Today my wife had surgery for a partial hysterectomy. Though she has a few weeks of recovery to go, she is now free of many of those annoyances that she’s dealt with every 4 weeks. More than that, though, she is free from the pain that plagued her every month and has been growing more intense and lasting longer and longer until it just never went away. Upon opening her up, the doctor discovered that she had some condition inside her uterine wall that was the source of all the problems. So, cheers to Christie’s independence and sayonara to that pesky ball of pain.
In case you haven’t heard of the woman that murdered a young pregnant woman to steal her unborn baby last week in Oregon, then check out the 1300 news articles from around the world here. Now, to my best friend and former roommate, your family is in our prayers. I appreciated hearing your niece’s story of the tranformation power of God’s saving grace. I look forward to seeing Oregon catching up legally with the rest of the nation in charging for the murder of the unborn baby when a pregnant woman is killed. May the comfort of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
WOOT! I’m going to miss David Tennant who I found to be the best television personality to grace my television ever. I hope BBC America doesn’t dilly-dally with the Hamlet film that he is doing along with Patrick Stewart.
Here’s hoping the next Doctor is good. If not, at least that new actress they cast is freakin’ hot!
Welcome to the new digital media age. Now, more than ever, it is amazingly easy to follow me around the web. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and a number of instant messengers link people strait to me nearly every moment of every day. I’ve added links to my profiles on each of the social networking sites. Just scroll down the menus on the right and you’ll see the links listed under Ambianceforce Links. Also, on top of the Meebo instant messenger module on this very page, you can find me on every major IM. Just search for ambianceforce. Trust me, my online name is pretty unique so it isn’t hard to find me.
…was a blast. We we there all day yesterday and it was a blast. We didn’t even get to do half the stuff there. It will definitely be a return experience next year and we’ll probably have to spend more than a couple days there in order to really experience it. It did prove to be one of the most relaxing days I’ve had in recent memory. The fresh country air, the gorgeous scenery, the friendly people, and the ambiance of the entire 16th century setting was great. I need more days like that!
The new Star Trek movie is awesome. It is definitely worth the ticket price. Its one of the most engrossing and enjoyable movies I’m seen in a while. With a play time of just over 2 hours, I was so absorbed that I could have sworn 15 minutes before the end of the movie I thought we were only half way through. Imagine my surprise when I scoped out my watch.
For the purists that say JJ Abrams is ruining the original Trek “canon”; well, the changes are readily explained in the movie. (This is the only spoiler I will discuss at this time, and only because of its essential meaning to the history of Trek.) While time paradoxes and diverging timelines resulting from changes to the time stream are not new plot elements to Trek, the story usually finds a way to fix or reverse the damage to the timeline. Not in this movie.
JJ Abrams uses a brilliant plot element to essentially create his own personal split-off Trek universe where he is free of the 40 years of Trek canon that many fans have strong-armed the Trek franchise into following. Free of this heavy burden, Abrams can embrace the spirit, glory, and characters of Star Trek while writing his own canon. Kudos to Abrams on a job well done.
In keeping with my above promise, I will stop here and reveal no more. Suffice it to say, this movie gets my full recommendation. Enjoy!
by they didn’t flu into our house. The kids have a virus, but not the swine flu… err… the H1N1 influenza virus. Yes, gotta love the government PR machine. Swine flu apparently sounds scary while H1N1 is just confusing. Oh well.
Well, sitting here in the fine city of Plano on the north side of Dallas I find myself in an awkward moment in time. For all the times I said “When pigs fly,” I now have to eat those promises. Why? You see, pig flu has invaded Texas by way of Mexico. With fluing pigs everywhere, I don’t know what to do. We’re going to try and take Timothy into the doctor tomorrow as he has been sick for a couple days. At first, it didn’t seem too important, but now he is starting to act like the symptoms described on the news, so we’re a little worried. At least it is easily treated. Several schools have already closed down around here and more are announced each day. May-fest was canceled the day before it was to open leaving all the vendors packing up and heading home. And I am going to brave the 10 mile line at the doctor’s office with my son in my arms hoping that flying pigs haven’t invaded his body as well. If it has, we all get to enjoy a week of in-home quarantine. Wish us luck that the pigs didn’t fly down our chimney…
…aka Applesauce… aka Mark.
Tonight aired the final episode of the World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer reality show on SciFi. Mark, the underestimated gamer from Oklahoma won the whole shebang. $100K, a ton of kickin’ Samsung gear (I just got a Samsung HDTV and BluRay), and the title of the World’s Ultimate Gamer. The title has garnered him the privilege of traveling the world as the WCG front man. Enjoy that trip to China, man. I always knew you were an awesome video gamer and you worked hard to win. Enjoy the victory.
Oh, Mark, if I find some of my LAN party screenshots with me being owned by you, can you sign them (they may be worth money on eBay)?
to the 21st century of home media entertainment. Thanks to a good year and a wife who has managed the home finances with perfection, we paid off our last credit card and built up enough cash to pay for an HDTV and Blu-Ray upgrade without the use of credit. There is something liberating about making a major purchase with only cash. Not only that, but we have also purchased a new bed. We ordered a new air matress with a memory foam top. Again, only cash. Our next target of attack is the loan on our vehicle. By our projections, we will own absolutly nothing by the end of 2010. Good buy debt and hello wealth building. If you want to know how you can do it too, then check out Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover”. http://www.daveramsey.com/
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