So one of my favorite things is cereal. I dig cereal for breakfast, I dig it for a snack, I dig it at night. The thing is, it's basically all the "kid" cereals that I like. I'm not so much into the "healthy" adult stuff really like Grape Nuts or Shredded Wheat. Those just don't do it for me. So since I dig all the kids cereal, it made me think a little bit about all the weird "mascots" that these breakfast foods have. So here are ten that I thought were weird to be representing breakfast and breakfast cereal.
10) The Bee- I get the thinking behind it with it being Honey Nut Cheerios, but most people that I have ever met aren't really all that keen on bees.
9) Cap'n Crunch- Is he a pirate? Is he a regular sailor in the Queen's Royal Navy? And what's up with his eyebrows being on his hat?
8) The Chef- Does it really require a dude in a chef's hat to make Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Does it take a chef at all for cold breakfast cereal?
7) Lucky- This one makes a bit more sense seeing as how the cereal is full of items that are supposed to bring luck. Still...
6) The Elves- You know Snap, Crackle and Pop...three little elves who make Rice Crispies "talk" to us. Snap, crackle and pop aren't usually the sounds you really want to hear while eating, well anything really.
5) The Furry, Fluffy, Fuzzy Monster- This is the newest representative of Honeycombs. I just don't really understand him. Is it that this is what you're kids will act like if they don't get Honeycomb, or is it that it turns them into this after they eat it? Either way, I'm not sure I want that happening.
4) Sonny- Is Sonny a bird? I guess he is since he is coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs. Just saying...
3) Tuccan Sam- Another bird hawking cereal. Sam just loves his Froot Loops. I guess it's because they are brightly colored like his beak.
2) The Rabbit- You know I actually saw a commercial once where the Rabbit got the Trix. No lie. I only saw it one time, and it was a little girl sitting on the front steps and she gave him his own bowl of them. Regardless of who Trix are intended for, why is a rabbit the mascot?
1) The Wolf- Cookie Crisp has a wolf as their mascot. It is because of his howl I believe...Coooo-oooo-oookie Crisp. Yeah, he's still a wolf and it's cookie flavored and shaped cereal...go figure.
Anyway, I just thought these were some weird mascots for cereal and I wanted to share them with you. Peace and Love y'all.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Overnighter
Some of you may have seen this already. If so then great. If not, well this is what it feels like sometimes to do youth ministry, in particular when it comes to that tried and true event that so many kids seem to love: the lock-in. Hope you enjoy the video and get a good laugh from it. Peace and Love y'all.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Hancock
Roni and I watched a movie last night. What we watched was Hancock. Now I'm pretty easy when it comes to movies. There isn't much that I don't think is at least ok, and to that end I have to say that I liked Hancock. I liked the idea of him being a superhero who it seems is all alone in the world and how that affects his mindset. I like that he is not Superman (although just as powerful) in that he is not "squeaky clean." I like that he is a man that has problems and has to figure out what he is doing with his life. In other words, I like that he is a mess.
As we watched, I started having thoughts about the movie as I am prone to do. I started thinking about how there were things that I found that could be related back to a relationship with God. I started paying attention to what there was that stood out to me and I started letting these things form and now here they are for you (lucky you).
There is a line in the movie that stood out to me the first time that I watched and then again this second time (admittedly, I had forgetten about the line going into last nights viewing). It is a line from Ray, the PR guy trying to help Hancock get things figured out as they are standing in jail. Hancock has been brought up on charges for various things and turned himself in in an effort to recast his image. At this point he has had enough, and being the super being that he is, he's about to leave. Just walk out, fly away whatever. As he is headed for the door (who can stop a superpowered being really?), Ray confronts him. This is what he tells him (or it is a close approximation to it at least): "You have a calling ; you're a hero Hancock. And you're going to be miserable the rest of your life if you don't accept that."
Have you ever felt that way? That your life was just not what you wanted it to be? I know that I have. See I believe that we all have a calling on our lives that comes from and is inspired by God. He has something special designed for each of us in our lives. It may not be something that seems glorious all the time, but it is somewhere that we can serve Him and bring a bit of His light to a dark world. The key is that we have to accept that calling. Just like Hancock, we have to accept that there is something we are meant to do.
