Jess borrowed a few videos from the library the other day and tonight we got around to watching Deja Vu to take a break from watching the Olympics all afternoon.

Wow. Loved it.

I nearly lost interest halfway through when the plot took a left turn and revealed what the movie was really all about, but instead of giving up I decided to accept the entertainment value of this science fiction craziness and enjoyed the remainder of the movie!

Jess and I were both trying to figure out why more people didn’t talk about this film when it came out originally. We’d recommend it to anyone who has taken a nap before watching – to be sure that their mind was clear enough to follow the craziness of the plot as it twists and turns. Don’t try and prove the movie wrong – it’s a movie.

Viewers should know that there was one “Titanic-esque” shaded-surveillance-nudity that made its way into the movie, too.

What a blast! Today was our annual church picnic at Our Savior’s Wesleyan. We had a blast! Literally!

Sure there was LOTS of setup and tear-down which is NEVER a fun task, but the effort was worth it. This year even featured my buddy Pat Kaboskey and his Civil War-era mortar which he loaded and fired piles of candy and plastic toys for the kids to enjoy! Here’s a video of that mortar in all its explosive-glory!


08.10.08 – Pat K’s Candy Mortar from navets on Vimeo.


Today, for the second-Saturday in a row, I joined with our church-staff in going door-to-door hanging door-hangers in two neighborhoods. Jess and Ella have both joined me each weekend and we’ve enjoyed making it a family-occasion. The door hanger is a means to tell people about our church, but we’ve also added another aspect to our door-hanging outings. If, by chance, we happen upon someone working the yard, tinkering on a car or just enjoying their front porch we’re attempting to engage them in conversation and ask them three crucial questions that we debrief on as a staff during lunch.
The questions:
01. “What would you say is the greatest need in our community?”
02. “Why do you think more people don’t attend church regularly?”
03. “Is there any event, program, or service we could offer at our church that might bring you through our doors?”

So far, the conversations have been great!

I designed the door-hanger, too. What’dya think?

NBC offers this highlight video of last night’s Opening Ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.

Popcrunch lists 10 great reasons to tune into this year’s Olympic games.

#’s 1, 4, and 10 are why I’m planning to watch!