Monday QB

   Two Of my favorite teams won this week. The Cowboys are 2-0 but lost Tony Romo for a while. Texas governor says Tebow is the answer.....No I think not. The Duke Blue Devils lost to the #23 Northwestern Wildcats after dominating most of the game. Turnovers and missed opportunities.
  Now my Liberty Flames, with the big win against the #7 Montana Grizzlies. Liberty ranked #14 beat one of the best FCS teams in the country at home in front of a  record breaking crowd at Williams stadium. They got out to a 17-0 lead and then the defense took over. If it wasn't for the 2 blocked punts I don't think the Flames would have given up a touchdown. Look at the polls this week, Liberty might be ranked in the Top 10...we are hoping. Now they go on the road for 4 games.
    Last week I won 5 out of my 7 fantasy games, this week it's ugly. I might lose every game, some of them are not even close. Some of it's just being unlucky but some is on me. Thank goodness it's early.
MIB44

Book vs. Movie

   I read quite a few books per year (or listen to them) and I am usually disappointed when the book becomes a movie. I just finished "The Girl On the Train" and read an article on IMDb (International Movie Database) about the screen play. They already have casted the three young women that will play the main characters. And the setting for the story. Of coarse I am very disappointed that they have changed two of the main premisses that the book relies on. The main character (Rachel) is a once beautiful, slightly overweight women in her late 20's. Emily Blunt is none of those. The book is set in London and the suburbs. The movie is going to be set in the U.S., probably New York. Once again the book is going to be so much better than the movie. Did you notice that they cast a British actress in the lead but are having the story take place in the U.S.
   I make it a point to read the book before the movie comes out so I get the full character development and then the movie puts faces to all the characters. So I guess I will read "Martian" before I see that movie. The trailer for the movie looks very good. And I read the first chapter of the book and already had Matt Damon in my mind as the lead character. If you have seen the movie let me know what you think.
   Tomorrow I might blog about my TV addiction. Hold on to your hats as I try to list all the TV series I "try" to watch.
MIB44

Monday/Tuesday QB

My Liberty Flames won their first game against Delaware St., Saturday night, but it wasn't pretty. They had many drive ending penalties and the 2 scores that Del St. got were kept alive by Liberty penalties. If they play this poorly Saturday at West Virginia they could get blown out. It's tough enough playing a FBS team at their stadium. Try playing them when you're not playing your best. Morgantown is tough place to play for any team. I told my wife I wouldn't go to the WV game because the single ticket cost more than the season tickets cost for Liberty. Plus it's at least a 6 hour drive from my house.
     Did everyone see the Braxton Miller "Spin-o-rama" in Monday night's game. I used that move in High School a lot. Saw Chuck Foreman do it in the 70's for the Vikings and that is one of the reasons I chose 44 as my number. (MIB44) If I tried that move now I would end up on my butt.
   The Duke Blue Devils won their opening football game and UNC lost. That started my weekend off right. I will be going to Duke's home opening game this weekend. The nice folks at Duke University and Hospital have a family day each year for the employees. They feed you and your family and give you tickets to the game. They play the cross-town NC Central FCS team. Should be a win for the Blue Devils but you never know. If App. St. can beat Michigan like they did in 2007 then anything is possible.
    The NFL starts this week, and all is well with the world. Me and my 7 fantasy teams go into the fray Thursday night. And I will partake in "one day" fantasy games also. I won a few duckets last year so why not. More later this week on the NFL and fantasy football.
MIB44

Deflate a football?

