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Archive for August, 2006
Morning at Starbucks
Typical day at Starbucks on Royal Oaks here in Franklin. I meet with Kerry each week here. Brandon, the Campus pastor of the Spring Hill campus of TPC is right behind us. Looks like he is gearing up for the full time campus ministry there with his group of friends. Check out the website for the TPC Spring Hill which begins full time on September 10th. My friend Rob over at Brainwave Studios put the Flash site together for them. He’s got a real creative eye and is great with all things Flash. When it comes to Starbucks, are you a drive through kind of person or do you go in and visit? Or do you just not like Starbucks and prefer Panera Bread?
Is your city Angry?
While in Spokane recently, I was stopped by a local TV news reporter who was asking about why Spokane ranked 68th on the list of the most Angry Cities. At first I thought the higher the number, the more angry. But it was the other way around. I said to her that I lived in Nashville, where no one is angry. Life is peaceful, life is grand. After all it is the heart of Country and Christian music. She surprised me by informing me that Orlando was ranked angriest on the list. Now, come on. Mickey Mouse and crew? Angry. What gives?
Well the survey, done by Men’s Health magazine of all things, had an interesting city in the top 10. Nashville!! Whoa… how can Nashville come in at 5th angriest city. This can’t be. According to the article:
Our search for evidence of urban anger began with the percentage of men with high blood pressure, from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (as calculated by Sperling’s BestPlaces). We then factored in FBI rates of aggravated assaults and Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers on workplace deaths from assaults and other violence. And because rage and the road often go hand in hand, we also included traffic-congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute, as well as speeding citations per state from the Governors Highway Safety Association.
So here is the list. Where does your city fall in?
1. Orlando, FL
2. St. Petersburg, FL
3. Detroit, MI
4. Baltimore, MD
5. Nashville, TN
6. Wilmington, DE
7. Miami, FL
8. Memphis, TN
9. Jacksonville, FL
10. St. Louis, MO
11. Chicago, IL
12. Tampa, FL
13. Jackson, MS
14. Albuquerque, NM
15. Charlotte, NC
16. Dallas, TX
17. Houston, TX
18. Tucson, AZ
19. Indianapolis, IN
20. Wichita, KS
21. Birmingham, AL
22. Providence, RI
23. Durham , NC
24. Altanta, GA
25. Washington, DC
26. Denver, CO
27. Philadelphia, PA
28. Baton Rouge, LA
29. Fort Worth, TX
30. Phoenix, AZ
31. Lubbock, TX
32. Cleveland, OH
33. Greensboro, NC
34. Cincinnati, OH
35. Arlington, TX
36. Los Angeles, CA
37. Buffalo, NY
38. Grand Rapids, MI
39. Boston, MA
40. Columbia, SC
41. Tulsa, OK
42. Aurora, CO
43. Seattle, WA
44. Sacramento, CA
45. San Diego, CA
46. Montgomery, AL
47. Raleigh, NC
48. Yonkers, NY
49. Oakland, CA
50. Fort Wayne, IN
51. Newark, NJ
52. Las Vegas, NV
53. Columbus, OH
54. St. Paul, MN
55. Charleston, WV
56. Kansas City, MO
57. New York, NY
58. Oklahoma City, OK
59. Toledo, OH
60. San Antonio, TX
61. Riverside, CA
62. Modesto, CA
63. Louisville, KY
64. Honolulu, HI
65. Richmond, VA
66. San Francisco, CA
67. Bakersfield, CA
68. Spokane, WA
69. Milwaukee, WI
70. Jersey City, NJ
71. Lexington, KY
72. Little Rock, AR
73. Lincoln, NE
74. Billings, MT
75. San Jose, CA
76. Hartford, CT
77. Minneapolis, MN
78. Boise, ID
79. Anaheim, CA
80. Norfolk, VA
81. Austin, TX
82. Fremont, CA
83. Fresno, CA
84. Anchorage, AK
85. Cheyenne, WY
86. Rochester, NY
87. Madison, WI
88. Salt Lake City, UT
89. Omaha, NE
90. Pittsburgh, PA
91. Colorado Springs, CO
92. El Paso, TX
93. Sioux Falls, SD
94. Des Moines, IA
95. Burlington, VT
96. Portland, OR
97. Corpus Christi, TX
98. Fargo, ND
99. Bangor, ME
100. Manchester, NH
Radio Flyer playground
I found this interesting playground at the Spokane Riverwalk. Very much a large-scale replica of the wagons we use to have as kids.
Golfing in the panhandle
I hit a round of 18 here. Beautiful course. Score? Didn`t keep track. Scramble.
Kootenai national wildlife refuge
Last night we visited this refuge located in bonners ferry. Our host presented us with info on the refuge and the value of refuges in general. Saw a moose and lots of white tail deer. We are at that part of idaho where we are very close to montana. Mountains all around.
Bonners Ferry on the Kootenai
This is a great little town up in the panhandle of Idaho 18 miles from the Canadian border. Still has that small town feel. Trying to get some fishing in. Maybe some golf. Beautiful country.
Moscow Concert DVD finally available
The wait is finally over. The long awaited release of the historic concert at the International House of Music in Moscow is now available on DVD. The DVD has been remixed and has suberb audio and video. Called “A History of American Spiritual Music”, this 127 minute DVD features a rare performance of a 300 piece choir and orchestra, of which I was a part. The music covers a wide spectrum of church music from over the past few centuries. Get a copy now at www.shopgmp.com.
Have you been there?
The goal of the Degree Confluence project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures, and stories about the visits, will then be posted to the website (www.confluence.org). Take a look and you’ll be amazed at how this has caught on around the world. All you need to have is a GPS unit and a camera. Take a picture of your surroundings then a snapshot of your GPS device screen showing the precise lat/lon coordinate of your location and you’ve marked your spot on the globe. But hurry, locations are going fast. Reserve your spot in history today.
A trip to Disneyland
What trip to disney would be complete without a ride on the mad hatter. We had great time and visited nearly every square mile of the place. The water show and fireworks were outstanding.
