So friday's wedding was quite awesome actually, Jess and Alex did a great job putting together a wedding that was a real statement to who they were as a couple, I enjoyed it. Factor in, it took place on Jessica's family farm which is AWESOME, I was playing with goats and sheep before the ceremony lol! They even had a deer!
The family drama with "that" side of course occured but quietly and behind my back (I do love how they fear me), but whatever it just goest to show how small minded and jealous they are. Mostly ignored them for most of the night, but enjoyed myself immensly. The desserts were absolutely CRAZY, think of a dessert, it was there! Although I stuffed my face with red velvet cupcakes (Sooooooooo goood!!!). Didn't stay to late, but had a great time!
Saturday got off to a fairly lazy start, tinkered with Erin's bike (filled air, changed her seat etc) then we went for about a 12K bike ride which was fun, then came home and relaxed before heading to the movies, and saw Eat, Pray, Love with my girl Julia Roberts. It was a good movie, and it made me SOOO Hungry LOL! The scenes in Italy were filled with such delectiable goodness (Obviously Italy was the EAT portion of the movie LOL). and then skipped into the theatre next door to watch The Other Guys. THE MOST RANDOM MOVIE EVER!! The entire movie was comprised of random occurances, it was so incredibly silly! I liked it and thought it was pretty funny but man was it random! "Gator, need his gat, Bitch!"
On Sunday, our day began early as we headed to NOTL to take a look at the bridal show being put on by Vintage Hotels, the group that owns the Pillar and the Post. So we were able to see P&P, The Queen's Landing and The Prince of Wales all dressed up for a wedding. This solidified our choice, P&P was easily the best of all the venues and made us even more excited about our wedding. It was the first time my folks had seen the venue and I think they liked it. I know I do!
Anyways that was pretty much the weekend in a nutshell and I am honestly kinda bored so I don't wanna keep typing so...
Peace, I'm outta here!
One Love!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Watch This ....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38731398#38731398
Boo-ya at the 9 minute mark
and
HELL YEA!!! at the 12 minute mark!!!
Enjoy!
Boo-ya at the 9 minute mark
and
HELL YEA!!! at the 12 minute mark!!!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Trying to get better at this
OK OK, so I suck at blogging but I am trying to get better, here is proof I am doing a random entry about stuff. No theme or annoyance in my life I want to vent about. Just some updates about my life and the stuff I am doing LOL. Although really, who cares I am not even sure anyone reads this (Well, I think You{Shorty} and You{Jum-Jum} read it). But now I am just rambling. LOL
Hmm, I wonder if I should start adding pictures from Twitter etc to this if I am going to do random updates and such.
Anyways, on deck this week is a wedding that should be interesting on many many levels. This will be the first opportunity for me to see the folks that caused the big scene at my grandmother's funeral. I am gonna be the bigger person here and keep my mouth shut and keep my distance and if something starts to pop off, quietly make my exit withoug causing a scene. Yes I know not making a scene is not my specialty but I am going to attempt it. Besides, Alex and Jessica didn't do anything wrong to me or my family so I should work as hard as possible to not let some foolishness destroy thier day. Outside of that I am actually looking forward to it, Alex's new bride's family have a farm (where they are getting married) which will be cool so I am excited to check it out and see the barn and all the animals because we all know I am nothing if not a Country Boy LOL!!!
Outside of that a pretty quiet week, back to coaching football, so that is exciting I am with the Mississauga Warriors which is where I think I want to stay, Shorty just let me know he has a couple buddies who might be interested in coaching and we can use a few guys to round of the staff (So if you are reading this call them up, NOW if you haven't come back and finish reading, I am almost done anyways). Getting the lower tier team, (white) which means the red (higher) tier gets first pick of the players. HOWEVER, we are not just gonna get scraps because the Warriors believe in winning so they want to give us a chance to be successful, hopefully a few more players sign up though that would be good!
Anyways I think I am done!
Peace, I'm Outta here
One Love!
Hmm, I wonder if I should start adding pictures from Twitter etc to this if I am going to do random updates and such.
Anyways, on deck this week is a wedding that should be interesting on many many levels. This will be the first opportunity for me to see the folks that caused the big scene at my grandmother's funeral. I am gonna be the bigger person here and keep my mouth shut and keep my distance and if something starts to pop off, quietly make my exit withoug causing a scene. Yes I know not making a scene is not my specialty but I am going to attempt it. Besides, Alex and Jessica didn't do anything wrong to me or my family so I should work as hard as possible to not let some foolishness destroy thier day. Outside of that I am actually looking forward to it, Alex's new bride's family have a farm (where they are getting married) which will be cool so I am excited to check it out and see the barn and all the animals because we all know I am nothing if not a Country Boy LOL!!!