   Maybe "Deflategate" is over. The NFL looses again. Like I said all along a deflated football is not a big deal anyway. You can't throw it any better, much less tell the difference. Tom Brady will no be suspended. Hopefully this is all over. I'm tired of hearing about it.
   College football starts tonight and I am stoked. The Tarwhiners play The Gamecocks in Charlotte. UNC better have improved from last year or they will be embarrassed. The SEC is quite a bit better than the ACC top to bottom in football. My Duke Blue Devils are in New Orleans playing Tulane. A much easier match up. BTW what is a "Green Wave". There are some great match ups this weekend all the way up to Ohio St. vs. Va Tech Monday night. I will be watching a lot of football including the Liberty Flames home opener in Lynchburg, VA. The wife and I will be in attendance Saturday night for the game against Delaware St.
MIB44

Monday QB

  Next Week there will be real Monday QB football takes. For this week there is still golf, The FedEx Playoffs. Injuries galore in the NFL preseason. A Chicago Cub pitched a No - Hitter.
   You know I like Jordan Spieth but Jason Day might really be the best golfer in the world right now. He left a putt on the 72nd whole of The Open championship short by about 6 inches to get into the playoff. Then he wins the last major of the year, The PGA Championship, pretty easily. And this week he wins the first playoff tournament in the FedEx Cup Playoffs by 6 strokes. If I was a bettin' man I would not bet against him.
   Is Aaron Rogers gonna have any receivers to throw too? Jordy Nelson out for the year, Randal Cobb shoulder injury out for a least a few weeks. Folks complaining about getting injured in a meaningless preseason game. What's the difference in that or an injury in practice or the first game? The truth is: it is "tackle football" people gonna get hurt. Just hope and pray the injuries don't happen to the Cowboys or my fantasy teams. Lots of Redskins fans are hoping RGIII gets hurt so their owner doesn't make them start RGIII. Again money talks.
   Again the Chicago Cubs are making news of the "positive" sort. Jake Arrieta throws a no-hitter against the Dodgers last night. I just happened to be watching the last 2 innings of this gem. It could not have happened against a better team than the Dodgers (I Hate Them) The Cubs are 5.5 games ahead in the Wildcard playoff standings also. So hoping not to jinx them, unless they have a collapse of 1969 proportion  they are going to the playoffs. My Padres aren't going to make it so I can at least root for the Cubbies.
MIB44

Run Support

    I don't know if it was the cooler weather or what but I ran my fastest 5K of the summer today. Maybe I was just trying to get done as fast as possible looking forward to the weekend. I do know that I can't run as fast as I did 3 years ago but I'm not giving up until I just can't do it any more.
    College football starts just a week from now and one of the thing I look forward to is the new uniforms. Since Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour are competing for every ones dollars the alternate uniforms are getting more elaborate. Some are rally cool, some are hideous. Notre Dame's "shamrock series" unis = hidious. San Diego State's "Aztec Calendar" unis = Cool. You might want to check out the new uniforms though. Even if you don't like football you can enjoy the pageantry. I posted a link on Facebook to the NFL top 9 new uniforms page, earlier today.
MIB44

Music for the people

   Pillar's new record came out last Friday without much fan fair. The main reason I think was they have been on extended break for 5 years. If you like your music a little harder then you might like them. I group them between Skillet and Red. Front man Rob Beckley doesn't do the "Death Metal" voice as much as Red but there is some. (I am not a fan of the yell "singing" that I call "Death Metal Voice") The guitar riffs and the rest of the record is very much Pillar's style and if you were a fan before you will like this record.
   More music news, the choir and some of the worship leaders from my church are "headlining" at the North Carolina State Fair this year. I have seen many Christian artists at the State Fair over the years. Including Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, Skillet, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, and many more. But this year the Fair is having all homegrown artists in their Dorton Arena concert series. The Great I Am, featuring Kaimy Masse, Hank Murphy and the Summit Church Choir are the featured artists on Friday, October 16. So if you live in North Carolina and you go to the fair each year why not plan to go on Oct. 16 and hear some great music. I'm sure you will not be disappointed.
MIB44

