About Jesus’ Birthday

I woke up this morning in a house that has not one but THREE Christmas trees, and underneath all of them are presents. I woke up to the smell of coffee and cookies, cakes and brownies. In the middle of the night, I woke to pray and thank God for the ability to purchase gifts for my loved ones. As I sneaked through the house to gather all of my gifts from their hiding places, I stepped over family members wrapped in warm blankets and closed the bedroom doors of three generations of healthy loved ones. I stoked the fire and checked to make sure the Christmas lights were still glowing beneath the mountains of snow outside; mountains of snow which did not prevent me from making it home to where my childhood house was still standing, unaffected.

Last night extended, non blood-related family descended upon our Christmas Eve celebration, defined by our love for one another and nothing else. Today, my blood relatives will arrive in droves to enjoy our traditional Steak and Seafood feast and share in the tradition of our Pollyanna. We will laugh, we will sing, we will be humbled by this day that the Lord has made.

Today, concentrate on spending time with your family and not on the money you spent. God will provide that. Today is proof of that provision, for unto us a son WAS given.

What a wonderful counselor, what a King, what peace, what a sacrifice, what a price, Oh what a foretaste of Glory divine.

Happy Birthday Jesus. Only you give gifts on YOUR birthday.

I woke up this morning to celebrate the birth of the Risen Savior Jesus Christ.

It’s a Wrap!!

Watch what one Improv Troupe got their friend Louie for Christmas…it only took them 8hours!!!

$15 for 15

This year for Christmas, I think I am going to do my best to concentrate on GIVING rather than SPENDING. I know you don’t care because I don’t normally get you a Christmas gift anyway. Last year I got my dad a garage door opener, automatic free installation included. Why? Well the old one had a motor in it that died and his back AND his knee are both bad. Though it was crazy expensive, it meant more to me that he know that I was paying attention to his needs and attentive to his obstacles. Those are the kind of gifts that I think I will give my immediate family again this year. Perhaps some shaving cream and a Mach 7 for Grandmom and some nametags for my Uncle’s rapidly developing moles.

But here is an idea for you. Trust me, it works, I just did it yesterday. You and a friend can play and give at the same time…and it is CHEAP! Set the buy in at $15. Yep $15. Go to a Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, or Duane Reed together. Synchronize swatches and within 15 minutes shop for each other. Grab as many items as you want that you think will be great gifts for that person. Coloring books, band aids, hand sanitizer, a cheap DVD, anything you find is fair game as long as it is under $15.

Don’t let them see you shop and try not to stand in line together. When you get back home, go to separate corners of the room and wrap your gifts. Now, the next part is up to you. But remember, “Present” -ation is important. So I suggest you throw on some Christmas music and exchange your thoughtful gifts as though they were the most expensive gifts you have ever given or received!

Merry Christmas!!
George 2.0

Christmas Time is Here

“I tell ‘em vamanos!”

The Making of: Avatar

Tonight I saw one of the most incredible movies I have ever seen. Visually and emotionally compelling, envelope pushing, technologically eons in front of anything that has ever been conceived cinematically. I am absolutely thrilled. I mean like THRILLED. When was the last time you saw a movie that thrilled you.

I must admit, I wasn’t as excited about this movie as I am about the one in the post below, but I kind of thought I’d catch it over the holidays. But this is a movie that you must see…and it is in 3D. Real 3D. Not the red and blue plastic glasses that you get when you go to Epcott Center to see Captain E.O. I am still wearing the glasses right now.

I am no movie spoiler so I won’t tell you anymore. All I will say is go see the movie. NOW.

The decade according to 9-year-olds Video

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The Last Airbender

I auditioned. Nope, not this one either. The audition process was G-14 classified. You used a bar code, they fax your sides to a fax machine in a room that is all white and only has a desk big enough for the fax. It was extra “Sixth Sense-y”.

I was never really into the animated series, though many of my friends were. But in preparing to audition I did some research. It has a very rich story, though not to far from the one-boy-can-save-the-planet-with-his-unique-ability genre. But it looks…well, you’ll see.

House votes to turn down volume of noisy TV ads

WASHINGTON — The House has voted to level off the abrupt spikes in volume felt by television viewers during commercial breaks.

The bill — approved by a voice vote — is aimed at stopping TV ads from playing noticeably louder than programs.

Supporters say the measure would alleviate a common irritation that leads consumers to scramble for the mute button as they watch their favorite shows.

The legislation requires the Federal Communications Commission to adopt guidelines developed by the TV industry.

Right now, the government doesn’t have much say in the volume of TV ads.

An identical measure has been introduced in the Senate.

Things that inspire me: The Waking Artist

An adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “The Hunger Artist” following the cinematic artist that refuses to sleep.
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