Fabulousness: January 2009

Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

"As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did.

In his very nature he was God. Jesus was equal with God. But Jesus didn’t take advantage of that fact. Instead, he made himself nothing. He did this by taking on the nature of a servant. He was made just like human beings. He appeared as a man. He was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death. Even worse, he died on a cross!

So God lifted him up to the highest place. God gave him the name that is above every name. When the name of Jesus is spoken, everyone will kneel down to worship him. Everyone in heaven and on earth and under the earth will kneel down to worship him.Everyone’s mouth will say that Jesus Christ is Lord. And God the Father will receive the glory." Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

A Balmy 9 Degrees

As it has been extremely cold here of late (-30°F without the windchill), and is now fabulously warm at 9°F this morning, I thought I'd post a funny all about Minnesota...

Minnesota Temperature Conversion Chart

60° F.: Southern Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Minnesotans sunbathe.

50° F.: New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
Minnesotans plant gardens.

40° F.: Italian and English cars won’t start.
Minnesotans drive with the windows down.

32° F.: Distilled water freezes.
Crane Lake’s water gets thicker.

20° F.: Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats.
Minnesotans throw on a flannel shirt.

15° F.: New York landlords finally turn up the heat.
Minnesotans have the last cookout before it gets cold.

0° F.: All the people in Miami die.
Minnesotans close the windows.

-10° F.: Californians fly away to Mexico
The Girl Scouts in Minnesota are selling cookies door-to-door.

-25° F.: Hollywood disintegrates.
Minnesotans get out their winter parkas.

-40° F.: Washington, D.C., runs out of hot air.
Minnesotans let the dogs sleep indoors.

-100° F.: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Minnesotans get frustrated because they can’t start their cars.

-460° F.: All atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale).
Minnesotans start saying, “Cold ‘nuff for ya?”

-500° F.: Hell freezes over.
The Vikings win the Super Bowl.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Digital Age

I thought this was too funny not to share...

On New Year's Eve, I was playing the Wii, and got so into playing, that we missed midnight.... At 12:02 a.m. 1/1/2009, we noticed we had missed the ball drop, so we changed the video channel to TV, and engaged the DVR and rewound the ball drop so we could drink our champagne and toast the New Year -- a little late!

P.S. - we broke our tradition and didn't watch a trilogy this year but watched Eagle Eye and played the Wii for hours on end!