Long live the DVR

How did we ever survive without the greatness of pausing live television?
What were we thinking, being o.k. with watching sports without the rewind button?
Was T.V. really worth watching before DVR was introduced into the homes avid watchers?

Here I am fast forwarding through commercials of the Cowboys preseason game. What a happy day. While the actual game was being played I multi-tasked. I ate dinner, mowed the front yard, took a walk with BARAK, played some Madden 07, took a shower and checked the mail. Then I sat down and watched the first half of a game in a fraction of the actual time.

I don't think I can ever go back. But here is a thought---- What if the cable company is working like the gas company. They make us so dependent on their product we forget about that fact that we can find jobs where we walk or ride bikes. Or that there are such things as excessive amounts of channels.

What if they are in it together????

I'm an idiot.

Heart and Soul
BAG
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I love this team!!!!

Vision Night is around the corner!!! That means the Ridge team is hard at work preparing to make this first vision night the best we have ever had. I realize this being the first one means that it will by default be the best and the worst one we have ever put on. My hope is that as people walk away on Sept. 10 they would lean toward saying the event was the best one rather than the latter.

I am reminded today the importance of being on a great team. Teams have the ability to rally together to produce exponential results, compared to the efforts of a single person. Teams also make it more enjoyable to be in the office because a single vision creates intentional momentum.

Vision night is going to be awesome!!!! If you haven't picked up your tickets be sure you do so this Sunday. This is going to be a great ministry season here at The Ridge.

Heart and Soul
BAG
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Running in the dark

I try to run 4 times a week.
Before you are impressed let me remind you I used the word TRY in that statement.
I'm pretty good at 2 times a week and the occurrences of 3 times are increasing. Misty, Barak and I usually go walking before and sometime after his bath I will hit the road for a good 25 minute run around the neighborhood.

As I was running tonight I realized that I was outside at a much later time than I was allowed to be out as a kid and a teenager. And more than that I was out on a school night (LOL). What changed? I got older, a little more responsible and the fact that I was not looking to toilet paper anyone's house has to have something to do with the equation.

With maturity brings more freedom, with more freedom comes the need to develop the necessary skills to maintain growth. As we grow we experience deeper levels of pain and pleasure. It's all part of the adventure we call life. Much of the time the pain and pleasure we experience can be direclty linked to choices that we made due to our freedom.

Just a rough thought that I had while jogging and looking for houses to toilet paper.

Heart and Soul
BAG
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