10.  There were too many times that I wished the commentators were more positive.

9.  Do you know how songs get stuck in your head?  The one stuck in mine is “O Canada!”

8.  Watching the Olympics just made me want to watch more sports–and I’m not a sports junkie.  In one day, I watched the Olympics, English Premier League, and Rugby (Engand v Ireland) and Ireland WON!

7.   NBC: WIN for broadcasting the Olympics on multiple channels throughout the day and covering so many events.  CNN.com: FAIL on putting the box for the Olympics at the bottom right of your home page.  (And, yes, I saw the handful of links at the top of the page, but the Winter Games heading wasn’t a hyperlink to the Olympics page, so it’s still a FAIL.  I wound up going to CTVOlympics.ca and NBCOlympics.com.)

6.  Shaun White on the half pipe was crazy awesome–such great heights!

5.  Courage and determination in the face of adversity, are the marks of an Olympian, and a lesson for us all.

4.  The Norwegian Men’s  Curling team were quite the trend setters–loved the pants.

3.  Who anticipated that Curling would be the event that everyone talked about? (We Can Learn from Curling–Sports At Its Best)

2.  Couldn’t help but relish every moment of every event I could watch.  Hockey seemed to end too quickly.

1.  Not everyone will win a medal, but everyone can have the time of their life–including the spectators.  Thanks to all of the Olympians and especially to Team USA.

I’m on the web…a lot.  I work as a web designer, ontheweb.simplybridges.com, (working on a new design for this site, but that’s another story) and so it’s my job to be online.

Granted, while I’m working, I’m not surfing, but after the workday I surf to find articles that can help me get through the work day, be more creative, and enjoy a better quality of life.

One of the sites that I love to use to get me going down a path that hopefully doesn’t turn out to be an informational dead end is stumbleupon.com. From their web site:

StumbleUpon’s mission is to help you discover the best content on the web, by showing you sites tailored to your interests whenever you press the Stumble! button. Among all the fun things you can do on StumbleUpon, sharing sites with your friends is perhaps one of the greatest assets of having our toolbar handy on your browser.

As you set up your account, choose topics of interest for you to stumble through.  This has been great in finding web sites with great information that I would have had a tough time finding.  Also, if you find an article that you like, it can be easily added to your favorites for future viewing.  If it’s the first time the article has been “liked” you get the honors to add it for all to see.

Have fun!

I feel like I’m tangled in a mess of details and noise.

Gunk and garbage accumulated during the week gives me that much more to do.

Deadlines.  Unfinished work.

Things to do here.  Clutter to clear up there.

Movement is hurried and time seems short.

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.  Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 10:38-42

Sit down.

Be still.

I pray that my thoughts and actions begin, end, and are permeated with the love and grace of God.

After reading this tribute by E. LeBron Fairbanks (Download the PDF here) to Dr. Jerry Lambert, on his retirement from Education Commissioner Church of the Nazarene, titled “AN ATTITUDE OF ACCEPTANCE”, I just had to post it to share.

The tribute gave me an opportunity to really look at Romans 15:7 and consider how I live out this verse in my daily life.

Accept one another then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

I’ve read this verse a number of times, but with E. LeBron Fairbanks tribute, my understanding was taken to new depths and I pray that it will change the way I approach tomorrow…and all my tomorrows.  Please read the tribute, and I pray that together, we can live a life that brings praise to God.