BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

• Sometimes when God is growing my heart, the whole room/city/world around me starts to feel like it has shrunk proportionally. #
• Got out for a jog this evening. My legs are killing me, this interval week is tough. At least I got out before the rain tomorrow. #
• Just pulled a 2" ball of goo and hair out of the shower drain with a coat hanger. When the water level got up the ankles I said "enough." #
• I signed a petition to FreeMyPhone: http://www.freepress.net/FreeMyPhone #freemyphone #iphone #AT&T #
• Trying to decide when to go see Transformers 2 … decisions decisions. #
• Ebert says Transformers 2 sucks. Not surprised, cuz Bay sucks, and the first movie was probably fun by accident. #
• "I'm sorry Mom and Dad, I can't come visit, I'm in Spain." Heidi on the topic of living close or far from parents and inlaws. #
• What happened to all that rain they said we were going to get Hoping for slightly cooler weather Thur, cuz that is when I jog next. #
• Not good. @msofficeus, Outlook 2010 won't render HTML emails correctly. Why can't we have a good option. Visit http://fixoutlook.org and RT #
• Someone knocked the driver-side rear-view mirror off our car, and didn't leave a note! WTF! Who does that!?!?!? #
• RT @anthonycoppedge: I need pastors, worship leaders & creative arts people to help with a burn-out situation. http://budurl.com/HelpingCarl #
• RT @wilw: Blog comment: "A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." E. Ionesco #
• http://is.gd/1cmLm Basically MS says – We could support standards, but since there isn't one and we are a monopoly in office productivity #
• A million thanks to Bri, who is the only one besides Lauren & I who showed up from my small group to feed starving kids. #
• I don't like praising MS for anything, but the Zune HD does look pretty cool. OLED display for the masses… finally. #
• I can sync my iphone w/ work and home computer now – all is right with my day. Schmelzer returns to the iPhone (Fix your podcast Boston!) #
• Thinking hard about an upgrade to windows 7 when it is released. Introductory upgrade price for Home premium = $50. #
• Oh, GoogleVoice invites are going out today! I like that. Maybe it is time to switch my phone number in case the iphone goes away from AT&T. #
• Thinking about seeing Transformers 2 Friday night, or sometime Saturday. Who is interested in coming with me? #
• RIP King of Pop. Your zany antics will be missed by adults around the world, your good music already was. <does thriller dance in memorial> #
• Made it about a block & 1/2 farther during today's interval jogging / walking. Very afraid of next week – week 5 o. Podrunner intervals. #
• Ah Friday. You are bitter-sweet when I'm running behind at work. Next week off, so time to re-paint the south window frames. #
• Just pre-ordered Windows 7 for $50. Happy B-day to me (belated) http://is.gd/1elyI #
• BTW, if you are interested in Windows 7, it is a pretty sweet upgrade from Vista and XP, and it is on super-sale for a limited time. #
• Best thing Wikipedia has over regular encyclopedias – TV episode guides. Remember all those favorite episodes so you can rent them again. #
• FYI for those interested in Windows 7 at a cheaper price http://bit.ly/sn0ZJ #
• OMG Fox! Could you put more commercials in this. The current show-to-commercial ratio has to be about 1:1 at this point in Virtuality. #
• Went a little further in a little less time today. I love measurable improvement. A little worried about my joints. #
• I meant to say 'farther' not 'further' in the last tweet. Stupid grammer nazi x-roommates, mother, & wife, have me catching my own mistakes. #

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• Watched Milk last night and thought "we should strive to stop defining our religion by what we are against, and switch to what we are for." #
• Woke up late this morning so I ran b4 dinner instead. Need to keep this jogging more regular to drop the lbs. Coming up on -45 since Jan. 1. #
• I think as long as my joints and shins hold out until I hit a less 'impacting' weight I could actually get into this jogging thing. #
• It is still funny, because the squirrel gets dead. #
• Chillin @ the riverside clinic w/ Lauren, waiting for the doc & strep test results. Next on to work for a fun day of documentation writing. #
• Want a Free Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder from @twit2win? Visit http://twit2win.com for details. Please Retweet. #
• I'm a document writing, BOM creating, print revision-ing mo-fo today. Now if I could just get a quick nap … #
• Jeremy Riddle, July 11, River Heights Vineyard. Block your calendars. Details and ticket pricing info coming soon. #
• Don't be fooled kids, Dr. Dre, like Dr. Pepper, is not a real doctor. #
• Jogging in the afternoon = good; wanting to run more for the first time ever = good; shin splints = very bad #
• Ice and ibuprofen seemed to help the shin splints. Not too bad today. I think maybe I need to change my jogging form. Any suggestions? #
• RT @woot $44.99 : Jawbone 2 Bluetooth Headset http://www.woot.com – One of the better bluetooth headsets for a killer deal. #
• I don't think ISPs realize how dangerously close they are flirting with having their municipal monopolies turned into regulated utilities. #
• Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click – http://helpiranelection.com/ #
• Ready for it to be Friday. So far I'm keeping roughly on my planned schedule for this week – that is a first I think. Time management FTW! #
• I'm afraid that things Iran are about to get way crazier. Shame on ppl in power for stealing this election and trying to gloss over it. #
• Switched my weekly interval program today. 3min & 5min runs x 2 w/ less walking than running for the first time. Very tired. #
• Who wants to do something tonight? I'm getting kicked out of the house in favor of a womans creativity night. #
• RT @mattfarina: go home, IE6! http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/3629069606/sizes/l/ (via @codinghorror) #
• Going to the Simpsons to help move a bed into the house. Excited cuz I haven't got to hang out w/ them in a while. #
• So very glad @simpsonian didn't fall off the roof last night while we hauling the bed thru the window. Good times, awesome bed he built. #
• Very sore today. Shins, arms, toes (no idea why toes). And I gained weight according to the scale (no more late night snacks for me). #
• Thinking about VLI, and keep my 40+hr/week job. Need stories, thoughts, opinions and suggestions on the topic. #