Outside of that a pretty quiet week, back to coaching football, so that is exciting I am with the Mississauga Warriors which is where I think I want to stay, Shorty just let me know he has a couple buddies who might be interested in coaching and we can use a few guys to round of the staff (So if you are reading this call them up, NOW if you haven't come back and finish reading, I am almost done anyways). Getting the lower tier team, (white) which means the red (higher) tier gets first pick of the players. HOWEVER, we are not just gonna get scraps because the Warriors believe in winning so they want to give us a chance to be successful, hopefully a few more players sign up though that would be good!
Anyways I think I am done!
Peace, I'm Outta here
One Love!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Shack - Religious Contemplation
I have always struggled to understand the idea of God the Trinity, God is God, God is Jesus and God is the Holy Spirit, somehow these three things come together to form God, sort of like Vultron and the 5 Lions or the Power Rangers and their Zords forming the MegaZord! For years I battled with the idea of who was Jesus talking to in the Garden of Gethsemane. I have fought and argued and battled with an incredible number of people, priests, reverends, pastors, scholars etc about the idea of God and Jesus being the same. Then I read one of the best books I have ever read it is called The Shack by WM. Paul Young in which the main character speaks to God, and asks about how Jesus was both man and God and it explains in as follows.
A bird, whose nature is to fly, that chooses to walk and stay grounded does not stop being a bird, but it does change his experience of life significantly. When God, chose to will Himself into the human experience as the Son of God, He became fully human. He then chose to embrace all the limitation that this entailed, and although He was always present in the created world He was now flesh and blood. So although He was totally God, Jesus was totally human and lived as a human would. So, although Jesus never lost the ability to fly, He made the conscious decision in each and every moment He lived to stay grounded. Hence, Immanuel, meaning God is with you!
The miracles and healing only further Jesus’ humanity as He never drew on his Godliness to perform the miracles but drew from His relationship with and in God, a relationship He gave Himself fully to. Fully and completely trusting His life to the Lord, fully believing in God’s love and goodness with no regard to what other people thought or what the repercussions were. So, when Jesus healed the blind, He did so with all the limits of a human being who fully trusted in God to work through Him. Jesus a part of God, limited, by choice, to the restraints of man who allowed His relationship with God; so pure, so open, so built on trust, that the power of God flowed right through Him.
“A bird is defined not by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in My image” (Young, 102)
The book goes on to explain, God is not just 3 faces of the same being like a man who is a son, a father, and a husband; which is what I have tended to believe most of my life when trying to understand this whole Trinity thing, but rather one God and three persons and each of those three being fully and entirely one! As we are made in God’s image, for us to experience love and relationships God must be love and relationship. God in essence then is the perfect unity of love and relationship as the three “parts”, God (the Father), Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the combined unity of the relationship between Them.
“You do understand that unless I had an object to love – or, more accurately, some to love – then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature. That kind of god could possibly act without love and that would be a disaster. And that is surely not me. The God who is – The I am who I am – cannot act apart from love!” (Young, 104)
WOW! What a whole new perspective, a perspective I have waited 30 years to hear. God enabled the existence of the 3 in order to allow us the ability to love, to build relationships. Relationships, in fact, so perfect that pieces can actually become one. Honestly, I have not ever been so fully satisfied with an explanation of God, Jesus and the idea of the Trinity. I mean I always knew that at some point there was an aspect of faith that needed to play a role in the whole thing and I assumed that if I wanted to be a Christian at some level I would have to just not try to analyze it, that things exist that my brain can’t comprehend. But, this not only do I comprehend I can accept and build my faith on it. And anytime you are given something to strengthen the foundation of your faith it really is something to be treasured.
I am gonna tell you that you should read this book, even if you are not a Christian or maybe you don’t believe in God or anything like that, heck maybe you are not even much of a reader but put the effort in and even if you just enjoy the story for the great piece of writing it is I suggest you read it.
The Shack by WM. Paul Young http://www.theshackbook.com/
Peace, I'm outta here
One Love
References
Young, WM. Paul. The Shack. Newberry Park, CA: Windblown Media, 2007.
A bird, whose nature is to fly, that chooses to walk and stay grounded does not stop being a bird, but it does change his experience of life significantly. When God, chose to will Himself into the human experience as the Son of God, He became fully human. He then chose to embrace all the limitation that this entailed, and although He was always present in the created world He was now flesh and blood. So although He was totally God, Jesus was totally human and lived as a human would. So, although Jesus never lost the ability to fly, He made the conscious decision in each and every moment He lived to stay grounded. Hence, Immanuel, meaning God is with you!
The miracles and healing only further Jesus’ humanity as He never drew on his Godliness to perform the miracles but drew from His relationship with and in God, a relationship He gave Himself fully to. Fully and completely trusting His life to the Lord, fully believing in God’s love and goodness with no regard to what other people thought or what the repercussions were. So, when Jesus healed the blind, He did so with all the limits of a human being who fully trusted in God to work through Him. Jesus a part of God, limited, by choice, to the restraints of man who allowed His relationship with God; so pure, so open, so built on trust, that the power of God flowed right through Him.
