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I'm not quite sure how man survived without the amazing products from gadget4all.com. At first I thought the website might be a cruel joke, but then I realized the best stuff from China is finally making its way to the US. Besides having great titles for the categories of products (like "Gadget for lifestyle," "Other Lifestyle Stuffs," and "Gadget for X'Mas"), they offer some of the most indispensable products I have ever seen. I mean, it's all desert island-type goods; stuff you can't live without. Here's a few of my favorite products:

1. He legally changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco to get his nickname on the back of his jersey. Name one athlete who shows even half that much commitment to the game. Wayne Gretzky didn't change his name to "Wayne The-Great-One" or Karl Malone change his name to "Karl Mailman" or Deion Sanders change his name to Deion "Primetime." Why? They dont care as much about the game as Chad Ocho Cinco.

2. He claimed he could beat Micheal Phelps swimming.

Skip forward to 4:20. This clip sums up Chad Ocho Cinco perfectly.

3. His touchdown celebrations were so incredible, the league (AKA the man) had to make a rule to stop them. Ocho Cinco understands what fans want: to be entertained. It just makes the game more interesting when you never know what's going to happen after a touchdown is scored. My 3 favorite Ocho Cinco celebrations: 1.Riverdance, 2.CPR on the Ball, 3.Photo Shoot

4. Who Covered 85 in '05 list. Anyone who so openly taunts his opponents is awesome in my book.

5. He raced a horse...for charity of course. And he won (with a slight head start)

Picture from my computer every 120 seconds today, from 7 am to 7 pm (with breaks for moving, eating, bathroom, ect)

Here's a quick little video I made for Skate Night.

...so much, I would even watch the Japanese version. (if it were real)

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Since it's Super Tuesday, I thought it would be appropriate for me to vent a little about politics. Usually I care about more about politics, but this year I've had a hard time getting into it. I guess my perspective has changed in the last few years. Anyway, I'm not writing this because I think I know how you should vote or I'm really excited about a certain candidate; actually, it's the opposite. I have just noticed a few things this year that have made me think.
First, the fact that so many Christians have latched onto Barack Obama's "Change we can believe in" slogan bugs me. (I'm not saying that you shouldn't vote for Obama. If that's where your conscience leads you to vote, then by all means, vote for him.) Change we can believe in. Maybe it's just me, but the change I believe in won't come from a politician. I think this slogan embodies the attitude that many people have. Let's depend on the government to change things. As a Christian, I think it's just wrong for me to buy into this. Because Obama wants to lead the government to help people that as a Christian I should be helping (i.e. the poor, neglected, ect.), it's easy to want to go with it. But real change doesn't come through subsidized housing. Real change comes through gathering a group of people and building a house for a family who needs one. Real change doesn't come through sending money to Washington and letting them try to help people. Real change comes by getting out there and actually helping people. Here's my reasoning behind this: First, Jesus didn't try to change things through politics and if I'm going to follow His example, I think that means following the principles which he set out. Jesus didn't go out and protest for the government to change more water into wine or run for Caesar so he could dictate prayer in schools. He got into the world and helped people. He invested in people so that they would do the same. I understand the church has generally done a bad job of meeting people's physical needs in the past, but this emerging push to do that seems to be swinging to far in many instances. Yes, the Bible says we should help the needy, the widows, the children, but isn't it important that we don't forget to meet there spiritual needs as well? That's something the government can't do. Second, if you want to help people, why would you send your money to the government to do it? When has the government ever been shown to be efficient or prudent with money? I think if churches started to operate how they were intended to, by using their resources to show the love of Christ to the world, more needs would be met than the government could ever dream of meeting. On a side note, is it really charity if you're forced to give?
I don't mean to be just getting down on Obama. I don't really think the problem is with him as it is with us. I think hope and love are contagious, and if I started showing more of them, people could really be changed.

P.S. I think I'm going to vote for Ron Paul in the republican primaries. If you don't know much about him, check this out.

Andy Zipf played at Pour Cafe the other night and it was the most innovative show I've ever seen. So, Andy and his drummer wore all white, covered the back wall in a white sheet, covered their instruments in white sheets. Throughout the show, a "Media DJ" projected images on Andy and the stage that corresponded with the music. It was incredible how well the images were in sync with the music. At some parts, they even had live footage of the show projecting on the stage from a camera set up by the projector. Andy's always been a little ahead of his time, but this show was unlike anything I've ever seen. You can kind of get an idea from the pictures below, but they don't really do the show justice.

Here's a video I made for church: