So today I’m doing a bit of cheating. I was reading through some old posts from last year and I came accross this one. The date is Thursday, May 16, 2004 - It’s amazing how time flies when you have kids… Enjoy!

As I type I’m listening to Kara tell me about Malachi’s comments and questions over the last 24 hours (my wife and 3 children are with family in Little Rock this week). Apparently, my Son is getting curious about life and death. Oh yeah…. by the way- he just turned 5!!!

“Will the earth be destroyed? Will I die? What will happen to my body when I go to heaven? My skin’s gonna peel off?”

“Will God make someone just like Lita (Spanish equivalent of Granny)? I’m gonna miss my Lita and Lito when they die! My Lito needs to quit eating white bread and tortillas and stuff that turns to sugar in his blood (My Father is diabetic, and Malachi is quite educated when it comes to his diet and insulin).” So Dad… if you’re reading- quit eating all that Pan Dulce (Bread)

It’s amazing how alert that little boy is…. I just thought I would share-

Can’t wait till my skin peels off…. Brian

I am convinced there is a “Spending Dust” that Wal-Mart sprinkles in the air right around this time. Do they wait for the cold air to make it’s way down, or do they just have a magic little fairy that knows when to come out spray?

As I walked through the world’s largest retail store today I noticed that all the latest and greatest toys, gizmos and gadgets are displayed the minute you walk through the door. Not to mention that the electronics department is lined with complete seasons of popular network tv shows (They had seasons 1-4 of the West Wing!) I’m sure you’re thinking that this is going to lead to some bash-Wally-World article, but it’s not- truth is… I’m just excited it’s getting to be that time of year again. It is the “most wonderful.”

I guess it started when I was about 8 or 9. I couldn’t concentrate. It was like there was a really good show going on and I was captivated by it, but if a guy turned on a flashlight in the back corner of the room, then I had to go “check it out”.

Well, that’s the way it’s been now for almost 20 years. I’m on track… focused… productive… then I my nose catches the scent of grilled hamburger and my mind goes to Burger King‚Ñ¢ and how nice it would be to get a Big King‚Ñ¢ meal right about now. Then I start to think about how when I was a kid I used to say “Burber King” and how my whole family would laugh and make me say it again, all the while thinking I didn’t know the difference and didn’t realize they were laughing at me. Then I think about one time when my sister, Maria and I were acting like we were reporters and that a huge new obsession with the word “booger” had hit the world. “Yes, that’s right Brian,” she said “Burger King has decided to change their name to Booger King!” Then I followed up with “Maria, I’m hearing rumors that New York may in fact be contemplating the change from The Big Apple to the Big Booger.”, and so on and so forth.

Ahhh those were the days…. When all i had to do was eat, sleep and go to school… wow…. when was that? I think it was around August 1987 when my family was making the move to Texas from Boston (Go Red Sox). I had my hair “buzzed” back then. I remember the barber that used to cut my hair.. he had a funny mustache. You know who else had a funny mustache?…. the guy at the ice cream place by my uncles house… his had a curly whirly one… you know… handle bars…. OH… and the place accross the street from the ice cream place had a really damp feel about it, and the only thing I would buy from there was those crunchy hot stick chips.. what were those called again? They were somehow associated with the comic where the little scronny guy always came home drunk to his ugly fat wife… what was the name of it? Let me run a Google‚Ñ¢…

Yeah- seriously folks… my mind works like that- that hard- that fast- that scattered… ALL THE TIME. I’m not kidding. In fact- I was actually working on one of the websites this morning, when I heard the Email notification go off. I checked my email, noticed I had some emails in quarantine, noticed one was from my brother, Ron (a comment on my blog) and decided to check it. I thought to myself “I need to blog” and here I am.

Not so bad, but I’ll be doing something else an hour from now that has nothing to do with Websites. In fact Burger King‚Ñ¢ is sounding pretty darn good right about now… I remember the time I was in a Burger King‚Ñ¢ in Lynn, Massachusetts…….

Well, I guess it is inevitable… Every parent and grandparent in the world MUST post pictures of their children. Even “Pops” Floyd does it!

I think it’s mandatory as a parent. It’s taught at parent school. It’s a requirement to keep your children. So…. yes, I have added some pics of the kids on the "My Photos" page. Take a look-see and let me know what you think.

I’m beginning to wonder if JJ Abrams is secretly planting christian story lines on his hit TV show "Lost". One could sit for hours at a time and examine each episode, drawing dozens of parallels to our lives as Christians. Here’s a great clip. Although I really want to explain, I think the best thing to do is let you watch it for yourselves. Make of it what you want-

Well… after several people had issues with the video, I decided to take it down until I can figure out the codec issue. I may just convert it to Flash and put it in a seperate file for you guys to view… but take my word for it now… it was cool

It’s crazy to me how mundane our lives are. Think about it. We work to pay our bills (or not). We eat to keep our bodies healthy (or unhealthy)… so we can work more (or at least give the appearance of working). Then we sleep to rest our bodies. When we wake up the next morning (or later on that morning) all refreshed (or not refreshed) we do the same thing over again.

It’s like we’re living life to the click of a metronome. "At this time I do this, then I do that- so I can be on time to make this"… and so on. It’s crazy… and don’t tell me your life isn’t that way. I don’t care what you do for a living, or how much you make- you’re playing the same game, only at a different level. The rules may be a little different, the stakes a bit higher- but it’s the same game… the same concept.

As weird as it may sound, this is the very thing that strengthens my faith. My life does have meaning… it is going somewhere… there is a happy ending (or happy non-ending). I don’t see how atheists stay sane…

Speaking (or writing) of atheists, Mark Twain once said "Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of." This quote is intriguing to me because it also reaffirms my faith, where as it was meant to derail it. Let me explain…

By definition of the Bible, the very word faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen". Hard to explain, but if you read it over and over again it will make sense. Guys like Twain refuse to believe because they have no concept of faith. They want everything to tickle all of their senses before they’ll give their stamp of approval. If they can’t see it, then it’s not there- it’s just in their head. Funny how that works really, since there is so much that does little for my senses, yet I know they are there: wind, oxygen, time…. Even more interesting is that these things which I can’t see or touch or smell play a more vital role than the things which I can.

Well it’s official: Things are once again beginning to change. In the span of a century, communication has advanced "light years". From the invention of the telephone and television, to the "how did we ever live without it" internet phenomenon. This week, we have seen what I believe to be the next evolution of the internet revolution: iPod video.

Sure- TiVo and other DVR’s have been around for a while, but for some reason this just takes it to the next level. You can download any episode of LOST for a minimal fee and watch it on your laptop at your convenience, or even take it to the gym on your new iPod. What a great idea! Now if only NBC would jump on the iPod bandwagon and put the West Wing episodes up for the last 7 seasons…. now that would be revolutionary.