The Heath Mullikin Project

1.  So, in case you didn’t hear, a reporter threw his shoes at President Bush in Iraq. His networks response was that he should be released  “in accordance with democracy and freedom of expression Iraqis were promised by the new era and American authorities.”  Ironic that Iraqis didn’t have any of that until Saddam was overthrown by US forces commanded by President Bush.  Bush laughed off the incident.  Saddam would have ended the guy’s life and career.

2.  We closed out our service yesterday with “How Great is Our God” and it was amazing.  I also heard, for the first time, someone sing “O Holy Night” without an operatic voice.  Michelle nailed it and really moved us even deeper in the service.  Check this out to hear what happens when “O Holy Night” falls into the wrong hands, err, voice.  I am still trying to figure out all the knobs on our sound board and why the equalizers aren’t hooked up.

3.  It appears that the DVD drive has gone bad on the Macbook Pro.  From reading various Mac Forums, it appears that this is a common problem.  Talked to a lady at church whose Dell laptop just went out for the second time since she bought it in April.  She was not looking forward to spending two hours on the phone with a foreign country.

4.  Credit to Charlie Collins for this bailout plan.  Instead of spending $700 Billion on this crapshoot, why not give every American homeowner $1 million.  We figured if there were 350 million people and 60% were homeowners then that would be about 250 million.  Any way you cut it, it would be alot less than what has been proposed.  Can you imagine if all the homeowners got the money to pay off all their debt?  Dave Ramsey’s head would explode with joy.  Of course it won’t happen because big business pays for elections and perks.  We, the taxpayers, just pay for the bailouts.

5.  Why is it that the best loogees come up when you’re driving and it’s too hard to spit out a car window when you’re going 55 mph?

6.  Why is it that I have all the answers to questions that are never asked and none of the answers to things I need to know right this minute?

7.  Is it possible to have an internet session on Windows Vista without seeing the little blue circle(formerly the hour glass)?  It is possible to do anything on Windows Vista without there being a long and awkward pause in your work?

8.  Ice skating is much harder than it appears on the Olympics.  Especially is you don’t know how to get your skates tight enough.  I did make it all day without falling thanks to Audrey’s encouragement and the wall.  By all day, I mean 6 laps.  My feet were killing me.  Oh, and never go ice skating at a place hosting 5 birthday parties on the same day.  It was a wee bit crowded.

9.  Is it just me, or does Christmas seem to come faster each year?  People always say, Christmas will be here before you know it, and they are correct.  Sadly, we won’t be watching New Year’s Eve fireworks from our balcony at the Shingle Creek resort this year.  We will, however, be watching the first annual Denton Ball Drop at our church.

10.  If you’re a Dean Cain fan, then check out the Lifetime Movie Network.  He’s on there all the time, not that there’s anything wrong with it.

Have a great Monday!

1.  I heard yesterday that sometimes it takes a $2 funnel to save a multi-million building.  That would be a great book title.

2.  Tomorrow we are taking the youth group ice skating.  It got more votes than Lazer Tag.  I am not a good ice skater.  I always seem to get injured.

3. I discovered that our old youth group has it’s own bowl game now.  I really like that Roadys logo.  We never did get a good one in SC.

4.  I am really close to dropping Myspace.  As for Facebook, I don’t want to join your cause, race you, come to your event, or do anything else that forces me to add one more application.  Myspace has gone nuts with those things and my page looks like Hebrew because everyone has to have a cool screen name like “SW4597h!”  I may give it another week and then it’s history.  I will have to cut and paste all my old blogs though.  That was some good stuff.

5.  If you’re on Facebook then you’ll want to check out these sweet pics of me and my friends from High School.  They were put up by Stephanie Roll who married my longtime tag team partner, “Bad” Brad Finley.  Yes, I was skinny and that is a stand alone mustache.

6.  Today, we will be trekking to the mall to see Santa.  How do you explain to five year olds the reason there are Santa’s everywhere?  Milena asked,”Can we hug him?”  My answer, “Only after we check his ID and breath.”

