovery, National Geographic Channel and PBS. I recently got satellite radio thanks to my super in-laws, and I picked Sirius over XM because of the NPR selections. I'm only scraping the surface of my dorkery. What's the point? There is a show showcased on NPR called"This I Believe" If you haven't gotten down on this, you need to.

I was listening to some archives this morning, and I started to think, other than my theological convictions that are intertwined within my life, what do I believe?

1.) I believe that skinny jeans are the dumbest thing I have ever seen. I don't care who you are and/or how you are built, everyone looks like Danny Divito playing the Penguin in Batman

2.) Congress needs to pass a law banning any more reality television. Sweet Lord of Hosts, NO MORE!!!!!

3.) There needs to be a 60 day waiting period on:

a.) Naming your child. Before the name becomes valid, it has to be put before a panel of 3rd grade boys, they will tell you the truth, and the truth is "Ruger" is not a good name for a boy and naming your daughter "Baby" will insure that her career involves dancing on or around a pole.

b.) Tattoos. Do you really need the Chinese symbol for respect on your lower back? How about Irony? Do they offer that? Maybe in Sanskrit?

I'll Stop before I offend anyone else.

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Tight Rolled Pants

Inspired by the 1980's themed brain storming session I took part in yesterday morning, I offer you the ultimate fluff Independence Day blog entry:

The best Part of the 80's.

The Goonies - Sally got so tired of me renting it, she bought it for me last year as a Valentines Day present.

Due to my love for over the top tributes, my attempt at an over the top Goonies image homage:

Apparently, there were action figures. But, if they weren't offered at K-mart or Sears, they weren't in the Collier house.

Goonies Cartoon

Truffle Shuffle & Grown Up Gonies

Andy....My first and longest lasting movie crush. It was a bitter sweet day when she was replaced by

Haley on The Wizard.

"I love the Power Glove.

It's So Bad. "

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Go here...pray for us...and baby Lando...yes, we're naming our child Lando.

Missions Blog

June...already.....really?

The non stop summer has begun, and I have no delusions that I will pick back up on the regular blogging, but I figured a token effort would suffice for the constant observation (here is your shout out B) of my inconsistent submissions. Since it has been 6 weeks since the last blog, I offer you things that are good in the past 6 weeks, both new and re-discovered.

BOOKS

Why We're Not Emergent
ample stoking for my ever burning firey hot conservative propaganda against the "hip" church.

Marley and Me - read it before you're disappointed by the movie

MUSIC
The new Coldplay album - I'm not feeling the Sgt. Pepper jackets worn on the MTV movie award performance, but a quality product all the same.

John Mayer Trio - Because those of you who hate John Mayer because it's hip to do so need to know that the guy is a sick musician and great song writer. I let this album fall out of regular rotation, but now it's back in. If even after listening to that, and you're still on the fence, watch this and understand my man crush.

TELEVISION

The Best Show on TV

You had me at "Hello Jack"

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9 pm on a week night

And I'm at Starbucks until the over dramatic horde of health and wellness product purchasing ladies leave my house.

So, for the masses - a few things I'm excited about that you too, in my oppinion, should be stoked about as well.

Smart People - I like Dennis Quaid. He won me over in Everybody's All American when I was a kid, and it stuck.

Jack Johnsons New album - just good.

Luke Wilson

being in a movie that isn't another poop sandwich. Maybe?

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My soap box has been in the shop

4.14 - despite what the date above says..

My friend Colin says that the majority of people who blog spend the vast amount of their literary energy complaining, while my friend Neil thinks everyone who blogs is drastically self absorbed to believe anyone cares what they have to say. I agree with both. I have always been a fan of the status quot, it's how I greased through all levels of school, so why break the cycle now.

My rant today will exceed previous levels of self righteousness and be seasoned with incalculable amounts of vanity.

Can someone explain how and when Christians became:


A.) Incapable of creating our own culture.

Are we as followers of an inconceivably innovative Messiah so hard pressed and desperate to cling to the strands of the pop culture garment, that to prove ourselves relevant to the current ethos that we just carbon copy the most recent trend add "God"or "Jesus" to it and label it "Christian"? I know all of the arguments for providing a safe and positive alternative for kids and teenagers, I do this for a living; but I have to be honest, I'm pretty sure God wouldn't and doesn't want his name associated with some of this garbage.

We need to praise God for companies like Walden Media who partner up to make high end movies to save us from Omega Code 19.


B.) Equally incapable of thinking as individuals.


I'm walking our students through the book of Luke. In chapter 12, the masses following Jesus have surpassed 10,000 people, and Jesus does something that I think had become obsolete in a world of TV preachers
and Prosperity Gospel catastrophe. He takes time to instruct the twelve on how to live amongst reprehensible routine of religion. Before I make myself nauseous with an overload of self righteousness, I'll exit on this; seek out world perspective beyond heinous fact less e-mail forwards, double standard news channels and nebulous tradition.


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One more before April

March's last blog consists of me asking you to watch how Sally and I will raise our one day quiver full of children. Watch

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