Jul 11
Jul 03
The Ten Commandments as Kung Fu - this is too funny
The Ten Fortunes
Jun 21
Just finished launching the newly designed H.G Reynolds Company website. They are a construction firm based here in Aiken. I originally designed their first site back in 2003 and so it was pretty cool to be a part of the new design. Check it out at www.hgreynolds.net
Jun 16
Last week was very cool but man, I am wiped out. It began a week ago Saturday. Kim and I went down to Hilton Head and had some down time until Tuesday. She came back home while my week was just cranking up. We did the production for breakaway and wrapped yesterday (sunday). I drove back yesterday while Danny and Walter stayed to see Switchfoot. We had thought that we were going to get to do some production for them but all video for the concert got nixed earlier in the week. It’s a long story, but it wasn’t anything we did or didn’t do. Had to do with the promoter/booking stuff. I got pretty good sleep last night, but I am just wiped. It reminds me of the days when I would take students to youth camp or on a mission trip. those first few days are rough. Preaching this coming Sunday so I’m pretty pumped about that. May have to take several trips to Starbucks to help me through these next few days, though 
May 19
this past weekend Spencer and I got to hang out…..just the dudes. Kim and Hannah were at a mother/daughter retreat with Cedar Creek. We had a lot of fun hanging out. Our days were filled with totally guy stuff. All the things that a boy should experience: riding in a truck, going to Lowe’s, working out in the yard, taking a pile of junk to the dump, getting some slushies from Sonic, etc….Good Times.
Couple of things from the weekend:
- my wife is awesome…let me just say that. As I was doing some of the things that she normally takes care of, I was thinking in my mind how blessed I am. Not saying that b/c I didn’t like what I was doing. Just makes you appreciate someone more when you get to walk in their shoes, you know
- I love my boy…I really do. He’s so much fun to be around. He says some of the funniest things sometimes. I was wearing a ballcap and we were on our way to Lowe’s. He looks around and says, “I’m a man” while flexing his arms. Then in the next sentence, he says, “Oh no, I don’t have my hat.”…because that’s what a man should be wearing after all. Too funny.
- I could spend way too much money at Lowe’s.
- Spencer likes the red riding lawnmower’s at Lowe’s because “Red is my favorite color!”
- I’m amazed at what people throw away at the landfill. I got to admit, I got a little redneck-packrat while there. I saw a few things there that I actually considered throwing in the back. I saw two minibikes that looked in good condition and I was this close to snagging em’….seriously…no really…..
- Here’s our view from the truck below
May 09
Today, Richard, Blue and I drove down to Parris Island to watch Logan Marshall’s graduation ceremony. He is now officially a Marine. I even took photos to prove it. I had to see it with my own eyes I’m so proud of Logan. Logan was one of my interns in the student ministry at CCC when I was student pastor. Just the discipline that these guys display is unreal. Logan was saying that they had to walk everywhere it seemed. He said that the crucible (a 48 hour test of endurance, strength and willpower) they slept maybe 5 hours if that. I think he has lost a total of like 65 lbs through this whole process. He was excited and was definitely looking forward to going home for a visit.
Just to be on Parris Island for the first time and then to witness the ceremony is something that I am very thankful to have the chance to see. For me, it was almost like when you go to Washington DC for the first time. I just felt incredibly proud and blessed to be a citizen of the U.S. I’m sitting next to a man that was a retired Marine and a Pearl Harbor survivor……unreal.
To all of you who serve our country and lay your life on the line, thank you for all that you do. We get to experience the freedom that we do because of that service. Logan will be home for 10 days and then heads to Camp Lejeune for combat training. He’ll be at church Sunday in his dress blues so be sure to look him up.
Mar 30
Okay, for all the non-technical people out there, you may not want to read this post… I must warn you, boring tech talk ahead.
I edit in Final Cut Pro and often output to a Sorenson 3 Compression. Pretty common practice. I was editing one day here recent, went to export my project using quicktime conversion. Went to my options to chose Sorenson 3 and I about had a cow. My dearly loved Sorenson 3 compression setting was no where to be found. So were a few other settings. After digging around, I discovered the issue.
Apparently in one of updates for Quicktime, Apple thought it would be a good idea to not include some “older” compression settings in Quicktime. Apple is notorious for doing this time to time…I still love my macs :). Fortunately, they also included a solution if you need these archaic settings.
Solution: Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences. Chose QuickTime. Click on the Advanced tab. Check the checkbox “Show legacy encoders - Allows exporting using older codecs” and voila…..Sorenson is back baby!
Mar 24
Not only has life been crazy with the buildup to Easter, I’ve also been pretty busy with about 5 to 6 websites I’ve been designing. The latest one to launch is an E-Commerce store for Palmetto Cuties. It is up and running. I’ll post a few more of the new sites over the next week or two.
Feb 26
the multi-site practicum has been good so far. Had to step out for bit b/c of a headache. Chicago is pretty cool. Started snowing yesterday, and last night it snowed 5 to 6 inches. It is still coming down, too. It’s snowing sideways right now. I love it! Our flight out is tomorrow at 2:00 so hopefully we’ll be able to make it out okay. If not, we’ll be enjoying the snow some more in chicago Okay, I’m looking out the window and the wind is whipping the snow around and it is coming down in big fat flakes. Here are some photos:
The “cruiser” after the first snowfall
The view from my hotel room…just majestic
4 to 6 inches of snowfall and more on the way
Feb 04
Kim and I will have been married 13 years on June 10th of the this year. When we married, we brought in to the marriage probably a combined consumer debt of about $24,000. Now that’s not too terribly bad considering I personally know people who have had close to $100,000 in personal debt, much of which is credit card debt. We set out by combining our debt into one card with a lower interest payment and making the minimum payment with an occassional $50 added in there here and there. At that rate, we would have easily paid of our debt by 2030. We later bought a house, bought a new car and had even more debt. But, that is what everybody does right?
One day I was driving around in my car, and I heard a guy named Dave Ramsey on the radio. His show was about money, he had some funny stuff on his show, but this dude was all about something I had not considered too much: Being Debt Free. I was thinking “Is this guy for real? Can people actually do that?” Well, I was hooked and couldn’t stop listening. People would call in to the show, some that were in some huge debt. Then, some would call in and he would let them scream “I”M DEBT FREE!!!!” Wow, I began to say, “I want to be there someday.” Fast forward through many dumb decisions, and by the Grace of God (and I mean that) and paying off some serious debt, we don’t owe anything except for our home.
That’s why we drive older cars…they’re paid for. If they give up the ghost at some point, then we’ll take what we have in our car fund and emergency savings and buy what we can, even if it is a “garage sale car” until we can save up enough for a nicer one. We’re still working on saving up 3 to 6 months savings, but we’re getting there.
If you are in debt and are tired of it, I would highly recommend picking up Dave’s book Total Money Makeover and be sure to check out his website. There are a lot of great resources there, too.
“…. the borrower is servant to the lender.” Proverbs 22:7