Monday QB

   When "real" football starts Monday QB will be more about football but for now I have a few things that I need to mention. Lost in all the hype of Tiger being in contention at this weeks PGA event is Bryson DeChambeau.  He won the US Amateur Golf Championship 7 and 6(wood shed) and no one was watching. He is also only the 5th golfer in history to win the NCAA and US Am in the same year. DeChambeau also wears a Hogan type cap with the SMU poney on the top. He is the kind of young golfers that will make the PGA tour fun to watch in the future. 
   I'm sure glad I haven't drafted Kelvin Benjamin or Jordy Nelson in any of my fantasy leagues. Just luck though, I had them targeted in my favorites but someone drafted them ahead of me. The Panthers are really hurting more than the Packers, Rogers doesn't need a tall receiver to bail him out like Cam Newton does. 
   What is your opinion on Marcus Mariota? He sure has looked good so far. I think I might wait until the games are real to make a contentment to draft him.
MIB44

80 Wins

   Tiger Woods is tied for the lead at this week's PGA tournament in Greensboro. He has won 79 tournaments in his career. His playing competitor, Tom Hoge, has played 79 rounds on the PGA tour. I wonder if Mr. Hoge is intimidated by all this. This is definitely the biggest gallery that Tom Hoge has ever played in front of. It's gonna be fun to watch. What do you think Tiger will do? Shoot 74 or 64 he could do either one. He does need to win to make sure he gets into the Fed Ex playoffs. MIB44

Tiger Smile

   I was just watching some high lights of Tiger Woods' round today at the Wyndam Championship and you know what I saw???? Tiger Woods with a great big smile on his face. Not only have we not seen the Tiger of the 2000's but we have not seen that smile. Maybe he just was not having enough fun out there. He played in the pro-am yesterday with Chris Paul (LA Clippers, Wake Forest U) and they looked like they were having a blast, in the rain no less. I've told you before I am a Tiger Woods Golf fan, not necessarily a fan of his off the coarse life. But just seeing him on the leader board and looking surprised when a putt goes in that he didn't think was going in. And that smile, almost child like. He might not win, or come in 2nd, and make the Fed-Ex cup playoffs, but for today I was happy to see the Tiger Woods that I remember.

Money Talks

   I just heard that ESPN was picking up the Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty football game. There are a few things I have a problem with. First of all ESPN is moving the game to Thursday night Nov. 19th at 7:00. Talk about a cold game. I was planning on going to the game but thought it would be a Saturday afternoon game. Second of all it's a Thursday night, most people, including me, have to work the next day. It's a 2 hour drive from my house in Durham, NC to the Liberty campus. If the game is over around 10:00 that means getting home after midnight. I have to get up for work at 5:00 am. Not to mention all the out of town Liberty fans that won't be able to attend the game now. I do however think the students will still be on campus, before their Thanksgiving break. So here's the deal the game is going to be on ESPNnews. Is there any added money for this game? Most of Liberty's games can be seen on ESPN3 but ESPN just picks up Liberty's network feed for a minimal cost. Anyway while writing this blog post I have been going over different ways I could still work it out to go. You see I already have a ticket to the game. And it's sure to be a great game with the Big South Championship on the line. And FCS playoff  implications. I drove down to Myrtle Beach last year for this game at Coastal and it was so worth it. Liberty blocked a last second field goal and won 15 - 14, Winning the Big South and getting their first FCS playoff birth.
   SO I TALKED MYSELF INTO IT, I"M GOING.....
MIB44

LU in the NFL

   A friend of mine and former Liberty U. football All American, Kevin Fogg, is trying to make the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He is the student athlete that called me several years ago to thank me for being a Flames Club member. (A student athlete calls each year you join) We struck up a conversation and come to find out we have a lot in common. We lived in the Raleigh-Durham area, he is from Garner. We both played football at Liberty. We both were the top kick returners on our teams. Anyway that's where the comparison ends. He is way more talented than I ever was. He was the FCS leading kick returner his Junior year and one of the best cover corner backs in FCS his Senior year. Went un-drafted but made it to the Miami Dolphins final cut down day last year as a free agent. This year he has a great chance of making the Steelers as a free agent. You might have seen him get an interception in the Hall Of Fame Game last week. And on top of all that he posts encouraging godly stuff on Facebook almost every day. I don't know if he will make the team or not but I do know that he is great young man with a great testimony. I am proud to know him and root for him in his quest to play in the NFL. MIB44

