Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve last posted. I suspect there may only be one reader - me. Nonetheless, politics, religion, and popular culture topics have fallen off the map for me since I’ve been so busy. However, I felt I needed to post about the annual blogger conference for Christians - GodblogCon.

Although many of us may not be able to attend, I’m sure this information can latch us on to some of the popular bloggers in the Christian community. GodblogCon’s mission is “Calling and equipping all Christians to
engage culture through the new media.” I think we need to be mindful that we can be a light in the darkness.

Tags: [GodblogCon, RWRW, blogging, Christian, new media]

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This will certainly brighten your day. I usually never get choked up or get chills, except for the occasional sports movie like Field of Dreams, Hoosiers, or Rudy. However, this real life story might beat them all. I think a movie will be made of this one…

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Tags: [basketball, autism, rochester, high school, feel good, youtube]

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TGirsch over at Lean Left has tagged me with the “four-by-four” meme, so here goes:

Four jobs you’ve had in your life: Stick to the more unusual ones: Newspaper delivery boy; Elementary school teacher; Marriage and Family Therapy intern; “Fry Guy” at local fast food joint.

Four movies you could watch over and over: Field of Dreams; The Natural; Some Kind of Wonderful; The Princess Bride

Four places you’ve lived: Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland.

Four TV shows you love to watch: 24; The Family Guy; Without a Trace; and Law and Order: SVU.

Four places you’ve been on vacation: Mexico (Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel), Florida (Fort Myers, Sanibel), Hawaii, and the Jersey Shore.

Four websites you visit daily: ESPN; Drudge Report; New York Post; and DCRTV.

Four of your favorite foods: Pizza; Filet Mignon; Hamburger; Calamari.

Four places you’d rather be: Yankee Stadium; Bora Bora; MacWorld Conference and Expo; Sanibel Island.

Four albums you can’t live without:All That You Can’t Leave Behind by U2; The Eleventh Hour by Jars of Clay; X&Y by Coldplay; and Standards by The Alarm.

Four new tagees: I’ll extend an invite to anyone who wishes to participate.

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I’ve been tagged by my friendly adversary, TGirsch, over at Lean Left. I’m glad he didn’t move in a Biblical direction and edit the meme to “Seventy Times Seven.” That would make for much more work than I have time for. Anyway, the basic idea is that I am to answer 7 inquiries with 7 answers each. Tom asks me to answer:

• Seven things to do before I die
• Seven things I cannot do
• Seven things that attract me to (…)
• Seven things I say most often
• Seven books (or series) that I love
• Seven movies I watch over and over again (or would if I had time)
• Seven people I want to join in, too.

Okay, here it goes…

Seven things to do before I die

1. Personal: Meet U2’s Bono
2. Religious: Become a better man, more like Christ
3. Family: Raise a Christian family and perpetuate a legacy of Christian faith
4. Financial: Pay off college debt and pay for children’s college education
5. Travel: Bora Bora, Europe, Israel
6. Sports: Attend a NY Yankees World Series game and a NCAA Men’s College Basketball title game with UConn
7. Automobile: Drive a Porsche Carerra or 911

Seven things I cannot do

1. Chew gum and walk at the same time
2. Remember the names of people I meet
3. Watch television without TiVo
4. Go back to dialup
5. Shop at a mall
6. Tolerate Microsoft Windows (Macs rule!)
7. Forget 9/11

Seven things that attract me to my wife

1. Her sense of humor and wit
2. Her refreshing frankness - she pulls no punches
3. She’s HOT
4. Her honesty and vulnerability
5. She picks me up when I am weak
6. Her intelligence
7. She’s the mother of my children

Seven things I say most often

I’m not sure I have any interesting go-to words or phrases currently, but I had a lot of crazy sayings in my teenage and college years, including:

1. “You big fish!”
2. “What the woe!”
3. “You flippin’ mother!”
4. “You flying orangutan!”
5. “Purple cow”
6. “That’s clutch.”
7. “That’s dicey.”

Seven books (or series) that I love

1. The Holy Bible
2. Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
4. Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
5. Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Left Behind
6. Dan Brown, Angels and Demons
7. Stephen Lawhead, Empyrion Saga

Seven movies I watch over and over again (or would if I had time)

1. The Natural
2. Field of Dreams
3. Some Kind of Wonderful
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Star Wars
6. Christmas: Miracle on 34th Street
7. Christmas: It’s a Wonderful Life

Seven people I want to join in, too.

1. Nomad
2. CRChair
3. Ron C. Fay
4. David Wayne
5. PureNard
6. Mark Woodman
7. La Shawn Barber

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Nicolas Cage is one weird man. From E!Online:

“Nicolas Cage never got to be to Superman. But he apparently has high hopes for his new son.

The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Alice Kim Cage, welcomed a baby boy, Kal-el Coppola Cage, into the world Monday morning, publicist Annett Wolf announced. The tyke’s unusual moniker also happens to be the birth name of Krypton’s favorite son.

“They are healthy and happy and it’s quite lovely,” Wolf said in a statement.

Cage, an avowed comic book fanboy, was briefly slated to play play Clark Kent in a Tim Burton remake before the project was scrapped to make way for a younger incarnation.”

Tags: [Nicolas Cage, superman, baby]

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Thanks to fellow Marylander Michelle Malkin for the following:

Corwyn (Cory) William Zimbleman

Tuscon, AZ Classifieds>Obituary (June 21, 2005)

“…An avid atheist, he studied the bible and religion with more fervor than most Christians. He had strong political opinions and followed Amy Goodman’s radio broadcast “Democracy Now.” Alas the stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans finally brought him to his early demise. Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled…”

Interesting place to spew liberal politics - is nothing sacred? I guess not to Cory. I’m sorry the right-wingers killed you, Cory. May God grant you and your family peace on this day, the day of your memorial service. Oh, wait, I forgot - you were an atheist. I’m not sure now how to express the proper condolences except to say to your family that we are sorry for your loss.

Tags: [atheism, atheist, right-wing, right wing, obituary, politics, Christianity]

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This is the very first RWRW post. I find it necessary to explain why I decided to call this blog by its name…

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