Sites To See

This is the new version of FIVE FOR FRIDAY. As with the former, it is the SOLE purpose of this weekly series to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another. Please, go see for yourself.

Link: [2 Corinthians 9:15]

Link: [A Mom's Note]

Link: [All Stace, All The Time]

Link: [Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap]

Link: [Aria'z Ink]

Link: [Artist Victoria O'Neill]

Link: [Beyond Feron]

Link: [Bubbles]

Link: [Computer + Adventure]

Link: [Scripture of The Day]

Link: [Spiffy The Slightly Psychopatic Spaceman]

Link: [Stir, Laugh, Repeat]

Link: [Swirlypepper Says...]

Link: [The Dwacon Blog]

Link: [The Fifty Factor]

Link: [The Kay Way]

Link: [The Superficial Gallery]

Link: [Toronto City Life]

Link: [Walking on the Dark Side]

Link: [WannaBe in the Country]

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: [Don’t Wait For The Movie]



MP3 Audio Player From: [BlogDumps Video]

Read The Book
WhiteHeart
Television subdivision
Sees it on his advent screen
The cables on
The tape is running
So he won’t miss a thing

I asked him if he knew Jesus
He said, “What channel is He on?”

While he sees the latest feature
A Bible sits collecting dust
TV Guide and program listing
Is the only place he puts his trust

Who says a wealth of information
Has to be filmed on location

Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie

All the lines keep getting longer
To see the latest horror show
Degeneration of a generation
Tell me where did the Bible go

I asked them if they knew Jesus
“Is He in a theatre near you?”
I said, “No, He’s the Messiah.”
“Do you think He’ll get good reviews?”

Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t you wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t you wait for the movie

The management of this theatre requests that you take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exists located at either the right, or the left, of your life.

Hollywood says the movie’s better
Special effects are the thing
But the miracles of the Father
They can never put on screen

Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t you wait for the movie
Read the book
Why do you wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t you wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Read the book
Don’t you wait
Read the book
Don’t wait for the movie
Don’t you wait
Don’t you wait
Don’t you wait
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Read the book
Come on
Read it now
Read the book
Read the book

Link: [WhiteHeart]

TWO FOR TUESDAY {REDO}

Link: [Garth Brooks]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Link: [On YouTube]

Unanswered Prayers
Garth Brooks
Just the other night
At a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into
My old high school flame
And as I introduced them
The past came back to me
And I couldn’t help but think of
The way things used to be

She was the one
That I’d wanted for all times
And each night I’d spend prayin’
That God would make her mine
And if he’d only grant me
This wish I wished back then
I’d never ask
For anything again

Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers
Remember when you’re talkin’
To the man upstairs
That just because He doesn’t answer
Doesn’t mean He don’t care
Some of God’s greatest gifts
Are unanswered prayers

She wasn’t quite the angel
That I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me
In her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn’t much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what He’s doin’
After all

And as she walked away
And I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers
Remember when you’re talkin’
To the man upstairs
That just because He may not answer
Doesn’t mean He don’t care
Some of God’s greatest gifts
Are unanswered
Some of God’s greatest gifts
Are all too often unanswered
Some of God’s greatest gifts
Are unanswered prayers


Link: [On YouTube]

The Change
Garth Brooks
One hand
Reaches out
And pulls a lost soul from harm
While a thousand more go unspoken for
And they say what good have you done
By saving just this one
It’s like a whisperin’ a prayer
In the fury of a storm

And I hear them sayin’
You’ll never change things
And no matter what you do
It’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so
This world will know
That it will not change Me

This heart
Still believes
That love and mercy still exist
While all the hatreds rage
And so many say
That love is all but pointless
In madness such as this
It’s like tryin’ to stop a fire
With the moisture of a kiss

And I hear them sayin’
You’ll never change things
And no matter what you do
It’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so
This world will know
That it will not change Me

As long as one heart still holds on
Then hope is never really gone

And I hear them sayin’
You’ll never change things
And no matter what you do
It’s still the same thing
But it’s not the world that I am changing
I do this so
This world we know
Never changes Me

What I do is so
This world will know
That it will not change Me

Lyrics From: [CowboyLyrics.com]

Come Monday...Wanted

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Link: [Wanted]

Well, the plan was to use this post to announce the launch of the site where all of the books that our Heavenly Father has given me to publish are contained in the order that they are meant to be read. Quite obviously, it didn’t happen.