Golf Holds Us Over

   Just as I predicted Jason Day won the PGA Championship in record fashion. Boy, can that guy putt? Every time you think, 'this guys gonna give a stroke back' he makes another putt. And then there is Jordan Speith, any other year at a major, 17 under wins by several stokes but his consolation is he becomes the #1 player in the World rankings. And -54 score in all the Majors this year besting Tiger's -53 from 2000. Speith also was just 4 strokes away from winning the "Grand Slam" this year. By the way a 17 year old, Brooke Henderson, won the LPGA tournament this week. So I guess you can say watching golf is "holding" us over until real football begins. 
MIB44

Weekend Sports

    All the cool kids at the PGA championship. Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Branden Grace, Martin Kaymer and Justin Rose, In my weekly golf fantasy picks I picked Jason Day mostly because I figure he is not Sergio Garcia and he will break through and win a major one of these days. And Jordan Spieth winning 3 out of the 4 majors just seemed a little out there. I was wrong about that. So I think this might be some of the greatest golf  since Tiger was killing it in 2000,
    The Chicago Cubs have won 9 games in a row now and 14 out of 15. Where was this when I lived in Chicagoland? I think Joe Maddon and Theo Epstein have to be the reason. They have had some talent over the years but it is hard to get rid of that loser mentality. Bring in "winners" and it changes everything.
    Tim Tebow trying to make his 4th NFL team, although it is third string QB. I think he should be a great fit for the Eagle's offence. Philip River signs an extension for the San Diego/ Los Angeles Chargers. So LA steals the Clippers and now they are stealing the Chargers, OK money talks and it is a business. I get it.
    By the way I will miss the final part of the golf telecast. I will be at my church small group meeting. Sure do love these folks. Can't do life alone.
MIB44

Murphy's Law?

Where you need to nail, there is no stud.
The week after you get the title on your car, it breaks down.
The one time you are running late, there's an accident on the freeway.
You save $31 in your fantasy auction draft for a particular player, another owner saves $33.
Cable.

That's enough.
MIB44 
  

Vent?

  Can I vent just a little? In my neck of the woods, the DOT is building a connector between the Durham Freeway(147) and US 70 at the I-85 exchange. It is a work zone from almost I-85 to where Pleasant Dr. intersects Miami Blv. (70). I drive on this section of road almost every day. The speed limit is 45 mph in the work zone, tons of signs letting all drivers know this. When I drive this route I'm going between 45 and 50 mph and I'm getting passed on both sides. Headlights flashing behind me wanting me to go on. We have figured out 2 things: most people have way more money than me to pay that whopper of a ticket they will get and/or they think that it's like a school zone, you only have to observe the 45 mph if work is going on. There is about an average of 1 road worker killed in work zones every day in the US. Don't be the person that keeps that average going, in my neck of the woods, or yours. #slowdown, #$250fine, #+courtcost, #+jailtime,
I'm done venting for today. I might vent some more tomorrow about my car. Stay tuned.
DMH44

P.S. I know those aren't real hash tags, just making a point

This Is Not A Test

    The more I listen to Toby Mac's new record the more I like it. Again this type of contemporary Christian music is not for everybody. If you don't like it don't listen to it. My favorite moment so far is....Me and my wife, Lisha, are listening to the record in the car(she tolerates my music up to a point) and we get toward the end, the bonus tracks. She says to me, "we already heard this song"I start laughing and point out to her that it's a remix of "Beyond Me" one of the earlier songs. I didn't know she was listening that close. Anyway I recommend the record even if the deluxe edition only has 2 remixes this time. His last deluxe record has 6 remixes.
MIB44

Church on Sunday?