Hancock didn't wait to get his life all straightened out before he accepted his calling. His life was messy and he still made mistakes, even as he was attempting to follow his call. That is where our life may be. Just because we have accepted a call doesn't mean that life won't still have some messy spots. It doesn't mean that we have to get everything single thing spic-n-span before we start to live out that calling. Our job is to surrender to that call and begin living it out in our daily lives. We leave the cleaning up, up to the One who has called us. We will always make messes. The important thing is that God will always be cleaning us up, so long as we are turning the messes over to Him to be cleaned. Peace and Love y'all.
As we watched, I started having thoughts about the movie as I am prone to do. I started thinking about how there were things that I found that could be related back to a relationship with God. I started paying attention to what there was that stood out to me and I started letting these things form and now here they are for you (lucky you).
There is a line in the movie that stood out to me the first time that I watched and then again this second time (admittedly, I had forgetten about the line going into last nights viewing). It is a line from Ray, the PR guy trying to help Hancock get things figured out as they are standing in jail. Hancock has been brought up on charges for various things and turned himself in in an effort to recast his image. At this point he has had enough, and being the super being that he is, he's about to leave. Just walk out, fly away whatever. As he is headed for the door (who can stop a superpowered being really?), Ray confronts him. This is what he tells him (or it is a close approximation to it at least): "You have a calling ; you're a hero Hancock. And you're going to be miserable the rest of your life if you don't accept that."
Have you ever felt that way? That your life was just not what you wanted it to be? I know that I have. See I believe that we all have a calling on our lives that comes from and is inspired by God. He has something special designed for each of us in our lives. It may not be something that seems glorious all the time, but it is somewhere that we can serve Him and bring a bit of His light to a dark world. The key is that we have to accept that calling. Just like Hancock, we have to accept that there is something we are meant to do.
Hancock didn't wait to get his life all straightened out before he accepted his calling. His life was messy and he still made mistakes, even as he was attempting to follow his call. That is where our life may be. Just because we have accepted a call doesn't mean that life won't still have some messy spots. It doesn't mean that we have to get everything single thing spic-n-span before we start to live out that calling. Our job is to surrender to that call and begin living it out in our daily lives. We leave the cleaning up, up to the One who has called us. We will always make messes. The important thing is that God will always be cleaning us up, so long as we are turning the messes over to Him to be cleaned. Peace and Love y'all.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Find Me A Date
Have you noticed that we seem to be obsessed with finding that "someone" for our lives? I mean it's become a rather big deal now. There are dating websites on every page you click it seems. It has become a major industry to be a match maker.
We have eHarmony who wants to set you up with someone that you will be super compatible with. Then there is Match.com who's slogan is "It's okay to look." EHarmony doesn't just want to hook you up with that someone, they offer advice and tips for dates and dating as well. On top of that, they want you to pay them to do this for you.
A quick search also revealed others such as plentyoffish.com, justsayhi.com, dating.com, datehookup.com, udate.com, mingle2.com and dreammates.com. Wow. That was just on the first page of results too. I know here in my area there is cupidondemand.com as well (they have stupid commercials frankly). Everywhere you look, there seem to be ads about finding that "special someone." I get spam emails about it, I see the ads on Facebook and Myspace. On these sites though they are tailored to fit with what my profile says about me. So I see a lot of "Hot Christian Singles" and various other "Christian" date sites. Of course they ignore the part of my profile that says I'm married.
On TV we have shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. There is the show Blind Date as well as Love Connection and The Dating Game. In the last few years we had the reality shows Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? and Who Wants to Marry My Dad? What have we come to? What happened to people just being able to meet other people and go from there, or having friends, relatives or little old ladies from church try to set you up? We have now decided that it is something that is best chronicled and broadcast for all to see.
Here is my final opinion on this. I think that it can lead to misconceptions and wrong expectations for the people involved. Online and on TV people are going to put forth their best and not always reveal who they really are. I could be wrong, I've been married for 10 years and don't have to worry about dating anymore (at least not anyone other than my lovely wife). I just think it is odd that we as a culture have put such emphasis on this aspect of life. Peace and Love y'all.
