Who's on First?

New Game

So my little brother blogged about this new game that he is playing and wrote about how it relates to the Christian life. I would encourage you, before you play the game, to read what he had to say and think about that as you play the game. Below is his blog post, you can also read it here.

The Lastest Sensation That Is Temptation

I have been addicted to this Internet game as of late. It is called Bubble Breaker. It involves shooting colored "bubbles" that match up with the other "bubbles." When you get three or more bubbles matched up, they explode. So there are a bunch of bubbles randomized and it spins around like a wheel when you hit it. There are times when you can break off many bubbles at once when you break the bubbles that all the other bubbles are attached too. What seems to me is that at random times more and more bubbles with add on to the wheel, usually that the most inconvenient places. If you eliminate all the bubbles in the wheel you go onto the next level which is worth more points.

There are many elements that hit me about this game. In order to move on you must have a balanced, aggressive, yet conservative strategy. You must cut to the middle of the wheel to try to break off all the bubbles attached to the source. You learn from your mistakes and become better the more you play. Even when you fail, you are immediately greeted with a "Try Again" button.

For me it relates to life. At times, you feel surrounded with doubt, pride, lust, struggles, and loneliness. So you start to chip away at it because you want to be better than that. So slowly you get closer and closer to where you want to be. The wheel starts spinning and you aggressively attack issues but are always aware of surrounding temptations. The devil has no hold on you because you have a mighty cross. And when things seem to be going so well more bubbles come in the most inconvenient time. You take a hit, and as you start to fall backwards, the devil laughs in your face. What seems to have been going so well suddenly comes to a halt. You battle on longer and longer hoping for some miracle that you make it, but you don't. Failure comes, you have fallen again, and have sinned again.

It was going so well, things were looking up. If only there was another shot. Then a man named Jesus comes up and hands you a "Try Again." So you try and try again, because you long to be like Jesus, perfect and mighty, yet you never seem to succeed. Further and further you come along as you learn from past mistakes and cut to the source of the problems while chipping away at the outside. Failure is inevitable, but the forgiveness and grace of your Saviour encourages you to strive, to go further.

And so it goes, the never-ending fight with breaking yourself down and making Jesus the center of your life. When there are no outside bubbles, your heart is exposed. People see who you truly are and Jesus is reflected throughout. Though at times the bubbles will pile on more and more, the levels will get harder and harder, but you know with confidence your mission throughout this story called life is your Savior.

Try again and again here.

is sugar to blame?

I found this article very interesting! Being a Kinesiology major I'm also very proud of this article!

Favorite Commercial!

The Immune System

Here are some links and video's on the Immune System...

Antibody Immune Response Video

My Utmost For His Highest

Post a comment and answer this question: what does the phrase "My Utmost For His Highest" mean to you as a Christian?

Keyboarding Games

The following links are for my 8th grade Keyboarding Class.

TyperShark

Keyboard Playground

More Games

Winning the right way

i found this article about a basketball team that won 100-0, but to their credit they are asking for a forfeit because they were down right mean...

Only Joking?

Proverbs 26:18-19

Like a madman shooting
firebrands or deadly arrows

is a man who deceives his neighbor
and says, "I was only joking!"

The Endocrine System

here is some information on the Endocrine system! again, feedback would help me out a lot!

Link One (click on organs to read about them)

Link Two

Link Three (a good video description of the Endocrine System)

Our President

Sometimes i wonder if American's understand who they voted for. In this article it talks about a confrontation Obama has already had with a member of the press.

Urinary System

So far i'm 2 for 2 on posting things for Biology, hopefully i'll be able to keep this up for you guys. Also, please respond with comments and let me know if you like this or not. Let me know what's good, what doesn't work, or any other suggestions you may have..

a cheesy video, but good facts none the less...

A Pig disection (sorry erin) which points out the organs of the excretory system.




just look past the cornyness of the below video, it has good information in it...

Integumentary System

One of the things I want to do more of this semester is to post more Biology related material on my blog for you guys to look at. This way you can learn about what we're talking about better because let's be honest, i'm not that great. Anyways, below are some links for the Integumentary System...

Link 1

Link 2 (click on links for slides)





Chapter 10 - Integumentary System

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My Day Off

What did i do on my 3 day weekend...i played sim city 4 and loved it, and i watched football!

text messaging, part 2

as promised, here is a video about the text messaging maniac!!!! crazy!!! heck out the stats on the guys bill!!

text messaging

so i heard on KVNE during the news segment about a 13-year old girl from California who used 14,000 text messages in one month. They said she averaged about 400 a day. Which, if you ask me, is insane! I'm pretty happy with my 250 text per month plan...but 400 a day, honestly? I'll try to find the news article for you guys...

Study Tips

During my days as an RA (resident assistant) i gave all my residents some study tips to help them during finals week. So without further delay here are some of my study tips for you, my beloved students!!

Drink plenty of water

Get Plenty of rest

Dress comfortably

Put first things first!

Minimize distracting noise

75 watt bulbs are best

Better cool than warm

Have plenty of room to work; don't be cramped

Just take one step at a time

Don't worry; worrying won't help anything.

Relax!!!

your next job?

in case you're going to be looking for employment anytime soon, i suggest you check out this possibility.

Christmas 2009

So, instead of sitting here and typing out what i did all break i'll just give you this link to some pictures i've already posted. I hope you all had a wonderful break and i'll see you tuesday!