Chris's Musings

As ridiculous as the title may sound, I actually did this during lunch today.  I had fully intended to use my lunch to work out... make a run by LA Fitness for a 30 minute treadmill session and then bring a Chick-Fil-A chargrilled sandwich and a fruit cup back to my desk.  That plan got a wrench thrown into it when a meeting went long, 12:30 rolled around, and I just needed to grab something quick and come back.   So, since McDonalds just happens to be the only logical quick lunch based on where my office is, I decided to settle for that and get one of the salads there.  I ordered the Premium Southwest Salad with a Diet Coke and came back to my desk.   First of all... I'm impressed!  This salad is actually good!  No brown lettuce and a good assortment of greens in the mix.  Also, the southwestern flavor was really well done, and loved the lime glaze over the chicken (a bit too heavy on the tortilla chips, but you can toss some of those aside).  I ordered the salad with grilled chic...

Of course, on occasion we Buckhead and Northpoint members/attenders have whispered in the back halls... it's obvious that the high degree of fashion sense of our worship leaders have now made the quasi-prime time :-) The Stuff Christians Like "Metro Worship Leader Test" How does your church score? :-)

Time with family is good... especially of the chilling out, slower pace variety.  Given how crazy the last couple of weeks have been, I've deserved the break :).   Christmas Eve started with a 1/2 day at work, meaning a round trip to Conyers , GA, and a flurry of activity that is not conducive to letting your mind veg into Christmas vacation bliss.  It did include an hour and half call where I walked one of our sales guys through the Salesforce .com application and he picked it up really quickly... ahhhhh , accomplishment.  I went upstairs to visit my IT support guy to share the good news, and they were playing Jedi Knight on the projection... good times :)... I would have liked to have traded places.  A slow day in a work-hard-play-hard IT group usually involves a little craziness or high-tech toys.  I still prefer marketing, but arcade downtime does sound like a good job perk :) So, I get off at around 1- ish from the half day and get dropped off at the airport by my friend Sea...

I figured that I'd make an effort to put out my Christmas gift wishes... 2 1/2 days in advance of the big day.  You know, in case you haven't figured out what to get me :-) or are just looking for a clever way to be "patriotic" and spend some more money... haha. 1.) I love music, so iTunes cards can always be used... as could a phatter iPod with some video capability :) 2.) Have you driven around Atlanta lately?  Anyone who has knows that we'us needs GPS... Garmen, TomTom, whatever. 3.) Buy yourself a fuel efficient car and keep gasoline at $1.55/gallon :) 4.) Starbucks, Starbucks, Starbucks!!!! 5.) You know, I was in the Perimeter Mall last weekend browsing clothes, and I think I may need an update on what's cool.  Advice, more so than threads... but threads aren't too bad.   6.) A traveling crew to Italy next year!  I want to do it, and I got the vacation! 7.) A voice like the lead singer from LifeHouse.   8.) A pill that can make key lime pie fat free. ...

Cool stories... :) enjoy.  

1 Kings 6:1a - "In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt..." You know, I consider myself extremely blessed to not only go to a great church that focuses on ministry and giving out our faith, but also a (to be completely honest) church that meets in a really cool church... for example: We have an escalator!  How cool is that. The sound system in the main auditorium where we have worship services... state of the art. Check out the artwork in Wauba Land (our environment for pre-school children), it is a freakin' awesome and artistic rendition of creation developed by a very creative member of the Northpoint community. The large group rooms in Upstreet and the KidStuf theater are also pretty darn cool too. However, it was nothin' compared to what Solomon built God for a temple. I'm reading today in my QT about the building of temple (1 Kings 6), and I have to tell you that it would put any building project in Buckhead or Midtow...

Ever watch a movie like "Aladdin" and start wondering what you would do if you found a genie in a lamp and had three wishes at your disposal?  I think all of us have something (or a set of somethings) that we would freely provide to that spirit, in the persona of Robin Williams of course, and make our wildest dreams come true... But, since there really is no such things as genies in lamps (as far as I know), what about this? What if God walked up to you one day and told you that He would give you ANYTHING you wanted... a blank check.  Whatever you want, He'll do that for you.  Let that simmer....   What's on your mind now?  :-) Let me think here.... How many zeros are on the number in your bank account now?  Is there a "B" assigned to your net worth? What's your title (CEO of course) and where is your corner office? What's her name?  (guys)  What's his name? (girls) What exotic place is your posh house in? How big is your fan club?   I suppose th...