Ever done that before? I mean, it sounds crazy...like, we knew someone who said God would call her name audibly at night and wake her up and talk to her. I don't mean like that.
Prayer journaling is about the best idea ever. Sometimes you sit down and say "What do I do?" and you get a response...Maybe a verse, maybe an answer that leads to another question. Other times you could sit down and you're writing out God's questions. Yeah, I know, then you HAVE to answer, then you get lead to some other verse and some other idea that you weren't really thinking of to begin with.
It's much more edifying to "talk" with God than to talk AT Him. I love it. Now all I have to do is memorize Proverbs 22. Yay!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
RIP...my bracket
Ok, so Syracuse lost and Memphis lost...my title game is toast. A moment of silence for my once promising bracket
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Ok, I'll repick everything because clearly some folks were not as good as I thought they were and other folks were much better than I thought.
Louisville and Michigan St. looks like fun.....for Louisville. They just beat Arizona by 400,000 points. You don't think they sent a message to everybody? I mean dang, I was away from that game for a couple minutes and turned it back on and they were up 25! Michigan St. ate my surging Kansans alive, but Louisville is higher on the food chain here.
Pitt/Villanova will be easy to call. The first hard foul in the lane from Nova and Pitt won't know what to do inside. They're great inside, but not AS good as Nova. Nova in a not-so-big-shocker.
After seeing how OU dipatched my Orangemen I'm starting to wonder if they can beat UNC. Let's make it simple...Blake Griffin is a better player than Tyler Hansbrough by a light year. Enough said. OU in a semi-upset.
UCONN will get run around by Mizzou. Missouri is WAY better than I thought. I don't even like UCONN. Mizzou in a sorta-shocker.
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Ok, I'll repick everything because clearly some folks were not as good as I thought they were and other folks were much better than I thought.
Louisville and Michigan St. looks like fun.....for Louisville. They just beat Arizona by 400,000 points. You don't think they sent a message to everybody? I mean dang, I was away from that game for a couple minutes and turned it back on and they were up 25! Michigan St. ate my surging Kansans alive, but Louisville is higher on the food chain here.
Pitt/Villanova will be easy to call. The first hard foul in the lane from Nova and Pitt won't know what to do inside. They're great inside, but not AS good as Nova. Nova in a not-so-big-shocker.
After seeing how OU dipatched my Orangemen I'm starting to wonder if they can beat UNC. Let's make it simple...Blake Griffin is a better player than Tyler Hansbrough by a light year. Enough said. OU in a semi-upset.
UCONN will get run around by Mizzou. Missouri is WAY better than I thought. I don't even like UCONN. Mizzou in a sorta-shocker.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Superior Performances 3.27.09
Alright, alright, I know I've been on this theme for 4 weeks now, but this is the last and best of the 4. This is the Madison Scouts in 1998 and my personal favorite of their shows. (It's just a me thing, I'd be willing to bet people would actually fight over '95 and '96.) This show has some classical elements in it that are really funny to hear in this setting, yet cool. It's kinda like "A 5th of Beethoven" (If you're old enough to remember that.) (One of the funniest things I've ever seen is a dude dancing to this, in bellbottoms, in the very empty band room...in 1993! Yeah, we were freaks.)
But I digress...
The show literally has a bit of everything and, IMO, closes out the glory days of the scouts. I really wish they could just go back here and do the 4 shows I've shown you over and over. Drum Corps fans (not the technocrats) would be falling out in the aisles if that happened. Alas, I fear the glory days aren't coming back, and it's a shame because, as you've seen, they were great. Enjoy.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
I don't get it
I spent the whole day dealing with random crazy stuff at school and I come home and think..."Hmmm, Gonzaga's gonna beat UNC aren't they?" Now I'm really confused. I'll say this: UNC will probably win, but if Gonzaga wins I won't be surprised.
All the random crazy stuff at school is related directly to people's lack of desire to take action. Just get stuff done, please! Uggh!
That's all.
All the random crazy stuff at school is related directly to people's lack of desire to take action. Just get stuff done, please! Uggh!
That's all.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Easy Sweet 16
So, I got 15 of 16 games right. I can't believe the Marquette kid stepped on the line...I totally could see an end to end final play like Gonzaga had the other day. Oh well, still, I did pretty good.
The Sweet 16 always gets somewhat clearer and somewhat less clear all at the same time.
For example, there is no reason in the world Louisville should lose to Arizona, however, I'm not in love with Louisville like I was. Granted, I think they'll win but I don't think they'll have an easy time of it.
Pitt and Xavier? Dude, I was lovin' Pitt, but now I'm lovin' Xavier too. Agggghhhh, which way is this gonna go? At the end of the day Pitt just has too much firepower....Fields at the point, Blair and Young inside, how can you pick against that? I'm not going to, but if they lose I won't be surprised.
Kansas and Michigan St. is a little easier for me. I thought Kansas was GETTING hot when I made that pick in my original bracket but now they ARE hot. So yeah, I really like Mich. St. and Tom Izzo rocks but I can't deny Kansas....if they get much farther I may be picking them to repeat.