“A bird is defined not by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in My image” (Young, 102)
The book goes on to explain, God is not just 3 faces of the same being like a man who is a son, a father, and a husband; which is what I have tended to believe most of my life when trying to understand this whole Trinity thing, but rather one God and three persons and each of those three being fully and entirely one! As we are made in God’s image, for us to experience love and relationships God must be love and relationship. God in essence then is the perfect unity of love and relationship as the three “parts”, God (the Father), Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the combined unity of the relationship between Them.
“You do understand that unless I had an object to love – or, more accurately, some to love – then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature. That kind of god could possibly act without love and that would be a disaster. And that is surely not me. The God who is – The I am who I am – cannot act apart from love!” (Young, 104)
WOW! What a whole new perspective, a perspective I have waited 30 years to hear. God enabled the existence of the 3 in order to allow us the ability to love, to build relationships. Relationships, in fact, so perfect that pieces can actually become one. Honestly, I have not ever been so fully satisfied with an explanation of God, Jesus and the idea of the Trinity. I mean I always knew that at some point there was an aspect of faith that needed to play a role in the whole thing and I assumed that if I wanted to be a Christian at some level I would have to just not try to analyze it, that things exist that my brain can’t comprehend. But, this not only do I comprehend I can accept and build my faith on it. And anytime you are given something to strengthen the foundation of your faith it really is something to be treasured.
I am gonna tell you that you should read this book, even if you are not a Christian or maybe you don’t believe in God or anything like that, heck maybe you are not even much of a reader but put the effort in and even if you just enjoy the story for the great piece of writing it is I suggest you read it.
The Shack by WM. Paul Young http://www.theshackbook.com/
Peace, I'm outta here
One Love
References
Young, WM. Paul. The Shack. Newberry Park, CA: Windblown Media, 2007.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
How is this not fixed already? ...
Well, I was accused of abandoning this medium already, which I quickly responded not abandoned, because I had been planning this blog for a little while now. Let me start with this (which I have already posted on my twitter and facebook accounts)
http://thestar.blogs.com/photodesk/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-takes-toll-on-wildlife-.html
The images are absolutely shocking and quite disturbing. How do we as a society allow this to happen? We should be outraged, incited and up in arms, yet we stand idley by watching our world be destroyed. I person I know would have stood up outraged and angry, and would be motivated to find a solution though many would have ignored is Michael Jackson (Rest in Peace, Hero). This is one of the reasons I have taken so long to write this blog (still oddly dealing with a bag of emotions over his death). This is the time we need someone to stand up and lead us, we need a voice to rise up and out last the nonsense and noise created by big business and profit and speak for life, and the preservation of our home. I have never by any means been a tree hugger or an overly green guy, but come on this is absolutely ridiculous. I don't understand why Obama has not made more of an outcry, waged more threats against a company like BP and forced them to fix this problem. Of course the executives at BP are dragging thier feet, THEY ARE STILL MAKING A PROFIT!!! The easiest solution to the problem is to TURN OFF THE PIPELINE, but that is not being considered because that would reduce profit.
Well okay so we need ideas for solutions eh? It might be drastic but I have an idea, lets take all the executives from BP, then find thier significant other, thier first born and thier mother. While the execs watch we will slowly begin dipping thier significant other in a pool of oil until either a solution is found or they drown, once they drown, we move onto the first born, then the mother. Something tells me we would find a solution fairly quickly, and hey all is fair in the world of profit right? If plants animals and hell other humans can drown and suffocate in this oil why not the loved ones attached to BP?
Granted I know this is not the answer or the way to find the answer that MJ would come up with, he, with the never fading faith in humanity, would hope that we as a people could make the right choice for the earth and humanity, and maybe HEAL THE WORLD!
Gone to soon Michael, the world could really use you right now!
let me close with this ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUWkIHVzo8&feature=fvst
Peace, I'm outta here!
One Love!
To
http://thestar.blogs.com/photodesk/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-takes-toll-on-wildlife-.html
The images are absolutely shocking and quite disturbing. How do we as a society allow this to happen? We should be outraged, incited and up in arms, yet we stand idley by watching our world be destroyed. I person I know would have stood up outraged and angry, and would be motivated to find a solution though many would have ignored is Michael Jackson (Rest in Peace, Hero). This is one of the reasons I have taken so long to write this blog (still oddly dealing with a bag of emotions over his death). This is the time we need someone to stand up and lead us, we need a voice to rise up and out last the nonsense and noise created by big business and profit and speak for life, and the preservation of our home. I have never by any means been a tree hugger or an overly green guy, but come on this is absolutely ridiculous. I don't understand why Obama has not made more of an outcry, waged more threats against a company like BP and forced them to fix this problem. Of course the executives at BP are dragging thier feet, THEY ARE STILL MAKING A PROFIT!!! The easiest solution to the problem is to TURN OFF THE PIPELINE, but that is not being considered because that would reduce profit.