   If you have known me for very long you know that I'm a "church goer". I go to the Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina. The campus I go to is only a few miles away from my house and has 5 services per weekend. Two on Saturday evening and three on Sunday. Several years ago we started going on Saturday evenings. It's just become our church time. This week, however, we could not attend on Saturday so we went this morning at 8:30. Talk about weird, we had not been on a Sunday Morning in a while. Almost felt like a visitor until at the end of the service the campus pastor ask for people to do "simple ministry" by moving to one of the Saturday night services. When the students get back and vacations are over the Sunday services are crammed full so they need people to give up there seats. Our pastor said "once you go Sat. you never go back" and I said Amen! So next week we will be back to our regular time on Saturday. If you are new to the area or visiting and you are looking for a good, Gospel Centered, church try the Summit. We have 8 campuses in the area and you can check us out at summitrdu.com.
MIB44

Hot Stuff

    A few things today....
    A Duke Medical Study came out this week that found that people that eat hot/spicy food live longer. My first thought was, "yeah" I'm gonna live longer. My second thought was more years of working , cutting grass and all the other things that I just can't get enough of.
   This is Hall Of Fame Weekend for the NFL that means a few things. The first NFL preseason game. The debate over the inductees. And yes several players on the same team with the same number. What if they both make the team, do they fight it out over the number. I would like to see what happens.
   Toby Mac's new record came out yesterday. I don't know if it's because I have heard them, and know them already, but the best songs are the ones that were early released. Maybe after I've heard the entire record several times I'll like some more of the songs. There is a song, on the record, by DC Talk, and yes it sounds like them. I would like to know how many times a week Toby gets asked "when is DC Talk getting back together?".
   And finally my first Fantasy Football Draft, of the year, is this evening. It is in one of my favorite leagues. Run by my nephew, Brian Kennedy. This year he is changing it up a bit with an auction draft
 It's going to be interesting but fun. We probably will laugh a lot tonight. The draft is my favorite part of Fantasy Football, except for winning a championship. Like I did last year in this league.

Fantasy Football

   If you haven't guessed by now, my favorite sport is football. And I have been playing fantasy football for over 20 years now and it never gets old. Some die hard football fans don't play because they hate rooting for different players all over the NFL instead of just their favorite team. Some say they don't have time. Not a good excuse anymore since everything is computerized. And some just simply don't follow the players closely enough to make informed drafting, trading and free-agency decisions. But if you want to try it there are about 100 different sites on the internet you can own a team. Every type of format you can imagine. You can play for thousands of dollars all the way down to free (most of my leagues). The most used format is an online 'snake" draft. Easy, fast and from the comfort of your couch on you laptop. Well this year one of my leagues, that has a live in person draft, is using an auction method to draft. Now I have had auction drafts before and it can be very fun specially if you are friends with all the guy and gals in your league. But it is new and different for a lot of the guys in our league. I just hope that the guys do their homework before they draft so it runs smoothly.
MIB44

OLD

Some things that I have learned while getting old....
You must cut the grass each week in the summer if you live in the Southeast. If you don't you might not be able to cut it at all.
Bifocal contacts don't work like bifocal glasses.
It takes months to get in shape and days to fall out of shape.
Ones basketball skills will go away if you don't use them.
Do kids even know what a book is?
But mainly getting old sucks but I'm fighting it all the way!!!

MondayQB

    Ronda Rousey must be single. I never see her with a guy. But it must be hard to find a guy that is not intimidated by her. She could kick just about any guys butt. I know she scares me.
    The Cubs have won 5 games in a row. It feels like they haven't won 5 games in a row since I lived in the Chicago Area 36 years ago. I know it was back in 2008 but sure feels like a long time ago.
     All the NFL camps are open and soon the preseason games will start. All preseason games are is a way to keep your own players from killing each other. UNWATCHABLE!!! (I know that's not a word, but it's my blog) I really hated two-a-day practices, but it made men out us. Hey, maybe that is the problem with these kids today. I don't know.
    Cograts to Troy Merritt for winning his first PGA tournament. Just think 25 years ago the top 5 golfers would win over a million dollars for the year. Mr. Merritt won $1.2 million yesterday. Inflation? Tiger Woods put together 3 good rounds out of 4 and TV loves it. They just wish he was still playing when they come on the air. They did, however, show highlights of his round. We all need our Tiger fix.
MIB44

