Just a Thought

Matt Miloszewski, a.k.a. "The Polish Hammer," and I had a short conversation about conflict resolution through mediation. PH and I were student mediators in 7th grade. One thing that we both remembered about mediation was the importance of "I" statements. I'm no longer a mediator, I'm not trying to resolve a conflict, Milo may not even be Polish (yeah right), but right now I just really want to use an "I" statement. So here goes. "I" feel like, at this point in time, what I'm doing with my life is exactly what God is asking me to do. And that makes "me" feel pretty stinking good. I just hope that when the time comes for me to follow God somewhere else, to begin doing something else, with some other people, that I will be up for it.

wow

I can't afford it. I wouldn't know what to do with it if I had it. But a man can dream right? If you haven't checked this out yet. Make sure you do. I blacked out the moment I saw, and part of me still doesn't believe that it's real. It's the new iPhone by Apple. Pretty curious about what it can do? Check out the Keynote presentation from the MacWorld Conference yesterday.

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Good Goo

I'm watching this show on A&E call "Intervention." I really don't know how I feel about the show at this point. A young, incredibily talented musician, named Tim, is addicted to crack-cocaine, and his young girlfriend has been trying to Love him out of his addiction. Not such a good idea. The show starts off by showing everything that this musician has accomplished throughout his life, starting with a video of him playing the piano at 13 years old. He was a prodigy. The show went from shots of him blowing out candles on his birthday cake, to him wailing away at the piano as a middle-schooler, and then finally to him smoking crack. It was heart-breaking. Of course, he has no idea how he let this happen to himself, and he can't stop it. The show continues, and when the producers decide that they've taken enough footage of Tim smoking crack, beating himself, and threatening to commit suicide, then they schedule the Intervention. Why can't they just schedule the intervention? I mean come on, if you're going to help someone, help them. Don't wait for the addict to binge smoke crack for 3 days before you offer the help. Cue Intervention.

Parents bearing their souls to their child. "We'll always be here for You, but not You with the drugs". "My love is forever, but i would separate my life from you for the sake of my own sanity." Mom's a wreck, Dad's crying. Ultimatums. He agrees to a 90 day rehab program, succeeds, goes back to Madyson, and then relapses. What in the world. I would love to continue commenting on the power of addiction, and how it continues to destroy families and friendships, but "Kill Bill" is coming on TBS. Sweet, mind-numbing action, without a hint of reality.