Well okay so we need ideas for solutions eh? It might be drastic but I have an idea, lets take all the executives from BP, then find thier significant other, thier first born and thier mother. While the execs watch we will slowly begin dipping thier significant other in a pool of oil until either a solution is found or they drown, once they drown, we move onto the first born, then the mother. Something tells me we would find a solution fairly quickly, and hey all is fair in the world of profit right? If plants animals and hell other humans can drown and suffocate in this oil why not the loved ones attached to BP?
Granted I know this is not the answer or the way to find the answer that MJ would come up with, he, with the never fading faith in humanity, would hope that we as a people could make the right choice for the earth and humanity, and maybe HEAL THE WORLD!
Gone to soon Michael, the world could really use you right now!
let me close with this ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUWkIHVzo8&feature=fvst
Peace, I'm outta here!
One Love!
To
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Religious Freedom VS Public Safety
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/791293--brampton-kirpan-attack-renews-debate-over-sikh-daggers?bn=1
So for a long time I have agreed that Sikhs had a right to carry the ceremonial dagger but it is getting to the point where I am seriously reconsidering my opinion. Now, the Kirpan is symbolic weapon in the fight against evil, and a reminder of thier faith. In my opinion very similar to the Christian symbol of the Crucifix
Here is the thing, if this dagger is ment to be a symbol of thier faith and should not be considered a weapon by people, then why have the ability to draw it from the sheath? You can have the daggers welded into place so it can not be withdrawn in any circumstance. This makes sense, well much more sense then a 13 year old carrying an 8 inch dagger on his waist.
Beyond that, why not, if it truely is a symbol and not an actual weapon, have it reduced in size to something that can be worn around the neck on a chain, like the Christian symbol of the Crucifix?
Regardless, I personally am not comfortable with the idea of my child (which I do not have yet, but none the less) going to school with a 13 year old who carries an 8 inch dagger everywhere he goes. Not because I am scared the child will use it on mine but because in reality accidents do happen, and because which 13 year old is responsible enough to carry a weapon, there is a reason we dont let children drive before 16, hell we don't let them vote til 18. I mean the pen might be mightier then the sword; but lets be real folks, a dagger is a much deadlier weapon then a ballot.
Peace, I'm outta here!
One Love!
So for a long time I have agreed that Sikhs had a right to carry the ceremonial dagger but it is getting to the point where I am seriously reconsidering my opinion. Now, the Kirpan is symbolic weapon in the fight against evil, and a reminder of thier faith. In my opinion very similar to the Christian symbol of the Crucifix
Here is the thing, if this dagger is ment to be a symbol of thier faith and should not be considered a weapon by people, then why have the ability to draw it from the sheath? You can have the daggers welded into place so it can not be withdrawn in any circumstance. This makes sense, well much more sense then a 13 year old carrying an 8 inch dagger on his waist.
Beyond that, why not, if it truely is a symbol and not an actual weapon, have it reduced in size to something that can be worn around the neck on a chain, like the Christian symbol of the Crucifix?
Regardless, I personally am not comfortable with the idea of my child (which I do not have yet, but none the less) going to school with a 13 year old who carries an 8 inch dagger everywhere he goes. Not because I am scared the child will use it on mine but because in reality accidents do happen, and because which 13 year old is responsible enough to carry a weapon, there is a reason we dont let children drive before 16, hell we don't let them vote til 18. I mean the pen might be mightier then the sword; but lets be real folks, a dagger is a much deadlier weapon then a ballot.
Peace, I'm outta here!
One Love!
Welcome ....
I don't know why I decided to get on this whole blogging thing but I guess it is a nice idea to write down one's thoughts and ideas and let them escape into the world. No better way to unburden yourself then by putting pen to pad or in this case fingers to keys, hence the title of my blog.
I might link some of my "note" from facebook here just so they are all linked together because I do enjoy looking back on thoughts and ideas I have held in the past.
I am kind of excited to be starting this blog and have a formal place to write down things that enter the complex enviroment that is my mind.
Well, it is time for lunch so maybe I will have to express my thoughts on this Kirpan issue in Brampton a little later.
Thanks for reading.
One love!
I might link some of my "note" from facebook here just so they are all linked together because I do enjoy looking back on thoughts and ideas I have held in the past.
I am kind of excited to be starting this blog and have a formal place to write down things that enter the complex enviroment that is my mind.
Well, it is time for lunch so maybe I will have to express my thoughts on this Kirpan issue in Brampton a little later.
Thanks for reading.
One love!
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