Benoit had high testosterone levels

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Former pro wrestler Chris Benoit had elevated levels of testosterone in his system when he died last month, indicating he had recently injected the hormone, a GBI toxicological report released Tuesday shows.
In addition, the report said, Benoit, his wife and their young son all had traces of Xanax, a common tranquilizer, in their blood. Officials said the boy was sedated before Benoit killed him.
Benoit and his wife, Nancy, also had traces of hydrocodone, a narcotic pain medication, the report said.
Federal prosecutors have indicted Benoit’s personal physician, Phil Astin III of Carrollton, on seven counts of overprescribing medications to at least two unidentified patients. Officials have said Benoit is not one of those patients but the investigation into Astin continues. Astin is under house arrest in Carrollton after being released on $150,000 bond.

New magazines coming to North Texas

According to the Neotrib, Danny Gentry, a 1986 Italy High School graduate and current Midlothian resident, recently founded a company called FutureTex Publishing to bring several new publications to the North Texas Market.
Gentry is the son of former Italy Press owners and operators Bill and Mildred Gentry.
Gentry just launched his first magazine, Today’s Senior Magazine.
Today’s Senior Magazine will be available FREE in over 200 locations across the Metroplex. Look for it in your local banks, senior centers, retirement communities, restaurants, hospitals, physician’s and dentist offices, and many more popular senior destinations.
FutureTex Publishing was recently honored with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the Midlothian Chamber of Commerce welcoming them to Chamber membership and introducing them to the area business community.
In addition to being the distributor of Today’s Senior Magazine, FutureTex is soon to be the publisher of a new magazine for north Texans — The Chalkboard. The Chalkboard is an education and family magazine designed to help bridge the gap between parents and schools.
It’s amazing when you think how saturated our market is with various media outlets compared to the population. Crazy I tell ya. Crazy.

Bubba’s hearing


Beware of Dog…he is very sarcastic
Originally uploaded by erica2368.

From email:

Bubba at the Revival
Bubba goes to the revival and listens to the preacher. After a while, the preacher asks anyone with needs to come forward and be prayed over.
Bubba gets in line and when it’s his turn the preacher says, “Bubba, what you want me to pray about?” Bubba says,
“Preacher, I need you to pray for my hearing.”
So the preacher puts one finger in Bubba’s ear and the other hand on top of his head and prays a while. After a few minutes, he removes his hands and says, “Bubba, how’s your hearing now?”
Bubba says, “I don’t know preacher, it’s not until next Wednesday.”

Cool momento


National Community Church recently held a “Baptism by the Bay” in which a number of NCCers were baptized in the bay in Washington D.C.
They shot some great video which in turn, was made into a DVD for those being baptized.

Along with the DVD, the church gave towels to those being baptized as a memento to keep of the momentous occasion.

I may be mistaken but as I understand it, we have six baptisms coming up in the next few weeks at encounter.
We don’t have a bay nearby but instead we use a horse trough that’s set up in the middle of the room for baptisms.
I think we’re also going to try having several people being baptized give a brief testimony live before their baptism.
What different things does your church do when people make public commitments to Christ through baptism?

See more photos from NCC and their video (click Baptism by the Bay).

New Mexico gets role in Indiana Jones

New Mexico is putting lots of effort into bringing new Hollywood productions to the state, like the new Indiana Jones.
There are now six sound stages in the state with six feature films in production.
In addition, Sony Imageworks and Lionsgate Entertainment are moving some of their operations to New Mexico.
Currently the state offers a 25% tax rebate on movie productions there.
Funny how Waxahachie has a MASSIVE empty campus (more than 150 acres) that would make for an amazing sound stage/studio but it’s been sold by the county to an investment firm wanting to turn the former Superconducting Super Collider into a Tier IV Data Center.
In fact at least one movie production did some of their filming at the site in the past.
Listen to the full story on NPR.

Can you guess which other movies and TV shows have been filmed in Waxahachie?
From Imdb:

  1. Band (1998)
  2. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
    …aka Bonnie and Clyde… Were Killers! (1967) (UK)
  3. Breaking Home Ties (1987)
    …aka Norman Rockwell’s Breaking Home Ties (1987) (TV)
  4. Cowboy (1983) (TV)
  5. Fat Girls (2006)
  6. It Takes Two (1988)
    …aka My New Car (1989) (Australia)
  7. Lost Princess, The (2005)
  8. Mangus! (2007)
  9. Missionary Man (2007)
  10. Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss (1988) (TV)
  11. Optimystic (2006)
  12. Places in the Heart (1984)
  13. Square Dance (1987)
    …aka Home Is Where the Heart Is (1987) (USA: TV title)
  14. Strangeheart (2003)
  15. Tender Mercies (1983)
  16. Too High, Too Wide and Too Long: A Texas Style Road Trip (1999)
  17. Trip to Bountiful, The (1985)
  18. Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
  19. When the Time Comes (1987) (TV)

In addition, within the last two years since I’ve been in Waxahachie, there was a Chevy Truck commercial, several episodes of Prison Break, several music videos and the movie Walking Tall 2 with Kevin Sorbo all filmed in Waxahachie.