She also asked: If you could keep only three memories, what would they be?
Ooh,  That’s a tough one.  Like remembering where I put my keys?
1. The day I asked you to be my wife.
2. The night I saw a student freed from demonic possession at Laurel Pines in 2000.  Seriously changed my life forever.
3. Traveling to Australia/New Zealand with my choir in high school.  Not so much cause of the travel, but because I shared it with my mom, dad, and sister.  I feel like it seems so long ago that Vic was around that the memories kinda fade, so I would never wanna lose some of the great ones that I have, with him and the rest of my family.

On a lighter note, Steve asked: seriously do you still think the padres are better then the dodgers?
Umm…I plead the fifth.
Or should I say, sorry, I just hate the Dodgers.  Doesn’t even matter who the better team is in a given season.  The Padres are just better overall.

In Santa Cruz, everyone’s got a gimmick.  Now, this may not be on par with The Pink Guy or the pink Santa, but while some friends were here back in September, we saw this guy surfing at Steamers:

He then went ahead and gave us a nice pose for the camera.  Sliding into home.  Something the Giants aren’t very familiar with – home plate.

Oh yeah.  I’m a Padre fan.  They’re playing the Cardinals tonight.  Don’t care about the Cardinals, but the only time I feel like I should ever root for the Giants is if they’re playing the Dodgers.  Not sure who I’ll pull for tonight, but it will be fun.

AND…

Enough said.
19-0.  Let’s go Pats!

That’s my boy!
And appropriate pic.  Caleb dropping back as the QB while Ryan’s on the line protecting him.
Oakland won’t stand a chance when these guys are on the team!

Martyball isn’t lookin so bad anymore, is it AJ?  Dean?
Bring it back.  Nicely put in this article last week.

That guy moved his arms and legs alright!

He knew I was a Padres fan.  And he let me come and root or my team.  It didn’t help.  They got whooped.  Too bad we didn’t go last night.  They won.  Still up in the Wild Card race.  let’s go Pads!!

Tom and Annette Balch also have tickets and brought along Ed and Julie Tyler.  So we left the comfort of our club level seats and civil fans to join them in the outfield benches for most of the game.  Tom didn’t like sitting next to me.  Was afraid he’d get hit by a beer.  I figured it was a good way to get free beer.

Steroid Cove                                        Willie Mays


From the outfield benches                    The crew



From Club seats                                   Just cause

And here’s the shot that really makes you wanna heave…

Thanks again for the invite Jono!
Wild Card…here we come!

Preempted by

Raiders (2-14) vs Lions (3-13)

These heathens need Jesus.
Come on Fox!

ESPN.com – better than nothing.
And I have to listen to the Bears broadcast since you have to pay for the Chargers.  What the heck!?

UPDATE:

iChat saves the day…problem solved!

Thanks Steve!

Chasing History at the Cost of Character

It’s
finally over … recently in San Francisco Barry Bonds broke Hank
Aaron’s celebrated home run record. Barry Bonds has now hit 756
home runs. Unbelievable. A record that once seemed untouchable has now
been broken. On such a momentous occasion, it seems like sports fans
would be going crazy. But in reality there is a wide variety of
opinions regarding Bonds and his new record. Under a cloud of steroid
use accusations, the record seems tainted somehow. Now realize it has
never been proven 100% that Barry Bonds has used steroids. At this
point it is merely accusations which are based on some rather
questionable practices in the late 90s and early 2000s when Bonds
really began chasing history with extraordinary superhuman type
performances.

Bonds has always been a good, if not
great, baseball player.  But it was during those years in question that
Bonds emerged as baseball player extraordinaire. And it is the
accusations that surfaced from those years that will forever taint this
historic moment in baseball history.

As I reflected on this event, I am reminded of the absolute importance
of character.  At the end of the day, it does not matter what I have
accomplished in life if my character is in question.  It does not
matter how many home runs I hit, how many sales I make, how many
dollars I raise, how many people I attract, how big my organization
becomes, how broad my influence stretches, how many books I write, how
large my bank account is, how much I own, how many records I break, or
how big my church is.  What really matters is who I am as a person.

What really matters is who I am in the training rooms of life. What
really matters is who I am when no one else is watching. What really
matters is who I am when the door is closed and the wife and kids are
not around. What really matters is who I am when I am alone at the
hotel. That’s where character is truly tested and proven.

I can never break a record and still be a great dad.  I can never lead
the company in sales and still be a person of integrity.  I can never
live in a capacious house or drive a luxury vehicle or own extravagant
things and still be a person of character.  I can never lead a big
church or be CEO of the company and still be a faithful and loving
husband.  You see it does not matter if my name ever makes it to the
limelight. What matters is whether I am a man who is “blameless” and
“above reproach.”

God blesses both the righteous and the wicked.  Some times in life
those who seem to live life with no regard for God are those who
receive the most attention.  And those who are faithful men and women
of character go unnoticed …. or should I say unnoticed by other
people.  In reality character never goes unnoticed.  God is always
watching. 

It does not matter if you are in a pit in a field thrown there by your
brothers or imprisoned as a slave in a caravan headed for Egypt or
sleeping in the servant’s quarters of Potiphar’s house or being falsely
accused for a crime you did not commit or sleeping on the concrete
floors of an Egyptian dungeon or forgotten about by those who have made
you specific promises or if you are second in charge of the largest
kingdom on earth, character always matters and character never goes
unnoticed.

Did Barry Bonds use steroids to help him break the home run record? I
don’t know. I am not sure anyone will ever know for sure.  What I do
know is that his record will forever be marred by a man whose character
has been called into question.  In the last few years, Barry Bonds
always seems to come across as a jerk – his attitude, his reactions to
the media, his comments about other people, his demeanor, his public
persona.  Is that the real Barry Bonds? I am sure his wife and kids
would say no.  But for the rest of us there will always be questions.
Do you know why? Character matters.

When we die, it will not matter how many home runs we belted.  What
will matter are the relationships we will leave behind and whether we
ran the race to the end and perhaps more importantly, whether we ran
with character.

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Got to it in time to enjoy an interview with the greatest running back of all time as well.  (LT if you were wondering.)  Speaking of, enjoy this video I saw at my sister’s blog, in celebration of football season.  This video is SIC!

This is the year.  I feel it.  We’ll see how our new coach is…the one we stole from these sorry saps up here.  (Sorry Marc, I had too!) 

It’s Sunday afternoon.  Football is on.  I hear John Madden.  Life is as it should be once again.  Here’s to another 6 months of great sport!

Sing with me:  San Di – e -go…Super Chargers…

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