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Creative Chaos - Something Out Of Nothing

In support of this week's Creative Chaos Post, I decided to show a few videos I made for the Canterbury Soccer Team's semi-state run. The great part of this is that I took news highlights from my DVR, copied it to my computer and then edited it down. Pretty easy and the kids loved it! Below are two different videos I did.

Why Men Are(Should Be) Happier - Another Blog Post Steal!

I came across the below blog post while "networking" amongst twitter friends and thought this was a GREAT post!

Consider this: Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. The world is your urinal. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. One mood all the time.

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.

Read more of Mike Foster's blog here.

Do You Twitter?

I recently came across this service thanks to Brook.  According to twitter.com, it is "a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?"  I use it as a microblogging service to supplement my blog with personal updates throughout my day.  It has been a cool way of connecting with various people all over the country.  The one person I had in mind when I signed up for this finally did, and this is what his first post was:

Can you feel the love?  Anyways, for those of you who want to follow my updates, you can do so at twitter.com/cjmills.  Even my smoking hot wife, who thinks I'm crazy for updating a thing called twitter, likes it....and why wouldn't she?  Now she can read my mind!

Phil Wickham - Amazing Cover

Listen to this from Phil's Blog - AMAZING.

Click here if the video doesn't play in your reader

Christians Who Love Beer?

I came across this site tonight. This blog, according to the author/founder, is dedicated to Christians who love beer. Now, I have no issues with beer (as long as you are legal and not abusing the drink), but I am slightly curious to see where this guy goes with this topic. Check out his Beer Tip Of The Week and the definition of Beerean below:

Beerean [bɪər-iən] - noun

a person who finds their whole passion, worth, and salvation in Jesus Christ and seeks to ever increase in their knowledge and enjoyment of beer.

Beer Tip of the Week - Episode 1 from Greg Qualls on Vimeo.

Date Night

Andrea and I are out celebrating a few minor victories this month. Mmmmm....Casa bread.....

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Sent from my Treo smartphone

Why first-born children have higher IQs - Times Online

My good friend Andy sent me this article link.  I have to agree with it because I am the first-born child...my daughter would agree if she understood what it was saying, but my younger brother and sister may not agree with it.  What do you think?

Quote from the above article:

A number of studies have suggested that IQ scores decline with birth order. In the most recent study, at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, researchers looked at men and women whose IQ had been tested at the ages of 5, 12, and 18.

The results, which show a trend for the oldest to score better than the youngest in each test, confirm the findings of a study at the University of Oslo, involving about 200,000 people. That showed that first-borns had a three-point IQ advantage over the second-born, who was a point ahead of the next in line.

The theory which enjoys the most support is that the extra time and patience that the earlier borns get from their parents, compared with those arriving later, gives them an advantage.

Top 10 Reasons

 In going along with the Creative Chaos Theme today, I thought I would share the video below that we made a few years ago to promote our CP Youth Ministry.  This video is a spoof of a spoof.

Burning The Stripes

When the weather heats up, so does my desire to be outside and work in the yard. I've developed a slight obsession with turf maintenance. Burning designs into my backyard makes the task of mowing a lot more fun. Last year was the first year of experimenting. Today marked the first step towards achieving the same result this year. Maybe I'll burn in a star for the 4th of July?


As a bonus, I thought I would share a photo of Jade playing in the color book application I have for my Treo. She has figured out how to change colors and get a new "page" already....crazy.