Month: July 2006

My friend’s son Wilson is two years old. He’s at a great age.
He finds enjoyment in all the simplist things (despite the occassional terrible two’s).
Yesterday we just stood in the rain and enjoyed throwing rocks across the street.
He saw me do it once and wanted to try it to – for the next 30 minutes.
Most of the evening I noticed he either copied what his dad, his uncle Matt, or I did and said, or he wanted to show us something cool he had learned.
From “wanna see me jump higher?” to “wanna see me do Superman?” Wilson wanted to know he was doing a good job and doing what the people who mattered in his life did.
His sister Amelia is funny like that too.
When you watch them play, they can each be doing their own thing until one of them notices the other doing something new. Then they want to be doing it too.
They won’t rest until they get to try it too.
What if we were just like that with Jesus? What if we devoted our energy and life towards being a “copycat” of Jesus? Would anything change?
From Mark Batterson’s weekly e-mail:

In his book, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Scottish novelist James Hogg says: “By looking at a person attentively, I by degrees assume his likeness and by assuming his likeness I attain to the possession of his most secret thoughts.”
That has profound implications. The way we become like Christ is by looking at him attentively. That is why Scripture tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
Aristotle said, “Imitation is natural to man from childhood. He is the most imitative creature in the world.”
We are wired to imitate. So the question is this: who are we going to mirror? All of us mirror someone or something. A Christian is someone who is trying to mirror Christ.
II Corinthians 3:18 says, “All of us have had that veil removed so that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the spirit of God works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.”
All of us are mirrors. But most of us aren’t intentional about what we mirror. I’ve said it before but it is worth saying again. Everybody is somebody’s disciple. A Christian is someone who has made a conscious decision to imitate Christ.

From CNN:

Enron founder Kenneth Lay died early Wednesday in Aspen, a family spokeswoman said. He was 64.
In a statement, spokeswoman Kelly Kimberly said, “The Lays have a very large family with whom they need to communicate, and out of respect for the family we will release further details at a later time.”
In May, Lay was found guilty of nine counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of Enron, the company he founded that grew into the seventh largest company before it imploded after an accounting scandal.

From PWTorch:

Although marijuana is not screened for as part of WWE’s random drug testing, it is on the banned substance list.
The official WWE policy states: “With respect to all substances and drugs prohibited by this Policy except alcohol and marijuana, which will be tested only if reasonable cause exists to do so.”
Regarding discipline for violation of the law, WWE’s official policy states: “Any Talent who is arrested, convicted or who admits to a violation of law relating to use, possession, purchase, sale or distribution of prohibited drugs will be in material breach of contract and subject to immediate dismissal.”
Use of the term “subject to” does not necessarily mean they would be immediately dismissed. Violation of a drug law simply gives WWE the legal authority to void or alter a talent’s contract and gives them the right to fire them.
Pot can be tested for if there is “reasonable cause.” WWE’s Wellness Policy reserves the right to test any wrestler for any drugs, expressly including pot, on a “reasonable cause” basis which includes physical signs of red or droopy eyes, slurred speech, stumbling, hyperactivity, repeated disappearances at events, tardiness, chronic forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, mental confusion, paranoia, presence of abnormal thoughts or ideas, violent tendencies, extreme mood swings, deteriorating personal hygiene, a drug related conviction, or being turned in by a colleague. “Tests for violation of this Policy for alcohol and marijuana shall be on the basis of reasonable cause only,” states the policy.
RVD and Sabu have, by any definition, given WWE “reasonable cause” for testing them for marijuana in the future, either immediately if they are not suspended or upon their return to the roster if they are suspended.

As for competing and storylines, RVD lost his WWE belt to Edge on Monday night and his ECW belt to Big Show on Tuesday night.
From WWE.com:

Moments after screwing Rob Van Dam out of the ECW Championship, Paul Heyman gave the following statement to ECW.com:
“As of this moment, Rob Van Dam has been suspended for 30 days.”
I approached Heyman immediately as he came backstage following the match to ask him why he screwed Van Dam. Heyman only smiled and offered the above statement. I followed him to ask him why RVD was suspended and why he was screwed out of the ECW Championship…but he only walked faster. When I finally got to his office door, Heyman slammed the door in my face.

Sabu is also expected to have face suspension for his “lesser role” in the drug possession.

Another find by Eric. Sometimes I feel like I’m cheating him when he tells me about a great story or trend and I blog about it before him.
Apparently this is a new sitcom pilot written by the writers of Scrubs and Family Guy, about a couple guys who go to Hollywood to film a television sitcom.
None of the networks were interested until the show showed up on YouTube and is making a name for itself there.