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• http://is.gd/TaRJ This is possibly the worst set of protest signs I’ve seen – or at least ties some of the gay-bashing ones I’ve seen. Sad. #
• Excited that facebook started showing my imported notes in my friends newsfeeds. Check out ur notes feed & see if there are some u missed. #
• Apple’s new macbook/pro/air lineup with new prices is super-competitive for the features (not to mention you get OS X). #
• AT&T sucks. They, like all other American cell providers, think way to highly of themselves and their dated business models. #
• It amazes me how far US business are willing to go to NOT harness the power of innovative products like the iPhone. #
• Line6 Guitar/amp control software for the iPhone. My brother Aaron is freaking out now that he can’t afford the data plan. #
• $100 for the 8GB iphone my wife has, and paid twice as much for. Now if AT&T would get a better data plan costs, we’d be in business. #
• Having gadget envy again. This time it is the REALLY stupid kind, as opposed to the normal kind. I’ll get over it. Damn Apple. #
• Every once in a while, particularly while reading about how Jesus loves people, I can feel myself getting more liberal. I think I like it. #
• “… building trust is a means of transforming confusion into clarity.” Andrew Marin from ‘Love is an Orientation.’ #
• Me: I WANT TO GO HOME DAMNIT! iPhone&iTunes: MWAHAHA, our progress bar during sync will move excruciatingly slow, MWAHAHAHA!!!! #
• Good times at small group tonight. The only down side was that I was really tired the whole time. Need to get to bed earlier or something. #
• I may have installed the leaked iPhone 3.0 OS onto my iphone last night, and I may enjoy writing notes and emails in landscape … or not. #
• John Piper is on twitter now – I think that officially means I need something newer and hipper to feed my narcissism. Suggestions? #
• hmmm, upgrading the iphone to 3.0 after jailbraking and using winamp to update my library may have hosed my library. Trying to fix it. #
• On the iPhone 3.0 software there is a button to change speed of podcasts to 1.5x, 2x, and 0.5x. Pretty sweet! Discovered that this morning. #
• Definitely enjoying the features of the iPhone 3.0 update now that I got my music library issues sorted out. Copy-&-Paste FTW! #
• 2 chickens 2 dinners. 1 cut in half and BBQd for an hr., the other will get a beer can shoved up it’s butt and put on the grill for 3 hrs. #
• Lauren is calling in sick to work today – I feel bad for her, and this does not bode well for the busy weekend we had planned. #
• Digital TV transition today. If you don’t have an HDTV, or a converter box and you watch TV w/ an antenna your TV is about to go all snow. #
• RT @fuliefaye let’s think of and take positive actions now, like @wearepuny’s idea: http://tinyurl.com/gigagirls #prosnotprudes #
• http://www.youtube.com/user/BigCat2k The pieces Lauren performs will always be uploaded here. Latest is from the Fallout Urban Art center. #
• It would have been cool if apple would have made the logo on the back of the iphone translucent and double as a camera flash. #
• Just scored http://www.facebook.com/bigcat – I love being the person with my fav nickname w/o a number! #
• Bummed Lauren wasn’t feeling up to @simpsonian & @jenhiccups. But I still cooked my chicken. Sorry I wasn’t able to share. Try again soon. #
• Trying to get the motivation up to go outside and job before I have to mow the lawn. #
• Switched to a week w/ 2 x 90sec run/walk intervals, and 2x3min run/walk intervals. Good lord am I out of shape! #
• 2x podcast listening while driving or mowing the lawn = Awesome! 2x podcast listening jogging where you run w/ the downbeat = Very Bad! #
• I’ve eating a retarded amount of chicken this week. Helped with the diet though (eating reasonable proportions probably helps too). #
• Good food & great friends. Beer butt chicken turned out alright, and I really love conversations with close friends. I’m blessed by them. #
• Had a great post-church lunch @ the park. Love subway, love the outdoors, love these people. #
• Sat in my hammock and read ‘Love is an Orientation’ this afternoon. Loving the book, hating myself and my religion for bigotry in the past. #

