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I post a bulleted list of thoughts and links on Fridays. These are things bouncing around in my head that I want to post but they don’t deserve a complete post on their own.

Have a great weekend!

• “The Golden Compass” isn’t fairing too well with the reviewers so far and it hasn’t made much money yet. Though, that could change this week. I don’t think you can ignore the fact that this movie and the accompanying books are INTENDED by the author as a direct attack on the gospel. Anyone think God is worried? Still, I encourage everyone to avoid this movie. Not because I think your weak little souls will get sucked into the “evil atheist’s” vortex, but because I don’t think we should knowingly fund his campaign or encourage him to make more. Oh, and please don’t let your kids go to their website and pick out their very own demon (daemon). That’s wrong on SO MANY LEVELS it should go without saying. I’m saying it just in case…
• I picked up my guitar this week for the first time in a long time. Heather and I did a little worship set with the kids and it was awesome. They loved it and they learned something about what worship is. We’ve started doing it almost every night. There’s nothing like seeing your little kids worship Jesus.
• My friends Denny and Priscilla at The Captains Coffee gave me a coffee roaster and some green coffee beans this week. I made my first batch last night. Let me tell you. I’ve always liked coffee, but haven’t ever been a real coffee drinker. Until now. It’s like the difference between frozen, week old shrimp from Wal Mart and fresh shrimp straight from the ocean. Night and day. I’ll do a more detailed review once I know what I’m doing a little better.

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Short post today. I’m on vacation and have intentionally shut my brain off except for the functions required for survival (ie. diaper changing, eating, breathing, digestion, and channel changing, etc).

Some quick links, thoughts, and a video. Enjoy your weekend!

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You made it to Friday! Congrats!

And now for your weekly dose of randomness…

Have a great weekend!

• I finally got the ball point pen “art” painted over in the hallway and the girls room painted this week. I also got the carpet clean after #2 dumped thick paint onto it while I wasn’t looking. My 2 year old has become a mesmerizing mix of stubborn rebellion and warm fuzzy cuteness.
• Someone bought our kids a play vacuum. It makes this really obnoxious mechanical grinding sound when you cut it on. It’s supposed to sound like a real vacuum cleaner, but it sounds more like an angry alien robot parasite looking for a new host body. My 1 year old son likes to just turn it on for background noise. Kinda like listening to NPR. I think it will find it’s way to the trash can very soon…

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It was a slow week here in terms of posting. I missed Monday completely. I’ve been heads-down with some web projects this week. I hope you had a great week.

Here’s to a great weekend…

• My Google PageRank jumped from 2 to 4 early this week. SWEEEEET!! I’m almost a somebody! Not only that, but we’ve noticed a significant increase in search engine traffic as well.
• It’s fun to read blogs when they first start out. Two friends of mine started blogs this week. One is a friend from when I lived in Boone, NC. I had lost track of him until recently reconnecting at another blog. Meet “ded” at Spirit in the Wild Wood. Also, a girl from the church has been toying with the idea of blogging for a while and just didn’t know how to start. I convinced her to get going with a little help. She’s doing a masterful job! Meet Sabrina In the Arms of Jesus. She has a lot to say.

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It was an interesting week here at Live.awake. I wrote a post on Saturday about Joel Osteen and it turned into the hottest post I’ve ever done (aside from the How to Sell a House in Over 6 Months, but I don’t count that because it was from a once-in-a-lifetime link from a major real estate site). The funny thing is that the post was something of an afterthought on my part. From now on I am going to find a way to work the name Joel Osteen into every one of my posts… ;-)

Here a few bullet points to heave you head first into the weekend.

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