We have eHarmony who wants to set you up with someone that you will be super compatible with. Then there is Match.com who's slogan is "It's okay to look." EHarmony doesn't just want to hook you up with that someone, they offer advice and tips for dates and dating as well. On top of that, they want you to pay them to do this for you.
A quick search also revealed others such as plentyoffish.com, justsayhi.com, dating.com, datehookup.com, udate.com, mingle2.com and dreammates.com. Wow. That was just on the first page of results too. I know here in my area there is cupidondemand.com as well (they have stupid commercials frankly). Everywhere you look, there seem to be ads about finding that "special someone." I get spam emails about it, I see the ads on Facebook and Myspace. On these sites though they are tailored to fit with what my profile says about me. So I see a lot of "Hot Christian Singles" and various other "Christian" date sites. Of course they ignore the part of my profile that says I'm married.
On TV we have shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. There is the show Blind Date as well as Love Connection and The Dating Game. In the last few years we had the reality shows Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? and Who Wants to Marry My Dad? What have we come to? What happened to people just being able to meet other people and go from there, or having friends, relatives or little old ladies from church try to set you up? We have now decided that it is something that is best chronicled and broadcast for all to see.
Here is my final opinion on this. I think that it can lead to misconceptions and wrong expectations for the people involved. Online and on TV people are going to put forth their best and not always reveal who they really are. I could be wrong, I've been married for 10 years and don't have to worry about dating anymore (at least not anyone other than my lovely wife). I just think it is odd that we as a culture have put such emphasis on this aspect of life. Peace and Love y'all.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Big 12 South
So yesterday saw the latest BCS poll come out. If you are unfamiliar with this, it is the system that is used in college football to determine who will play for the national championship in early January. It is comprised of three different sets of rankings: the Harris Poll, the Coaches Poll and a set of computer rankings. These are all added together and the final numbers are what they use to rank the teams in order from 1-25. The top 2 then play in the National Championship game in January. This is how major college football works out what school wins it all.
This year the BCS was used to help determine something else before the final game will be decided. See we have one weekend of regular season college football to go. This week we have a conference championship games to play in at least three major conferences: the SEC, the ACC and the Big 12. In the Big 12, the BCS rankings were used to determine who would be representing the South division against Missouri from the North. There were three teams in the South that all had the same record, and all lost to each other: Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. By using the BCS rankings, Oklahoma is who will be representing the South.
It's messed up to me. Oklahoma lost to Texas. Texas lost to Texas Tech. Texas Tech lost to Oklahoma. This past weekend was when the South representative was determined. Oklahoma beat oklahoma State. They now get to play Missouri for the Big 12 title. The problem that I see with this is that Texas beat all three of these teams leading up to this. To be honest the whole thing is one big convoluted mess. The fifth tiebreaker was the BCS. In other conferences that have a championship game, if they have the same situation they take the two highest ranked of the three with the same record and they then go with the head to head result. That is then who is used to represent that part of the conference.
Maybe I'm wrong, but this seems like a much better system to use to determine who will be in the title game if there is a question like this. This way things are really settled on the field and the games really matter in the end. Just a thought. Peace and Love y'all.
This year the BCS was used to help determine something else before the final game will be decided. See we have one weekend of regular season college football to go. This week we have a conference championship games to play in at least three major conferences: the SEC, the ACC and the Big 12. In the Big 12, the BCS rankings were used to determine who would be representing the South division against Missouri from the North. There were three teams in the South that all had the same record, and all lost to each other: Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. By using the BCS rankings, Oklahoma is who will be representing the South.
It's messed up to me. Oklahoma lost to Texas. Texas lost to Texas Tech. Texas Tech lost to Oklahoma. This past weekend was when the South representative was determined. Oklahoma beat oklahoma State. They now get to play Missouri for the Big 12 title. The problem that I see with this is that Texas beat all three of these teams leading up to this. To be honest the whole thing is one big convoluted mess. The fifth tiebreaker was the BCS. In other conferences that have a championship game, if they have the same situation they take the two highest ranked of the three with the same record and they then go with the head to head result. That is then who is used to represent that part of the conference.
Maybe I'm wrong, but this seems like a much better system to use to determine who will be in the title game if there is a question like this. This way things are really settled on the field and the games really matter in the end. Just a thought. Peace and Love y'all.
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