• 21:24 Daily Twitter Stuff tinyurl.com/cckyth #
• 21:46 twitpic.com/46zhs – Wanna see @jabberfrog and @kennyconley at the tweetup? #
• 22:59 RT @kennyconley: One hotel room, 6 guys, 5 computers… All blogging. #orange09 #
• 23:19 @joshtheintern Welcome to the new twitter name! #
• 23:48 my little girls is a twitter-fan tinyurl.com/cymohf #
• 23:53 RT @BetsyWr: @jonathancliff You don’t look anything like your Twitter picture…so fun to meet everyone tonight #
• 00:24 Orange Tweetup tinyurl.com/czsqmh #
• 07:34 i’m way too old to stay up that late… But I’m ready for some #orange09 #
• 08:00 @mattmckee is wearing white pants…white HOT pants! #
• 09:10 Listening to Reggie Joiner in a rapid-fire teaching "RandomLearnings from Thinking Orange" #orange09 #
• 09:44 @jessica_mckee We’ll work on that for you… #
• 10:34 Eating some Pizza with @human3rror @jabberfrog @samluce @kennyconley @prince4jc @joshtheintern and many others… #
• 10:38 twitpic.com/47sc9 – @kennyconley taking my twitpic… #
• 11:00 @amandasims indeed it is! #
• 11:48 wish I had some twitter tweeps in the Randomlearnings pre-con ;( #orange09 #
• 12:11 Met @joshuaadsit @acrathbone and @summersjames in the pre-con. Them sum good Oklahoma boys… #
• 13:46 RT @human3rror: I Blogged: The Blog First Aid Station at Orange Conf. : Human3rror.com/?p=3011 #Orange09 #
• 13:50 "We need to help parents redefine their relationships with growing children." #orange09 #
• 15:05 I so wish I could have taken my team to #Orange09 …but I’m taking back notes! #
• 15:47 hanging out in the #orange09 bloggers lounge… I think I like the word lounge… #
• 15:51 RT @jabberfrog: for the record @kennyconley @samluce @jonathancliff are much taller in person than in the twitter world. #kidmin #orange09 #
• 16:02 @johnincolorado I got a video coming soon! #
• 16:13 Video from the past 10 minutes in the Orange Bloggers ! bit.ly/2k2p3 #
• 16:15 RT @k75swartz: I got to come by #orange09 bloggers lounge so I can see what the rest of @jonathancliff face looks like #
• 17:20 twitpic.com/48kl4 – @human3rror running his blog helpdesk #
• 17:27 RT @samluce: New Blog Post: Preschool Worship The Gateway Drug uptownkids.tv/wordpress/?p=1385 #kidmin #orange09 #
• 17:31 @Rick_Smith and @michaelchanley have arrived in the Bloggers Lounge, where are you? #orange09 #
• 17:59 I got an Opening Session link for those NOT in attendance at the Orange Conference. #orange09 bit.ly/GhfUs #
• 18:00 @johnincolorado Kenny is an 8 year old! #
• 18:04 @d_w_scott you not gonna swing by the blogging lounge? #orange09 #
• 18:12 looking for coffee in the Bloggers Lounge… #
• 18:15 anyone else ever noticed that @kennyconley rubs his chin when he’s talking to people? #orange09 #
• 18:43 So fun how the #orange09 doesn’t take itself to serious… #
• 18:56 twitpic.com/48rg9 – Opening in 2 minutes #orange09 #
• 18:56 twitpic.com/48rgo – @kennyconley is a blogging lounge rockstar! #
• 19:07 RT @samluce: I am lost @ #orange09 sci-fi talk. //@samluce knows more than he let’s on #
• 19:14 I’m thinking they’ll give away something orange #orange09 #
• 19:25 I just can’t separate myself from my moleskine for note taking…sorry blog world! #orange09 #
• 20:05 "Give your children a front-row view of God’s story of Grace." #orange09 #
• 20:08 "Our unrealistic pictures of families could paralyze a generation of parents!" -Reggie Joiner #orange09 #
• 20:41 getting ready for a little FEE band! #orange09 #

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So now Google wants us to profile ourselves. I don’t know about you, but I’ve longed subscribed to a search through Google that sends me emails if my name shows up somewhere on these Internets. But as I’ve been thinking about what may or may not be said about me online, I thought I’d throw out some bad information and see if we can get that flying around the World Wide Web.