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• Monday morning meetings after a couple days of not being able to sleep well – this is going to be interesting trying to stay awake. #
• Larry Page’s graduation speech at Michigan. Pretty good, especially for Michigan. http://is.gd/LGeJ “healthy disregard for the impossible.” #
• I was gonna buy a Tesla Model S or a foreign car anyway. #GMFail #
• Very disappointed with how facebook doesn’t post imported notes to the newsfeed, wall, or notes newsfeed anymore. #
• The brand new scale likes me, doesn’t like Lauren. Says I lost weight vs the old scale pre-vacation. It’s BMI and %Fat says I’m obese tho #
• The new scale really liked me this morning. This made me happy, but now I’m really tired from waking up early and jogging. #
• Dragin’ arse late in the day. Time for diet caffination of some variety. Thinkin of leaving work b4 8hrs – make it up later in the week. #
• Had a great night chillin w/ the Hortons. Their new kitchen looks pretty sweet. #
• Just had an AMAZING dinner w/ Dale Hogan, and Bryan and Jammie Dawson, the new pastors of formerly Bluer, now Renewal Vineyard. Good times. #
• FYI, if you have an old TV and watch it w/ an antenna, you have 7 days to get a converter box or new TV. Digital TV transition is the 12th. #
• Just got my last paycheck before the salary cuts. Mixed emotions followed. Usually a payday is unequivocally good with check-in-hand. #
• Doing an interview at Bluer/Renewal Vineyard tonight @ 6. If you want to come by and support us and them info available @ http://is.gd/Qhbz #
• Really enjoying the tone in the first couple chapters of the book “Love is an Orientation” May actually begin to elevate this conversation. #
• Had a great night speaking at Bluer. Those are some great people at the church. I’m excited for what God is going to do with them. #
• Thinking about seeing ‘Up’ after church today. Who is interested? Thinking 2pm or 2:45pm showing @ Inver Grove Showplace. #
• “it is funny cuz the squirel gets dead” – Doug #
• “Why won’t you work silly spreadsheet!” – Actually said by Lauren and not me. #

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The spirit war says

“To the angel of the church in America write: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.”

This culture war draws lines, upon which we build fences and gates. In or out, right or wrong, pro or con.
The spiritual war’s only lines are the needle and thread connecting hearts and minds, like a multicolored spiderweb through our souls.

In this culture war we scream bloody battle cries, taunt our enemies, and then hew off the legs they stand on.
In the spirit war we see not the person as the enemy, but the rocky ground on which they stumble. We sheds tears over stubbed toes and twisted ankles. We toil relentlessly to dig out harsh gravel, smooth over dirty soil, pave a new path, and lay soft carpet over it.

This culture war says “Don’t go there, land mines await your every step.”
The spirit war says “If we don’t lead the way, how will the others know the safe path?”

This culture war says “If you look like them, you are one of them. They are dirty and unwashed.”
The spirit war says “You can’t stop the bleeding without staining your clothes red.”

This culture war claims governments as its ally, believes they are anything but strange bedfellows. Triumphant and proud they walk hand and hand, Souza keeps the time. Both believe when the dance begins they will lead.
The spirit war finds allies only in those with a limp. Crutches pile up at the door of the hall, sad waltzes skip on a broken record, repeating slow melodies for those who weep.

This culture war says “Look at our shiny buttons and nice clothes. If you look like us, you are one of us.”
The spirit war knows that it is hard to keep socks clean after many miles in shoes that don’t quite fit.

The spirit war says

“To the angel of the church in America write: Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love, and you have favored the rich and forgotten the poor. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Do not save the favored seats for the wealthy, and leave the poor outside or sitting near the door. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”

This culture war is scared. It cries out louder and louder, shouting over crashing waves just trying to be heard. As if its very existence is dependent on hearing the sound of its own voice. It clings desperately to every moment because its greatest fear is that this one will be its last.

The spirit war knows of this fear. The spirit war knows that this is the fear of drowning in a storm of your own making. “The power you fought so hard for is now a millstone around your neck. But I want to lift you up, swim you to shore on my back. Take my hand I’ve missed you in this journey we started together.”

The spirit war says “Together we asked for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses.”
This culture war replies “we’re still interested, as long as it doesn’t hurt our property values, or raise our taxes.”

The spirit war says “budgets are moral documents. Where changed hearts lead, checkbooks, hands, and feet follow.”

This culture war exclaims “Exactly! That is why we fight the moral evils with our money, and we protect the sanctity of marriage and human life.”

“Moral evils are seldom as simple as that. The present war we wage isn’t just angels and demons, sinners and saints. Humanity is everything in between.”

“But we love the sinner and hate the sin. We open up our doors to anyone who wants to come in. Isn’t that what He asked for?”

The spirit war responds: “I think you missed the beautiful complexity of it all. The sin comes with the sinner. He asks not for a division, an ‘either-or’, because people are ‘both-and’. When He said He was Alpha and Omega, beginning and end, dichotomy was far from His implication. He is the first and the last, but also every letter in-between. He is all of it all at once.”

The spirit war says

“To the angel of the church in America write: Right now you say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.’”