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Happy Birthday Mandy!

Mood: celebratory
Listening to: audio message (see below)

Today is my baby sister's birthday. I recorded this audio message for her to hear - feel free to listen, too:


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JIMM 55 - Somebody Wake Up, Learn to Fly, and Be Flexible

I just realized that I'd forgotten to post the link to last week's music show over here. DOH!

On that show Jennie and I talked about some stuff, and we were unexpectedly joined by Keisha, who had just awoke.

The title comes from the 4 music tracks that I played. Head on over to the podcast page for more details. A lot of fun - yes.

This Week's Show - Alternative or Funk?

Mood: hungry and tired
Listening to: KCRW's Martini Shot
Reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) (reading "The Madness of Mr. Crouch")
Eating: no breakfast yet

I am wavering between doing a music show this weekend with only Alternative music or only Funk music. I have a lot of both I could play. On one hand, I've been wanting to play this sweet collection of funk music I've had for months now. On the other, there's some really nice alternative music that I'd love to play just to help promote the artists.

I may decide to do the alternative music this weekend and keep back the funk for a Super Funk Mix show next week.

I'm still not fully convinced which way to go. Any thoughts?

21 Year Old Swimming Memories

Mood:sleepy
Listening to: the window fan in the living room
Reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) (just finished "The Second Task")
Eating: haven't had breakfast yet
Watching: the sunshine, and it's only 7:37 in the morning!

We have a pool in our apartment complex, and we're using it this summer. Last summer we didn't use it that much. I think this summer it's becoming the default activity.

When I was 12-15 years old, my sister Stephanie and I would spend summers with our Mom in Texas. That meant that we'd spend a lot of time at the pool. Almost every day. It was great.

There were diving boards in the deep end, and at least once every two hours, we'd ask the lifeguard on duty to "close the boards" so that we could swim in the deep end.

One of my favorite activities was to toss a quarter somewhere and then go find it, even at the bottom of the deep end. I got pretty good at holding my breath underwater, and I also became used to swimming with 9 feet of water on top of me. I felt like a fish. It was fun.

Another thing I'd like to do was create the biggest splash that I could. In fact, I and my friends would take turns doing cannonballs, can openers, and preacher seats to try to get the biggest splash.

I also remember the music of 1985. There was always music from the radio. That year Paul Hardcastle's song "19" was very popular.

Has it really been 21 years?

God Enables Us to Serve Him Without Fear

Consider the following passage:

Luke 1:73-75 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

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73the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

It is through Jesus he has done this. What God has done through Jesus is what enables all of us to serve him without fear. Jesus intercedes for us and has brought reconciliation.

Amen.

side note: I'd been holding onto an index card with this information on it for about 2 months.

Obsession

I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.
I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.
I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.
I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.
I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.
I will not check the number of spam messages in my GMail.

I'm going to try to wait until tomorrow to clean out my spam folder. Chances are it will be close to 100 by that time. I'm going to try not to let that bother me. It can wait.

I'm trying to convince myself of that.

Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Imagine RPS with 25 symbols. Mind boggling. It could be fun - now with only 4% chance of a tie.

RPS - 25

via Dave's House.

JIMM 54 - Keisha's Newborn Bear

Head over to hear Keisha bring a new teddy bear into the world. It's sappy, I know, but she's almost 9 years old and spent her own money getting it.

Also, remember to send in your Odeo in which you ask me any question. You know you have one on your mind, so ask me that question. I'll include it on a future podcast, provided that it's worksafe and familysafe. I'll wait while you go ahead and do it now.

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Okay, I'll go ahead and post this in the meantime. Peace!

If you could ask me one question...

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Text of audio:

Hey there, gentle readers! There is this functionality that I've known about for some time and have implemented it on the podcast but haven't done much to promote it here. The folks at Odeo have provided a way for people to send audio messages to each other, if you have a microphone connected to your computer.

So I'd like to open it up to all the readers. If you could ask me one question, what would it be? I'd like to have you use the Odeo system to ask it. Alternatively you can call the Listener Hotline at (206) 666-JIMM (5466) and leave it there. With the Odeo system, the quality is better, so that's why I mentioned it first.

I'd like to respond to your audio questions on a future podcast - oh what the heck - we could make this an ongoing thing. I may also decide to post the audio, and answer them in a future blog post.

So have fun, ask me any question. You can even be a little wacky. Just keep in mind that, in order for me to play it on the podcast, it has to be worksafe and kidsafe. With that in mind, have at it, people! :D