7.  I am pumped for the live action GI JOE movie coming out next year.  Matt hopes that Scarlett will defect and join Cobra with the Baroness.

8.  After watching the special on the History channel about the actual plot to kill Hitler, I am more inclined to go see Valkryie starring Tom Cruise as the German officer who speaks with an American accent.  Brings back memories of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood.  Lots of good movies coming out in the next three weeks, but I don’t think “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is one of them.  I think Keanu Reeves was typecast as the emotionless alien.  Bring back Bill and Ted!

9.  The Red Sox are looking to sign Mark Teixiera.  It means that either Ortiz, Youkillis, or Lowell will have to go.  Gotta be Lowell.  I think Teixiera is one of those players who gets numbers without elevating his teammates.  Kinda like Allen Iverson and A-Rod.  He would be a monster addition to the lineup and his hard nosed play(what in the world does that even mean) will fit right in with the team.  I think that CC Sabathia will not be worth all the money the Yanks gave him because he won’t bring them a title.  Yanks just throw money at guys.  Red Sox bring in and develop players who fit into their system.

10.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.  The Mullikin Christmas tour begins on December 22nd so we will be looking to catch up with all our SC friends.

First off, check out the comments from yesterday’s post.  A guy from Bluefish TV gave a sincere apology.  I knew the governement was screening all communication, but I’m not sure how Bluefish found the rant on this obscure blog.

Now, onto the list:

1.  Campaigns that Work by John McCain

2.  Raising Sane Kids in an Insane World by Britney Spears

3.  I Done it My Whey: My Presidensity-by George W. Bush

4.  Business Solutions that Work-by american automakers

5.  Being a Great Teammate-Stephon Marbury

6.  The Gun Carriers Bible-Plaxico Burress

7.  Magnificent Structures-Trehel Corp.(the people who brought you the chapel with the cracked floor and the insanely humid dorm)

8.  Weight loss for Winners-Oprah Winfrey

9.  Winning Resumes-the college advisors of all my friends who can’t find work

10.  Where in the World is Joe Biden?-from the creators of Carmen Sandiego

11.  Dog Lovers Guide-Michael Vick

12.  Oops, our Bad-authors of the failed government Bailout

13.  Quick and Easy Albums: the story of Chinese Democracy-by Axl Rose

14.  Organizing Your Office for Success-Heath Mullikin

15.  From ideas to reality-Heath Mullikin

16.  Copyright:  the wit and wisdom of Claude Heath Mullikin-file this one under #15 as well

17.  The Pastor Title Handbook:  250,000 names to choose from-from the authors of 1,000,000 Baby Names

18.  How to make your point without repeating yourself everyday-Sean Hannity

19.  A Coaching Legacy:  the Tommy Bowden story-by Bobby Bowden

20.  Superman Returns:  the Novel-by Bryan Singer

1.  Where are Max and Ruby’s parents?

2.  Where are Little Bear’s clothes?  His parents wear clothes.  Why is he running around naked all the time?

3.  Okay fellow Heroes watchers:  Where are Nathan Petrelli’s wife and children?

4.  Is Arthur Petrelli really dead or did he just lose the Catalyst?

5.  Why does the DVD drive on the Macbook pro keep spitting out DVDs without reading them?

6.  Why do I have 25 copies of some worship songs, but can’t find 1 for the song I want?

7.  What is all this stuff on my desk?

8.  Why do I have more posters than wall?

9.  How far is it to Austin, Texas from here?

10.  What is Matt sending me in the mail?

11.  Does Bluefish TV harass anyone else about sending back a package you never received?

12.  Why is it difficult for me to have hard conversations with close friends?  Why is it so hard to say,”I’m dissapointed”?

13.  What if the grass is greener on the other side because there is a lot of “fertilizer” there, but you couldn’t smell it from the other side?