I blame much of it upon my poor health. For it often takes almost everything I have just sit in front of the computer—with actually doing something on it being a bonus, but in all fairness, shiny objects still pose quite a distraction.

[Wanted] proved to be a very shiny object. For I wound up watching it twice in as many days when it was on [HBO], even though I did not like the premise for the movie.

Yeah, the rest of it was that good, but those more puritanical at heart than others will probably not be comfortable with any of it. For graphic violence is on display in the vast majority of the scenes, and there are a couple where sex is being simulated.

Nonetheless, if you are looking for some mind-blowing stunts to escape in for a couple of hours, this is it. Hey, just the scene where [Angelina Jolie] scoops up [James McAvoy] while still in motion in a [Dodge Viper] would make the price of admission worthwhile if you were going to see it at a movie theatre.

I have also included two of the songs from the soundtrack here. The first one played very early in the movie, and it is by [Nine Inch Nails]. The second came towards the end of the movie, and it is by [Danny Elfman]. I consider both to be as extraordinary as the movie itself. I hope you feel the same way.

Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Nine Inch Nails
I believe I can see the future
Because I repeat the same routine
I think I used to have a purpose
Then again
That might have been a dream

I think I used to have a voice
I think I used to have a voice
Now I never make a sound
And I just do what I have been told
I really don’t want them to come around
Oh no

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

I can feel their eyes are watching
In case I lose myself again
Sometimes I think I’m happy here
Sometimes
Sometimes
Yeah
I still pretend

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same

I’m writing on a little piece of paper
I’m hoping someday you might find

I am still inside
A little bit comes breathing through
I wish this could’ve been any other way
But I just don’t know
I don’t know
What else I can do

Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
There is no love here and there is no pain
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is the same


The Little Things
Danny Elfman
Have you heard the news
Bad things come in twos
But I never knew
‘Bout the little things

Every single day
Things get in my way
Someone has to pay
For the little things

And I’m through with the stories
And I’m sick of my shoes
And the walking
And the talking
It’s got nothing to do
With the final solution
It’s a box full of tricks
And I’m through with repairs
When there’s nothing to fix
When there’s nothing to fix
When there’s nothing to fix
And it all comes down to
You-ou-ou

Let the headlines wait
Armies hesitate
I can deal with fate
But not the little things

Armageddon may
Arrive any day
I can’t get away
From the little things

With a pile of cares
And a bucket of tears
I could look at the sunlight
And I feel no fear
With a mountain of maybes
And some Icarus wings
And I’m armed with delusions
And one little thing
And that one little thing
And that one little thing
And it all comes down to
You-ou-ou

Have you heard the news
Bad things come in twos
But I never knew
‘Bout the little things

Every single day
Things get in my way
Someone has to pay
For the little things

Lyrics From: [STLyrics]

A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and I after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived. Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.

Link: [Antithesis]

Link: [Art by Derek Jones]

Link: [Daniel's Place]

Link: [Dawn's Bloggy Blog]

Link: [Dear Kip...]

Link: [I Am A Boomer]

Link: [Oahu Pet]

Link: [PhatCatholic Apologetics]

Link: [Sanity On Edge]

Link: [This Brazen Teacher]

Sites To See

This is the new version of FIVE FOR FRIDAY. As with the former, it is the SOLE purpose of this weekly series to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another. Please, go see for yourself.

Link: [A Passion To Understand]

Link: [Ann Martin Photography]

Link: [Blue Dog Books]

Link: [Coming Back To Life!]

Link: [Expat]

Link: [Ghazal Blog]

Link: [GoodWordEditing.com]

Link: [I Do Things So You Don't Have To]

Link: [K.I.S.S. - Keep It Short and Simple]

Link: [Laane on the World]

Link: [Laketrees]

Link: [Musings of Ludosomnus]

Link: [My Poem]

Link: [Octoberfarm]

Link: [PJ's Prose]

Link: [Points of View (Discussion Blog)]

Link: [Puppy on a Roomba]

Link: [Purely Informal]

Link: [Red Pine Mountain]

Link: [Sai Zone]