Now he's done it!

Tait's gone and got me into poetry.

That's right, poetry.

But don't you go gettin' excited, it's a little different from what he referenced. Instead, this is a quick bit of information that's very important, and very well put.

Not to mention, it's put forth by one heckuva man; John Wayne. The only guy (purely human, of course, therefore excluding Christ, and obviously my Dad comes second to Christ, so yeah. Lots of fine print) I like better than John Wayne is Johnny Cash.

It doesn't take me long to notice things like the fact that all supermanly deepvoiced cowboys have the name John. *grins*

I kid, I kid.

Okay, so, the poetry, a quick piece by John Wayne called, The Hyphen.

It's MP3, and downloadable right here. Just right click this link, and save target to your computer.

Or, you can just click on the link and wait for it to completely download before it plays.

Later on we'll have another scripture quiz, but for now I'd like your thoughts on The Hyphen.

Oh, and how many of you here have read "The Rope" by Mason Weaver?

If you haven't, it's smaller than a deck of cards, and worthy of your time. Great stuff this guy said!

Anyway, yawl enjoy yawlsselves, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Hyphen.

Okie Dokie.

Well folks, you're a lot more perceptive than I am, but that's good!



You answered correctly so far. Dad's point is that though Joseph had nothing really to do with Jesus birth, it was his family line that they followed. The reason is, of course, that Father is always head of the household.



I don't exactly know what Derrillynn was talking about, but I'm sure it was meant to be funny. :-



So, latest news is, Tait has offered to provide you with some great information, and I hope yawl enjoy it!



Here are his words to the wise (and those that want to be):



This section is dedicated to bringing you useful, and interesting

information such as, links, quotes, book reviews etc., with a decidedly

Christian perspective. By that I mean I will not parrot evolutionary jargon,

such as, man is evolving and the further back you go the less advanced he

is. In fact many cases it is the opposite, and if we were in our right minds

we would look back on them with wonder. The writers and historians will be

allowed to speak for themselves, and not corrected based on dogma. A common

thing for "modern" historians to do is make liars of, or at least say that

ancient historians were apt to exaggerate. If a ancient historian states

that there were nearly 1,000,000 soldiers in a battle they automatically

reject it, for rightly, if their views are true and man had just managed to

invent the wheel, evolve speech etc., then how could such civilizations

exist? But the thing to ask is, were they there? If not, it must be

distinguished as their religious belief. Hopefully through referencing

outside information I can show that civilizations rise and fall, collapse,

and turn back to primacy, not because of some luck or fate, but in there

denial of eternal laws.



Anyways, feel free to comment.



And now to begin,



Recently I came across (Don't ask how) a very interesting story, or saga to

be exact, on the life of Harald Hardrade. Now I happen to like old Norse

poetry, but, if that is not your cup of tea, just bear through it. It gets

very interesting when Harald under the pay of the Byzantine Empress Zoë,

sets out to conquer somewhere around 50 castles (Just a few!!). The methods

that he used are amazing, cunning, etc. This man is genius!!



Then you follow him through the holy land, and, well I won't ruin the story.



The two morals I got out of the story are: 1. In every age and in every area of life the art

of negotiation, is of great importance. In this story it saves life's, and

makes friends of foes.



2. That a basic ability, if everything is taken away

and you have to start back up at square one (as Harald did so many times),

of starting up again and applying principles and inward knowledge is all a

person really has.



Here is the link:



http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/hardrade1.html



Signed,



Poimandoulos - Tait Zimmerman



Thanks Tait, good work, and that IS interesting!



Well, until later folks, have fun!



John.

Ok Kids, time for a quiz.

Dad pointed out something very interesting one morning at bible study.



He read these scriptures, and he asked if we could see what he was trying to get at.



Well, he explained it to me, and now I'm curious if you'll catch it. I'll explain later. For now, you read it, and then comment with what you think it might be.



Ready? Here goes.



Matthew Chapter 1:1-16



1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.



2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;



3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;



4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;



5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;



6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;



7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;



8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;



9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;



10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;



11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:



12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;



13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;



14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;



15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;



16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.



There are several notable things in here, but there's only one that I'm looking for.



Do you know what it is??

Wow. Long time, no type.

First of all, Merry Christmas to you all!



I'll get back to that.



I've told David and Tait, but not many others, that Jordan, Derek (also known as Newby, in case you get confused), and Samantha (Derek's wife), arrived unexpected, about two weeks early.



Of course, Mom cried, and I was scared half to death when I went walking down the hall to be stopped by two people taller than me. (People usually aren't taller than me). Kewl. (Cool)



Anyway, everything stood still for me over the last several days. Honestly, I couldn't tell you how long they were here, but it's only seemed like a couple hours. Mom cried when they left too.



I think that they could save some tears by not coming home, but whatever. Newby (Derek) has almost convinced me that the Marines are the one and the only. The few, and the proud.



Of course, I play Americas Army (Free game, best of it's type) and so I'm almost completely converted to Army. They have my number. I wonder what they'll do with it...



So, I'm gonna move the interview to a new location as soon as it's over. It's kinda cluttery and all. Not to mention, Tait pointed out that it might confuse people that are random visitors to my blog. I wouldn't have taken that seriously until almost miraculously I opened my bible to find the scripture that says "God is not the author of confusion."



I'm not either, so I'm gonna get a little less confusing.



Anyway, Merry Christmas to you all! I've got a present for all of you, but it's a little delayed.



I've just finished writing the script, and it looks like it'll be about 15 minutes long--- ... ---



Did I just say script? *cough* Gee.



Huh. Guess I kinda gave it away. Anyway, I'm working on it!



That's my little update.



I'll post question and answer number 7 sometime later tonight. Hope you enjoy!



I'll post pictures of Jordan and Derek's visit later, but for now they remain on the memory stick, waiting to be 'processed' by photoshop into a reasonable web release size.



Have fun everyone!

Ah, a little update.

Well, I'm leaving.



Yup.



Heading to Denver in a little bit. Probably within an hour or so. Driving.



Driving the whole way.



Ok, so, I bought that song "Moskau" from iTunes. It's weird that Germans spell it different than we do.



The whole song is about 5 minutes, and it starts slowly, unlike I had thought.



It's good, but the dancing is what makes it awesome, as always. Sooo, I called Jennifer, and I called Tait.



Had a great talk with Jennifer, and a great talk with Tait!



Of course, would you expect less? Or would you expect more....



I have but to call David Delap, and I'll probably do that sometime soon. The hard part is timing it, because it's three hours later here.



Who sees something interesting about the word question? I know I do.



Wow, this is really random and dry. It's time for something entertaining.



How about me singing at age ten? That's pretty entertaining.



Click here to listen.



Right Click, Save As if you want to keep it permanently. Its a relatively small file, about 500 kb's. It'll take about 2 minutes on dail-up or about thirty seconds on DSL.



Well, show's over folks.



I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted!!



I'll tell more later.



l8r.

Well, a little audience update!

I've talked to the following people from Disney:



David Heustis,

Jeff Moreland,

Derek Moreland,

The Kuhn Family (of course, they're here, so that's no big freakin' deal)

Derrillynn,

And of course, a wrong number guy. I told him he should be at Disney with us, and told him a little 'bout the biz. He was interested.



Now, the only peoples I have left, are the Zimmermans, and Jennifer!



Jennifer, I need your number! I don't know it. If you don't WANT to talk to me that's fine, but if you do, make sure to email me the number, and I'll call ya!



Zims, I'm pretty sure the number on your site will work, right?



There are three of them, but I'll choose wisely.



I have multiple inspirations from the few days we've spent here.



Mom says that when Jordan, Derek, and Samantha come up to visit, we'll convince them to hit six flags. (over Texas).



That will be cool. Six Flags is a thrill park, not a theme park.



Looks like we'll be hitting Hovind's place on the way back home from Disney.



It's late, and my logic is really sloooooooooooooooooowwwww....



Esther, what video dragged on? I liked that bald dude too. I particularly liked how he missed a few beats in the dancing. Oh, and I noted the way to spell Jerad. It's Jared. Thanks. I'll never mispell Jerad's name again.



Ashley, if you like roller coasters, you'll like the 2006 addition to the Animal Kingdom park at disney. It's a roller coaster, that contains two very important things: One, you go backwards at least once during the ride, and two, you take a 200 foot straight down drop. This will be the tallest ride in Disneyworld.



It sounds awesome. The best of all worlds.



Anyway, y'all have a good time!

A very interesting email!

I suppose that many of you remember me talking (in a very old blog post) about Horse Apples, and the "Horse Apple Trees" that they came from.



Not only was that stupid sounding, it was also incorrect! (Though neither are unusual for me).



So, today (or yesterday more likely) I got an email. Mike Swyers wrote an email titled "Horse Apples". At first, I took it for spam, but I like spam sometimes, so I deleted the rest but kept this one.



When I opened it, this is what I read:



John,



I came across your Blog.... The horse apple is really off of a Bodark Tree

(not a horse apple tree). Old Timers planted them on their homestead

because the wood was the best for making wood tool handles & such. Plus

they did not have a hardware store they could just run down to.



It is also good for making Bows, & is becoming more popular in Long Bows.



http://www.bowmaker.net/materials.htm



http://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/article.phtml?cat=18&id=607



Just thought you would like to know being a new Texan & all....



Wait until some of our bugs get to you.. Fireants...Scorpions, Centepeds...



keep it cool...



Well Mike, I will keep it cool, and you too.



Derrillynn made an interesting blog post that is worthy of reading.



Well, maybe it's not, but I thought it was pretty good. It reveals this so called "Secret" which was apparently only unknown by me! :D



So, in other news, Derek finally showed the Zims my "Talents". I'm a very talented harmonica player, especially when Jack is hyped on sugar and in his "Laughing" mood. I'll do the most disgraceful things to make him laugh.



Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed it.



Oh yeah, I have free long distance all day today, so lemme know if you want a call, cause I can sure call ya. Just make sure to email me your phone number after you request the call, so I know WHOM to call.



I was thinking to myself about Frank Peretti. The guy is pretty good. I was thinking about all the magnificent things he's done, and then I remembered his story tape about Moses.



Tait, do YOU remember that tape? The one with the people singing the moo cow worship song? I played it at a church service, so you should remember.



Oh, for Esther, how the heck old were you when you went on Tower of Terror. I'm guessing 11 or 12. May be wrong though. I'm retarded like that.



For Ashley, I want to let you know that you are still higher in Jerad's ranks as a babysitter.



I think it has something to do with my tough pace. Seriously, my feet are worn out, and I had it easy compared to Jerad. BTW, am I spelling his name right? I've always spelled it that way, never knowing if it was accurate.



One thing about having me for a babysitter too, is there is know friggen way he's gonna push me around. I have 5 brothers, 2 older, 3 younger. There is no freaking way. I also have a sister, so you can believe me I know the difference between real and false tears.



I am curious to see what Jerad's honest opinion of me is. You'll have to tell me.



I've noted that Jerad is a more talented actor than I am.



To tell you a little about my pace, the first day we got up at eight, left at nine. We got to magic kingdom, and hit it hard. I switched between walking, and half running, and the kids were all thankful for a long line, which meant rest. We hit almost every ride in Magic Kingdom, and then went over to MGM. We came back to the hotel at nine. Jerad could hardly walk, and even my feet hurt.



I am not slow, and I am quite thankful that I didn't have any girls along (i.e., Reagan) for it would have taken me FOREVER to get anywhere or do anything.



