Useless Knowledge

We put our Christmas tree up this afternoon. It is lovely. I am pretty amazing at wrapping it with lights. Tomorrow I will tackle the porch.

Also, as I type this there 13 minutes left in the Eagles / Patriots games. Philly is winning 28-24. As I told my wife the score she said, "Holy Crap!"Is their anything cuter than having a wife that knows something about Football? I do have to admit, I have watched too many hours of games that don't matter to me this season. But it is great to have a wife that will sit through it and actually retain useless information WITH me...

BTW- The Turkeybowl went amazing this weekend. But I am very thankful that I am going on vacation next Sunday!

Check back for picture of that. Until then.

Updates...

Sorry about the lack of posts since October. No excuses.

I have taken the last two days off work due to an extended illness. I caught a bug going around work last week and it seems that it flared up again early this week. It has been a pretty unenjoyable few days.

Here are a few more miscellaneous updates that probably don't matter to any of you:
- The Focus gets inspected Friday
- We are heading to Megan's Uncle's house the Wednesday before Thanksgiving
- Then on Thanksgiving we drive back to my parent's house for dinner and my Dad's birthday
- We are going on vacation with Megan's family Dec 2-8 in Orlando
- My "Sell Stuff on eBay" craze is over (it was fun while it lasted)
- My fantasy football record is a disappointing 4 and 6...I face the league leading Chad this week
- The Steelers are a nice 7 and 2 with 3 easy games until the showdown with the Pats...

McDizzle Out

Cars (not the movie)

So today my wife and I had fairly un-enjoyable events with our vehicles.

Megan's car would not start this morning. So I got the wake up nudge this morning and had to throw on clothes and sandals to drive her to work (you all know that half daze that you do things like brush your teeth or use the toliet in the morning, imagine me like that while driving). I then attemped to call AAA for my wife this morning to tow the car to the shop, but because I am married to, but not legally Megan McDermott, I could not request a tow.

When Megan called AAA back around 3:30 this afternoon to tow her car , we assumed it would take a solid 1-2 hour for them to arrive. When Megan got the call 5 minutes later that the tow truck driver was outside waiting for us when we both were still at work, I again jumped in my car and sped to pick her up at work.

To speed up the process I asked Megan to meet me on the side of the road outside of her job. Not realizing that by doing this it would look like I was picking up a "lady of the night" on Fruitville Pike. But back to the main plot line.

We got a 3rd call from the tow truck driver saying that he could not wait any longer, it was then that I begged him to wait 4 more minutes and we would be there. 8 minutes later we arrived. We both jumped out of our car to apologize to the driver and beg him not to drop off our car in the Susquehanna River.

It was at this point I realized I locked my keys in the car we just arrived in. I though, no problem because Megan has her keys! To my surprise they too were locked in the same car with the radio and lights on. While I did not have the courage to ask the tow truck driver who waited 35 minutes for us outside of our house for a slim jim, I did remember that my new car came with Roadside Assistance. (P.S. Jesus - Thank you!)

30 minutes later I was able to stand and watch as the locksmith inflated some bag between the passenger door and the door jam.

Needless to say it was an eventful day.

It is time to veg with my wife as we enjoy our favorite 2 hours on TV. My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office and Scrubs.

McDizzle
OUT

Here we go Steelers, Here we Go!

Troy Aikmen and I

The Back of Joe Buck (the voice of the post-season)

PJ and his Alma maltier

Point State Park

Police Memorial

More Police Memorial

View from our seats

Jumbotron

First Steelers Offensive Play

Wide shot of the first play

Mt. Washington

Random Pic

We had the top row, so this is what was behind us

Just before the 3rd and final touchdown!!!

Touchdown!!!!!!!!

Touchdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!

End of the game...

Close-up

Pittsburgh skyline

Better skyline

Point State Park

Jumbotron

Field at the end of the game

Takara Foot Patch

So I was watching a little TV this afternoon when I stumbled upon a commercial for a foot detox pad. "The Takara Detox Foot Patch is literally taking the health industry by storm as an effective way to remove toxicities from the body. Try it for yourself... seeing truly is believing!"



I guess the thing come from the Chinese science "reflexology" and is made with 12 natural ingredients that when combined and slapped on your foot, magically pulls out the toxins like Mercury and other metals I have never heard of before. Here is the list of what is in this thing:
Bamboo Vinegar
Wood Vinegar
Tourmaline "emits negative ions and far-infrared rays (FIR)"
Saururus Chinensis "encourages diuresis"
Houttuynia Cordata (whatever that is)
Eucalyptus
Agarucus Mushroom
Chitosan (Seashell)
Cornstarch "excellent liquid absorption abilities"


The commercial is hysterical, the people slap this maxi-pad looking thing on their foot and after a day it is all dirty with the toxins from your body.

Hilarious!

Here is a testimony:
"I just got the results back from my analysis and I was amazed with what the Takara Detox Foot Patches™ are pulling out of my body. Excessive amounts of asbestos, lead, fluoride, copper, mercury, platinum, formaldehyde, mold, parasites, and a host of other food additives, chemicals, and toxins. What a god-send these patches are! I never knew that my body was so polluted, but after faithfully using the patches, many of my health issues have seemingly disappeared, and I feel so good. I'm telling all my friends about the Takara Detox Foot Patch™. It really works!"

OR maybe the patch contains all these gross things already, you step on it and break capsules of dirt so it looks like a bunch of stuff got pulled out of the tough skin on the bottom of your foot.

Anyway, I guess you can say that I don't by into this stuff!

I need to invent some crazy contraption.

Work

Today I had to work through a handful of problems at my job. Equipment failures, miscommunication, schedules, etc...

But I love what I do, so it makes it more than worth it to me!

I love that the place I work at is not satisfied with the status-quo, we understand that to succeed in our ministry we should see lives changed and more people come to love God. It is great to know that God is helping us do just that!

Outreach Magazine does a national survey of some of the 400,000 churches estimated in America. I am excited to be a part of the 87th largest and 54th fastest growing church in America! And number one of size and growth in PA...

Yeah God!

Step into Africa

I left my house for a few moments today for Africa. Not the real continent, but the Africa setup in the West Wing Auditorium. World Vision, the organization that supports children and impoverished families around the world, has a tour that is going around the country that hopes to open the eyes of people on the problems of AIDS in Africa. It is a 20-30 minute "walk" with a headset where you follow the journey of a real child in Africa. This afternoon I followed the footsteps of Babirye a 14 year old from Uganda. She is actually from the village where they believe the HIV virus originated 25 years ago. Her step-father died when she was 4 from AIDS. Her mom showed signs of HIV when she was 8. Her mom left Babirye and her twin sister on the streets for 4 months when she left to seek treatment of her AIDS.
At age 11, Babirye discovered she too will live the rest of her life with HIV. But she still has faith in God. Babirye has seen her mother's health come back to "normal" and come to love God. Babirye and her mother now work with World Vision in their village helping to spread the word about HIV, teach others how to prevent the disease, and sharing the hope of a relationship with Christ. If you haven't yet, sign up and experience the journey of Babirye or one of the other 3 children that are a part of the experience.

Here is a trailer of Babirye's story: