djByron [Dan Byron] husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

I’ve seen this video quite a few times but know many who haven’t. This is so cool. Who would have thought it possible! Not saying I’m gonna run out tomorrow and try it but I can only imagine the thrill involved.

Make sure to watch towards the end (3:00 or so) when they ‘buzz’ the road…. Amazing!

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

HT: Brad Ruggles

I find myself making this sound with my mouth all the time when I happen upon things in life that FAIL. Now I can hit up this website instead!

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Thought this video was too cute/funny.  Evan’s own arrangement of ‘Jesus Loves Me’ in an Ironman suit. The little guy loves to sing and play. I mentioned on Facebook that it would be cool if wearing superhero costumes was commonplace for adults at some point in the future. Going into the office in an Ironman suit and nobody thought anything of it…

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Ironman sings Jesus Loves Me from djByron on Vimeo.

We ended up getting a new flash-based Canon HD camcorder before we went on our vacation, so posting video online is going to be much easier!

My brother John forwarded this to me today and had to re-post it. 

Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.

This is hilarious! Rockstar wannabe FAIL.

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Ok, maybe that title is a little misleading but one of two things is definitely going on here.  Either the beer industry either has a separate colony of super-human minds to come up with the brilliantly humorous commercials that we see during the Super Bowl and throughout the year.  OR (and more likely) they have an unlimited advertising budget.  I know this video isn’t in English, but it doesn’t need to be (you’ll see).

I wonder how different (and possibly effective) church-related advertising would be if we had access to these same minds and resources?

Do you have any examples of effective church marketing?

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I don’t think this will happen any time soon, but Obama has made it known that he plans on closing Guantanamo Bay (aka ‘Gitmo’) during his term(s) as President.  Time will tell…

HOWEVER, this video from SNL this past week based on that premise is hilarious!

My favorite line: “German Shepherds only one dollar each!!  Buy two and get the third one FREE!!”

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This morning I had the strangest experience.  I was in that moment between being asleep and waking up for the day when I had a ‘vision’ so-to-speak.  A mini dream lasting just a couple seconds that vividly etched itself into my memory. I saw a ‘folder’ being created (almost like creating a new folder on one’s computer) with today’s date stamped on it.  It’s hard to translate the ‘weirdness’ that followed.  Almost like the feeling when the character Neo in the movie The Matrix realizes he was nothing more than part of the system.

I sat there for a while just thinking.  I’m so very happy right now and I know my life has meaning, but this was just really really weird.  A visual representation of a day in my life as nothing more than a folder with a date on it.  I thought back to a sermon I’d heard growing up about how our lives are compared to a vapor (James 4:14).  That message was preached probably 15+ years ago and yet it seems like just yesterday.  And not only did those years fly by, but to know God has every event that happened during those years filed away in ‘folders’ for future reference. The good, the bad and the ugly.

So what do I take from this?

I want what’s kept in todays ‘folder’ to matter.  I want every action to count.  I want it to be worth remembering.  And I DON’T want to regret what’s inside today’s folder wishing that somehow it could be deleted.

Has anything like this ever happened to you?

Saw this posted on Twitter earlier and it’s too good not to re-post.  If you’re unsure about what is a Democracy vs Republic (and socialism for that matter) take a few minutes and watch this. Very informative and enlightening.  Your thoughts?

The American Form of Government

Brin posted an amazing blog entry today summarizing our 2008!