Ahh how nice.

Ok so I recently reread all my posts.

I saw a few oopsies (spelling errors etc...) but overall I think I have done fairly well.

I would like it very much if all you out there would read at least one of my older posts though.
That would be my post about sandwiches. (2008)

It is a really good one and I think it deserves review.

I am not sure how I feel about the dream one... (I do not remember having the dream now)

But all in all I think I have done well.

Just remember these posts (all of them) are opinions. They are my opinion. and some of them might not match your views as well as you might like.

That is the beauty of Being an American. We are all allowed to be individuals we can each be ourselves. I hope... no I pray That this is something that will always remain true!

Favorite Media

Soon theater's around the country will have the newest Star Trek Movie on their screens.

I find myself a little excited (although after getting my hopes up so much about Star wars episode 1 and being slightly let down I am wary.)

and this makes me think... what are some of my favorite movies?

I realized long ago that there wasn't any ONE movie which was my all time favorite, at least not yet.

So here is a list of movies which I have liked.

Star Trek 4 the Voyage home. A fish Called Wanda. Star Wars (the whole set overall is good with a few lapses) Star Trek Insurrection.(and pretty much all the other Star Trek movies though I have misgivings about the first one) Swing Vote. The Postman (Kevin Costner's). Dances with Wolves. Rat Race. R.V. The Chronicles of Narnia. Lord of the Rings. (the whole trilogy) Wild Hogs.
E.T. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Elijah Wood version) the Replacements. The Rookie. And others too numerous to count. (even if it isn't here I might still like it.)

I also have liked a lot of different T.V. Shows...

Frasier, Northern Exposure, Due South, MacGyver, Pushing Daisies, J.A.G., Emergency, the original Battlestar Galactica (not the new one though I feel they ruined the franchise), Stargate, Star Trek/DS9/TNG/Voyager/Enterprise, Knight Rider, the A-Team, the Andy Griffith show, and so on.

I like to read...

The Bible, Tolkein, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchet, John Piper, C.S. Lewis, David Webber, David Feintuch, Tony Hillerman, Eric Flint, Harry Turtledove, Andre Norton, Piers Anthony, Mercedes Lackey, Dee Henderson, Jack Cavanaugh,and so much more.
(History, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, etc...)

As for other favorite things you will have to wait till the next time I get it into my head to post something like this, I am tired now and ought to get some rest.

Family

I love my Family.

I love my Wife, I love my daughters and I love having the chance to be with them.

They can be funny, they can be loving, they can also hurt me but no matter what I love them.

I am posting this because I felt the need to have something positive on here again. I want my blog to be at least a little even in such things.

So there.

BTW

I also love my friends. So if you are my family or friend I love you.

if you are not my friend... well I am sorry for that... BUT since I am a Christian, I WILL LOVE YOU ANYWAY!
And so does God.

Honesty and deception.

I seem to remember reading or hearing a conversation that went something like this...

One man says, "I wish I did not have to live to see such a time." and the other responds, "so do all to whom such times come."

This is something that happens a lot.
There is a Chinese curse which states "May you live in interesting times."

Life is not easy but we seem to enjoy making it harder than it has to be.

Many people throughout the past have pointed out that people who wish to deceive use "honeyed words" they speak in such a way that people like to listen to them and believe what they say.

This is the trap that Theoden, in the "Lord of the Rings," fell into. This is the trap that allowed his son to die.

Theoden didn't want to hear about war and danger. He didn't want to face reality! so he listened to Wormtongue and he paid the price for it.

He also refused to listen to the Counsel of Gandalf and much evil came of it.

Grima Wormtongue only wanted to receive ill gotten gains but he spoke the things Theoden WANTED to hear. Gandalf wanted righteousness and Justice to prevail so he spoke the truth. He was "plainspoken".

He told the truth even though it might hurt a little! because the little hurt was NOTHING compared to the result of lies told by others.

I think there is a very important lesson to learn here. Sometimes people will talk to us about things we do not wish to hear. They will tell us how much we have messed up or whatever.
But they really have our best interests at heart.
Others will tell us what we want to hear and we think they are the ones who are really loving but in the end we will hurt more than ever because of them.

I ask you all to keep this in mind. someday you too will be approached by someone who wants something from you.

They might sound good and they might say what you want to hear but they are your enemy.