Eh, anyway, David and I are loading up.



See ya folks.



John.

A very fast hello!

I have never, EVER been known for thinking before acting. So when Jerad, Jack, David and I all decided to check out Downtown Disney tonight, I didn't look for the bus stop at the hotel. I figured that we could catch one at any stop along the way, and thus make better time.



This proved that I didn't understand the Disney bus system. Anyway, we ran a LONG way, and Jerad kept up with us. About an hour later, we met up with a dude who had a Disney badge. He couldn't believe how far we'd come.



We just grinned and told him "Shoot, we're Texans!"



After he gave us a bit of instruction, we made it to Downtown Disney, and I approximated that we had gone 4 miles in one hour. That's amazing, not for me, but for Jerad, especially considering that we had gone back and forth so many times.



I by the end of two hours, we still hadn't made it to the attraction we were trying to see, but we knew the bus system pretty well, and Jerads feet hurt. The little guy didn't complain though, and if he were my son, I'd have been proud of him.



He weren't my son though, so I told him "Why shucks, we hardly jest begun boy!". Please note, in southern, boy is two syllables.



For Valerie Delap, I promise to take a picture of the near 50 foot christmas tree in the lobby of the Dolphin.



For Ashley, I thought this job would be much tougher, but so far Jerad has done alright, and better.



For Tait, Esther, David (A. Heustis), Derek, Jeffrey, and everybody else, I really wish yawl were here, because there's nothing like fellowship. I wouldn't even mind if David (W. Delap) were here, but then I'd spend all my time talking to him, and we would have all the fun. Everybody else would be bored stiff.



Speaking of which, I have free long distance. I should call him. Hey Val, when's a good time?



Derrillynn, to you I must say that you use the most original pattern of text colors, and it blends beautifully. A+ girl!



For those that haven't checked her blog lately, it might be worth it.



And now, I'd like to give all of you readers (There's about 8 of you now I think...) a picture.



Jack, David, and Jerad, glad to rest their feet for a moment while waiting for the bus.



Click here for the picture. It should adjust to your window size.



Click here for a better picture, though it's sideways. I don't know if the browser corrected it or not, and I'm too tired to look.



Please note that I'm using my Mom's laptop (purchased from Circuit City through Quixtar.com) and I don't have any photo software available to me. If the photo's are a little dark, I apologize.



So, I really do wish that all yawl were here, we'd have a blast!



The XS guys here want to see our XS commercial, so David and I are conspiring to place the legal version in their hands.



Yeah, yawl need to be here. Being seperated from my 380 gigs of harddrive space (which contains Pirates of Penzance) is a hard thing, but I would take it better if you were here.



Fortunately, I'm on T1 here at this place, allowing for 500 Kilobyte's per second download rates.



Mom's trying to get off the phone with Reagan, and then I'm going to call David.



Anybody want a call? If ya do, comment with your request, and email me the number.



I can check my email, but I don't do it often so make sure to let me know I should check. I have free long distance after 9 here, so I'll call you probably after 9 here.



Anyway, yawl have fun, and I'll post more pictures later!



John.



P.S. This was supposed to be short, dang it!



P.P.S. David Delap, I saw the lego stuff. Cool, cool, cool. Can't wait to talk to you!

John is my name, politically incorrect is my game!!

I love pictures like these.



This particular work of art was sent to me by Jeff Reins, aka Red Neckerson, who just happens to be the proud owner of an Alienware computer system.



Unless you understand computers, you won't appreciate the more advanced features of Alienwares systems.



But that's beside the point.



I know that the everyone except David, Jeff (Heustis), and Derek Moreland, will hate me for this.



Particularly, the Zimmerman girls. But hey, it's a cute KITTEN picture. It's cute ok?? Just look at it under a different light. If you can't do that, get your own blog ;) ;P



And now, enjoy this.









Words of Hatred ensue.