Bliss....
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Tuesday, 30 June 09 - 02:53 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Quotes |
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Sad week.
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Friday, 26 June 09 - 02:47 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Politics and current events/issues |
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So long Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson. What an impact you've all made in the span of my lifetime. The kids had the question last night of "Who was more famous: Farrah Fawcett or Michael Jackson?" Well, that's a tough question - both were very famous and impactful in their own way. Our youngest wasn't quite grasping why all the media coverage (in his world at 9yrs old, these two haven't been that impactful) - but for my wife and I, growing up in the 70's and 80's, all three of these people had major roles in pop culture.
Also, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Ed Thomas and Mark Becker. Yes, we should be praying for BOTH families and the entire community of Parkersburg.
And finally - to Nick on the loss of his friend at the very young age of 27 to a battle with cancer. Way too young.
Thoughts and prayers to all.
What a gift!
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Wednesday, 24 June 09 - 02:52 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Religion/Faith |
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Some of you have probably seen this link from other sources (Mark's blog, Facebook pages, etc) - it's certainly making the rounds, but for good reason.
This young man goes to our Church and has an amazing gift of a beautiful singing voice. This link is from a performance at our Church this past weekend. It's a big church with about 7 or 8 (I lose track!) services per weekend, so this doesn't happen to be the exact performance we saw, but clearly, equally as good. Now, I happen to think that standing ovations have become too commonplace, but he got one - and deserved it! At the end of this clip, looks like he got one at the end of this performance too.
He has quite a story too - if I recall it correctly, never had a voice lesson. In fact, at one point (again if I recall it correctly) he was told "you're no good, give it up" Luckily for the rest of us - he didn't listen to that and decided to keep on singing! You go man! We'll keep on listening too!
This weekends performance and another recent performance are linked below. When you get to YouTube, you'll see other links to videos of him singing too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phRhrDauCos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNAa-y0bRJM&feature
That's what I thought...
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Monday, 22 June 09 - 09:18 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Things I Don't Agree With |
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Hate to say that I was right, but I was right.....
Thanks Lindsey for the follow-up link.
Strict?
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Thursday, 18 June 09 - 05:13 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Headlines that make me laugh |
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I didn't know that wearing underwear to work was "strict" dress code, but ok...
City to workers: Wear underwear, deodorant
New dress code instructs employees to observe 'strict personal hygiene'
Uplifting
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Wednesday, 17 June 09 - 06:46 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Quotes |
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"He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day needs to reorganize his life" -George Matthew Adams
check out this video:
http://www.allprodad.com/page.php?id=107
I'm experimenting with...
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Wednesday, 17 June 09 - 06:19 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Health/Fitness/Diet |
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...sleep. I haven't slept well in months. I know this is a fairly common problem, but it's never been my problem....until the last couple months.
I don't have trouble falling asleep, I have trouble staying asleep. I wake frequently, flip flop, roll around, stare at ceiling, laugh at my wife's snoring, watch the clock tick by, etc. If I get back to sleep, I'm right back up in an hour or less. I wake up a full hour or more before my alarm and then sit there waiting for the alarm to go off and looking at the clock every 3 minutes.
I don't eat much after about 7 or 8pm if I can help it. I don't typically work out at night. I drink very little caffeine at night. All common things that could cause you to be restless....
So, my wife read an article about how watching TV while in bed gets your mind going and senses going, so turning it off and then trying to immediately sleep is going to be hard. So, I'm on day 2 of not watching TV in bed. It hasn't helped much...yet. At least not that I can tell.
I'll stick with it for a week or so, but if it doesn't help - I'll go back to spending the 10 o'clock hour with Doug/Carrie Heffernin and Arthur Spooner....I think they miss me.
Not buying it....
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Wednesday, 17 June 09 - 06:10 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Things I Don't Agree With |
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Not buying it - sorry. I don't believe she "fell asleep" and awoke to find something other than she asked for. Also don't believe that she didn't agree to it up front. I don't think any reputable tattoo artist would change from "3 stars" to 56 without the client agreeing and the client was sleeping.
I just don't buy it at all. I think she thought it was cool - her Dad freaked, so she said she never agreed to it. Read closely - she wants to "keep the ones on her forehead" which if you look, is more than 3 too....not buying it.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526837,00.html
The truth is....it ain't that easy...
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Monday, 15 June 09 - 10:30 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Health/Fitness/Diet |
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Ever read/hear an interview with a "celebrity" who has one of those "perfect" bodies and the say something along the lines of "I hate working out, I rarely do" or "I'm just blessed, I can eat whatever I want and still look like this" ? Whatever. They have personal chefs, personal trainers, hair/makeup team, personal stylists, etc - basically a whole TEAM of people whose primary job is to make them look good every time they step out of the house!
A friend of mine and I were having an e-mail discussion the other day - we work out together and were talking about that and eating right and trying to lower bodyfat %, etc - and people who are looking for the quick fix, and he said (paraphrase): "Eat right and exercice, and that doesn't come in a pill"
Then I saw this article and thought Yes! Finally! A celebrity being honest about it.
"No one wants to hear the facts about weight loss. It’s simple. Take that bag of Doritos and throw it as far as you can. Now chase after it. Pick it up, do it again."
The truth is - it's not easy - it's downright hard! I don't mean this to offend anyone who is trying a special diet (I have too) or a weight loss pill. I'm just saying, if you don't eat right and exercise, all the rest isn't going to pay off. You don't have to do a "Spartan workout", run a marathon, or even a 5k...just do something. And if you don't like "health foods", try eating only half of everything you put on your plate, then walk away. Just do something, get moving, it will pay off.
Cigs vs. Jackhammers vs. Fast Food
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Thursday, 11 June 09 - 04:57 PM (GMT) By Chad Holtz in Things I Don't Agree With |
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I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or bang my head against the wall. Mark had this on his blog, but I feel the need to re-post vs. just link to him....
Read the caption and then look at the picture - see anything?!?!
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