14. Is it hypocritical for a denomination to have a “stewardship emphasis” when their ministerial students graduate with more school debt than they can pay back on the salary they make at their local church?  Wouldn’t a true “stewardship emphasis” steer students away from going into debt that could cripple their life, marriage, and ministry?  Hey, I graduated with zero college debt, praise the Lord, but too many of my comrades struggle for years to get back to square one.

15.  Iphone or Blackberry Storm?

16.  Should the government provide Festivus poles for people offended by Christmas trees?  Why is it okay to be offended by a little baby, but not by an overweight man who invites small children to sit on his lap so he can make promises he can’t keep?

Will Starbucks cure this mood I’m in or do I need to listen to Christmas music the rest of the day?

Two weeks of illness led to two weeks of minimal posts.  My apologies.  Today, you will get the Heath Hodge Podge.

1.  Karen is in New York for her grandmother’s funeral so my mom is here helping with the kids.  Karen said it was 3 degrees there.  Wow.

2.  Here’s what I’ll say about the BCS.  Any team that is not undefeated has no argument about whether or not they should be in the Championship Game no matter who they beat.  If you can’t take care of your business then that’s your fault to leave it up to computers and pollsters who only watch the games of 5 or 6 teams.  The BCS has become major league baseball in that only a few teams have a shot to win it all, but the BCS doesn’t have a Tamba Bay Rays in the championship either.  Just once I want them to let Boise St. and Utah play for the title.  At least we would have an undefeated champion.  Can you imagine pro sports being decided by preseason rankings?  Oh, and Clemson going to the Gator Bowl is awesome.  You can fly down and back on the day of the game for $250.

3.  I want to find the place where they are printing all of these “Christian” t-shirts that are ripping off other ideas and put a stop to it.  There’s no need to try to change the Starbucks logo into something catchy and Christian.  And wearing Christian t-shirts does not count as witnessing.

4.  I’m starting to think that there are few things in life that live up to their hype.  I especially think that there is a great leadership mirage in the church.  Just because you get great results doesn’t mean that the process and the leadership were correct in their approach.  I think that God realizes what’s at stake more often than we do and has to cover for our laziness/unwillingness to change/procrastination.  God’s blessing does not always mean that God approves.  God has really been hammering me on preperation and creativity.  I think God always blesses our best efforts, but sometimes we don’t even give the effort.  I think we get complacent when we take God’s blessing for granted.

5.  Yesterday was a great day at church.  Charlie finished up his series on “Purple cows, Raging fires, and Open Doors.”  God is moving in our midst and I am excited to see what the future holds.  Now, if we can just get the youth room done before New Year’s Eve.

6.  We are going ice skating this Saturday.  I have never not gotten hurt while ice skating.  My head still hurts from the last time.  Pretty sure that was a concussion I got.  Now, roller skating is a different story.  We used to go every Thursday night and the kiddie rink in the corner at the Anderson place was makeout city.  It’s good that as we get older, we want to make out in public less.  Nothing sweeter than watching an older couple hold hands though.

7.  I did not get on the internet last Thursday or Friday.  It was at least 48 hours and I didn’t die or start sweating profusely.  I was sweating from the fever but not internet lacking.  Seems that the only prescription was more cow bell, chicken soup, and sleep.  That was the worst cold chills I’ve ever experienced.

8.  Saturday was the Denton Christmas parade.  We ran out of candy and silly string on our float before the parade was over.  Next year we need to ration them better.  It was fun.  I did see several Mary and Josephs walking around and some of them were smoking.  One Mary was kind enought to hold baby Jesus to the side while she slowly gave herself nicotine poisioning.  Lots of the church floats fall under the #4 category.  Our theme was “have a rocking Christmas” and the kids had mics and guitars and dressed the part.  The plan was to have music playing but it wasn’t loud enough.  Next year, I think we will just a trailer with a sign for our church.  No theme, just a bunch of us waving and throwing out candy.

9.  My office needs a little touch up so I better get to it.  Lots of sheet music to organize!  Later peeps!