It's Fixed

    When I was growing up my dad, watching any sports on TV, would say, "It's Fixed". "The league wants that team to win. " "The TV people need this guy or that team to win." My brother and I would look at each other, and not in words mind you, but thought in our minds, "dad was crazy". Well it might be that I'm getting old and cynical but I think the "fix" is in.  If Tom Brady's suspension was reduced to 1 or 2 games he would be playing against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4. America"s Team dodges the bullet again. My dad would say the league needs the Cowboys to make the playoffs. I am a Cowboy fan so I'm happy: Garoppolo or Brady is a no brainer. But I don't understand how deflating footballs is a 4 game suspension. We have had several murderers and rapists that played in the league and didn't get 4 games suspensions. I know Goodell is the "New Sheriff" in town but really. Ok, I did hear that they(The NFL) wanted two former Eastern Illinois QBs to face off in a real NFL game. NOT REALLY!!!! It might be a fluke or it could be I'm turning into my dad but this smells fishy. Just sayin'

Poker

   Many of my friends play poker, specifically Texas Holdem'. My live poker night is on a extended break so I was going to start a poker game on Sunday nights for all my facebook friends. It is an online "play money" poker league. I had one before and it work for a while but kind of fizzled out. So if you are interested in playing in my poker league send me a message or comment on this post and I will send you the info. There are about 4 people already in the league but that's not really enough if one or two can't show up one week. I play poker just about every day on Pokerstars so if there is not enough interest that's ok. But please don't send me game request on Facebook, I don't play any Facebook games, including poker.
    If I hear another word about Tom Brady's suspension I might throw up. Enough already. DUI + Marijuana usage = 2 games, deflate some footballs = 4 games??????
MIB44

Toby Mac

  I pre-ordered Toby Mac's new record last night and I thought I would get 3 songs off the record now. Well I didn't get 3 I got 4. So I was pleased to be able to listen to some of the record already. The record comes out in a few weeks.
  My daughter, Courtney Jackson, reminded me of one of my favorite, old, records this morning. "Listen" by Cindy Morgan. I listened to it again and have to get in my old iTunes and find that record. It is still good. The music is not even dated like some Christian music from the 90's.
   And NFL camps are opening all this week. I can almost taste the grass again. Yes I said "taste". If you've ever played football you know what I mean. Now they have to taste those rubberized pellets in the field turf, yuck.
MIB44

Monday QB

   Like I said yesterday Lexi Thompson is only 20 years old and has won 5 times on the LPGA now. Well Jordan Spieth turns 22 years old today. He also has won 5 times on the PGA Tour, two of them majors. I think the future of professional golf is going to very good. Jordan Spieth is my new favorite golfer to root for especially in the majors. When Rory McIlroy comes back we might have a great rivalry to watch.
    BTW I spent some of my birthday money to get a new Super Stroke grip on my putter. Same kind Jordan Spieth uses.

Thoughts for Sunday

    Has Lexi Thompson been on the LPGA for a long time, seems like it.....But she is only 20 years old and has won 4 times and going for the win in Grand Rapids today.
    Toby Mac's new record is coming out Aug 7th but if you go to iTunes and pre-order it you get 3 songs before the release. I think I will do that.
     Anyone have any thoughts on RG III. I traded him in one of my keeper fantasy football leagues for Carson Palmer.
     Hern, Bubba, or Jason Day? Hern is the Canadian at the Canadian Open.
    USA men's soccer team lost again in the 3rd place match of the Cobcacaf Gold Cup, what's up with that? I didn't get to see that game but where is Altidore?
MIB44

Pet Peeves (Just A Few)

Messing with my shoe laces
People trying to talk about sports when they don't have a clue
Full price athletic shoes
Prosperity gospel (Jesus never owned anything)
Mascots
Cable TV companies
FIFA Referees

MIB44

Liberty University Football

  Some of you might know that I played football at Liberty U. back in the day(leather helmets?). Well I am now a huge supporter of the program. I am a Flames Club member and go to as many games as possible. Each year the football program plays at least one big 5 FBS football game on the road of course. Last year UNC was the game. They have played NC State and Wake Forest in recent years. I have been going to those games. This year they are playing at West Virginia in Morgantown, I can't make that trip but the Flames are opening at home this year against Delaware St. and I am going to that game. I will try to go to at least 2 or 3 more games including Homecoming in Oct.The Flames Football program is in the Division I FCS (used to be 1AA) and are ranked in most of the preseason polls. The highest ranking I have seen has them at 12th. I am so excited about this upcoming season. Last year was the first playoff appearance and first playoff win so expectations are high. And one more thing. The football program has met all the requirements to jump to the FBS. Just waiting for a conference to vote them in. Just missed getting in the Sunbelt Con. last year. If you want to follow the Liberty football program or any of their other 23 division 1 sports programs you can go to: libertyflames.com
MIB44

Hank Murphy's Record

     At my church, The Summit Church, we have more talented people than you can imagine. Many have written books and songs that we regularly sing in our worship time. What I like the most I think is the fact that none of the proceeds from the sale of any of them go to the creative individual. The money is all funneled back into the church ministries, Which brings me to the latest talented person. One of our worship leaders at our Brier Creek campus, Hank Murphy. He just released a record on iTunes called "Smplfy". This is kind of a review and a plug.
    I was telling some folks the other day that it is a "cross" between Toby Mac and Justin Timberlake. The music is modern and upbeat and sprinkled with Rap. But you won't find any gangster stuff in here. The record is chocked full of uplifting insight into life and our struggles against sin and ourselves. And it is definitely worth $4.99(remember all the $ goes back to the church) So this might not be your favorite style of music but you might know a young person or music junkie like me that would be thrilled with this record. My only problem with the record is, it's not long enough. I wish it was not just 4 songs. (EP)  Did you notice there is no "I" in Smplfy, because it's really not about us it's all about our God.
MIB44

Sports, CCM, and stuff I like.

     I don't know if anyone will ever read a blog from an old guy who usually flies under the radar. But I do know that all the cool kids blog and tweet and post and the list goes on and on. So here goes.... I'm just gonna blog about stuff I like. You might agree or not but that's not the point. The point is I might have something in my little pea brain that makes since. I'm not going to blog too much about my strong faith based convictions or conservative political leanings, that's no fun. I probably will have enough controversy on my sports teams I root for, not to mention my opinions on "real sports fans". (That's for a later blog) 
     Today I just want to mention Zack Johnson winning the "Open" (I still want to call it the British Open). I root for lots of different golfers who play on the PGA Tour, but mostly the Professed Believers in Christ. Zack is one of those guys. So I was pleased when he won although I'm a big Jordan Spieth fan. You might not like Tiger Woods but I always root for him too. Back to Zack ...He was emotional after the win and I like that. It might make a lot of folks uncomfortable but that softness of the mans heart, I believe comes from knowing what life really is all about. From a small town in Iowa to the birthplace of golf what a story. My hats off to one of the shortest hitters on the PGA tour that has found a way to win 10 tour events including two majors. 
      Well, I don't know how often I'll post on this here blog but I think I might have a few things to say so check it out. Below is a list of topics I'll talk about and things you can ask me about. I'm not Wikipedia so don't ask anything that's too hard.

Anything in the sports world (I mean anything)
Contemporary Christian Music
TV, Movies,The Theater
Liberty University
Books