For me, Nova and Duke is cut and dry. Nova is better than everybody thinks. Duke is good, but not THAT good right now. Nova going away.
I picked UCONN to lose to Purdue way back when and it was really just because I don't really care for UCONN and I didn't think they could hold up without Jerome Dyson...and NOW they are probably guilty of MAJOR recruiting violations. I always thought they were dirty, but now it's coming out.
UNC and Gonzaga is intriguing. I picked UNC originally because I thought they would lose to Syracuse in a barnstormer in the Elite Eight. Then I heard Scoop Jackson today say that the matchup of Ty Lawson with Pargo (Gonzaga's point guard and who's brother is a tough-as-nails NBA player) is not in favor of UNC. If Ty Lawson is not 100% they might lose. I'm torn. I'll decide right before gametime.
Missouri and Marquette is going to look like a track meet. asically, they play the exact same game. That's fine, because Memphis is still gonna win. Sorry Missouri, the curse of Tyus Edny is still upon you.
Syracuse and Oklahoma is easy for me. I love Syracuse and I love them more with every game. Blake Griffin is going to be a rich kid playing pro ball, but he ain't no match for the Cuse. Period.
Hopefully I'm right.....
The Sweet 16 always gets somewhat clearer and somewhat less clear all at the same time.
For example, there is no reason in the world Louisville should lose to Arizona, however, I'm not in love with Louisville like I was. Granted, I think they'll win but I don't think they'll have an easy time of it.
Pitt and Xavier? Dude, I was lovin' Pitt, but now I'm lovin' Xavier too. Agggghhhh, which way is this gonna go? At the end of the day Pitt just has too much firepower....Fields at the point, Blair and Young inside, how can you pick against that? I'm not going to, but if they lose I won't be surprised.
Kansas and Michigan St. is a little easier for me. I thought Kansas was GETTING hot when I made that pick in my original bracket but now they ARE hot. So yeah, I really like Mich. St. and Tom Izzo rocks but I can't deny Kansas....if they get much farther I may be picking them to repeat.
For me, Nova and Duke is cut and dry. Nova is better than everybody thinks. Duke is good, but not THAT good right now. Nova going away.
I picked UCONN to lose to Purdue way back when and it was really just because I don't really care for UCONN and I didn't think they could hold up without Jerome Dyson...and NOW they are probably guilty of MAJOR recruiting violations. I always thought they were dirty, but now it's coming out.
UNC and Gonzaga is intriguing. I picked UNC originally because I thought they would lose to Syracuse in a barnstormer in the Elite Eight. Then I heard Scoop Jackson today say that the matchup of Ty Lawson with Pargo (Gonzaga's point guard and who's brother is a tough-as-nails NBA player) is not in favor of UNC. If Ty Lawson is not 100% they might lose. I'm torn. I'll decide right before gametime.
Missouri and Marquette is going to look like a track meet. asically, they play the exact same game. That's fine, because Memphis is still gonna win. Sorry Missouri, the curse of Tyus Edny is still upon you.
Syracuse and Oklahoma is easy for me. I love Syracuse and I love them more with every game. Blake Griffin is going to be a rich kid playing pro ball, but he ain't no match for the Cuse. Period.
Hopefully I'm right.....
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Round 2
See that? That's what happened after the First Round (Enola Gay) flew over my bracket the last two days. Ugh!!
How in the world does Wake lose to Cleveland St.? I mean, they once had a coach who signed an extension and the next day got caught with a hooker coming out of a crackhouse. Doesn't that like automatically exempt you from winning meaningful games in the tournament?
Zona had to go an win a game and now they have to play everybody's bracketbuster, so now I have to pick them. Ugh!!!
Tennessee couldn't keep it together against Ok. St. Ohio St. lost to Siena in overtime. Are you kidding? Western Kentucky wins and somehow I get Wisconsin, Michigan, Maryland, Texas A&M and USC right? Well, we'll try again for the 2nd Round.
Louisville creams Siena
Arizona had better beat Cleveland St.
Kansas should beat UD
Michigan St. has no excuse against USC
UCONN smashes A&M
Purdue can take Washington
Marquette spanks Mizzou
Maryland might as well lay down against Memphis
OU will throttle Michigan
Syracuse can easily beat Arizona St.
Gonzaga could play the game in lawn chairs and beat Western Kentucky
LSU will die a grizzly death at UNC's hands
Duke will run circles around Texas
Nova can handle UCLA
Xavier will squeak by Wisconsin
Pitt will hand it to Ok. St
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...until the bombers fly over again.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Superior Performances 3.20.09
Again, sticking with the theme. This is Madison's 1996 show "A Dream Corps Fan's Dream Part Dos." I love that back in the day this actually WAS a Drum Corps Fan's dream. Nowadays a drum corps fan's dream is stupid props, bad programming, generic boring playing, and high scoring(but I've already ranted about that enough, for today.) I think just title alone is worth the price of admission because it totally has the audience primed for what you get: Loud, Loud, and Loud, and I'm all for it. Personally, I think this is the year they stopped caring about placement and just did their thing, and I'm so glad they stopped caring. With that said, enjoy!
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