Take a guess at which of these is NOT true:

• I have no tattoos anywhere on my body. TRUE -I have NO tattoos on any surface of my body. I just can’t justify the pain.
• As a teenager I was a ballboy for the Dallas Cowboys. TRUE -I did this the summer of 1991, and unbelievably I have NO pictures from the experience.
• I had a super teeny, tiny part in a movie starring Brad Pitt. FALSE -Seriously people?
• I played soccer in Brazil. TRUE -I was there on a Mission trip in 2003, and I played with some kids.
• I’ve seen a triple-play in a Major League Baseball game. TRUE -Watching the A’s and the Rangers in Arlington, TX. I believe it was a 1-5-4-2 play. Kenny Rogers was the pitcher.
• My wife is the former Ms. Striper City. TRUE -From the Striped Bass Capital of the World!

So let’s throw this stuff out there for the big, bad Google to work with. I’ll reveal which one I’ve NOT done later this evening.

I’m out! Headed to Sand Springs, Oklahoma this week; via Amarillo, via Oklahoma City, via Tulsa. When it’s all said and done I’ll have traveled 8+ hours one-way, and spent $25 on Oklahoma toll roads…oh joy…

I’ll be back to regular posting, which is irregular at best after the holidays. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would share one of my favorite clips from THE Best Holiday Movie EVER!

• I passed a mobile billboard this morning attached to a semi-truck. It was red with black letters, and said, “Go Tech! Beat OU!” Is it really necessary to advertise who you are rooting for?
• I think every store front in Lubbock says something to the effect of “BEAT OU!” And yes…we even have our regards on the electronic sign in front of the church.
• Thousands of cars in town have GO TECH flags dangling from somewhere…or painted on the windows!
• Who ever sells those full-size Tech flags is making a killing! There are so many homes with Red Raider flags flying, it’s creepy.
• My boys are picking up on the enthusiasm, and I’m not sure how to handle it. Last Sunday my 5 year old Dylan walks into the living room as I’m watching the Dallas Cowboy game; and starts jumping up and down at the sight of football while yelling, “Go Tech! Guns Up Baby!” I’d like to apologize to all my family for this, but I honestly didn’t teach him this at home.
  
• And the best of all appeared on my television screen last Saturday Night. I’m watching a college football game, and the local ABC affiliate pops with this a tag-liner that simply read…“ONLY 168 hours until game time!” It has been counting down for days now. Tonight I expect it to be somewhere around 72 hours.

So as I gather with some Oklahoma-friendly friends on Saturday Night I will be publicly pulling for my Sooners…but somewhere inside of me I’m beginning to pull for my hometown team. I can’t help it. I need therapy. God. Help. Me.

Sorry for the blog absence all week. I’ve been at summer camp! We head to summer camp just about every July for a week, and this year is no different. I’m privileged to take the kids to Camp Dry Gulch in Oklahoma. Besides the camp residing in the greatest state in the union (wonder where I’m from???), it’s a pretty swell camp all on it’s own.

There are those that love planning, organizing, and orchestrating their own church camp experience. I, however, am not one of those people, so instead I take the kids to the best Christian Summer Camp money can buy. It’s fantastic! It’s the only reason I would ever take 44 kids on a 9-hour one-way bus trip (read that again… 9 freaking hours!) There are water slides, horse back riding, tubing on the lake, go-carts, arcades, and games games games; as well as some great chapel experiences each and every night. Everything they do at Camp Dry Gulch is A+. It’s also a great time to bring along a few ’sponsors’ with me; and just hang out. We eat together, play with the kids, eat some more, go swimming with kids, and finally hang out and eat some more. Somewhere in there we soak other church sponsors with water guns…

Hopefully next week I’ll get back to bringing you the wonderfully curious blog postings you all have grown accustomed to. Have a Great Week!