Apple Store Elevator

During our recent trip to New York we visited the Manhattan Apple Store – the “Glass Cube”

The store is absolutely amazing, even if you aren’t an Apple fan.

Here is a video I shot on our way up the elevator.

Saks PETA Protest

This weekend we went to NYC to catch a showing of Chicago, starring Melora Hardin (also known as Jan Levenson from The Office).

While strolling up 5th Avenue, I heard a bunch of voices chanting something. When we got closer, we saw that it was a PETA protest outside the Saks store.

Proof the Government Should NOT Be Involved in Business

If the failure to make the February switch date to Digital TV isn’t proof that the federal government should NOT be involved in business, I’m not sure what is.

I just got done reading that the switch date is going to be pushed back to June 12, and I’m just going out on a limb here, but I imagine it will get pushed back again, probably until some time in 2010.

Seriously, do we want these people nationalizing our banking system? I don’t think so. If they can’t handle this, how are they supposed to handle that?

What’s your take?

Schrute Gets Rambunctious

Schrute Jump

Schrute is Home!

We picked up our “baby”, Schrute, on Sunday, and we’ve been loving every minute of having him be the newest member of our family.

I’ll post more about our trip, puppy training, etc. later, but for now, here are some shots of our little guy.

Of course, I HAD to wear my Dunder Mifflin shirt to go pick him up. It wouldn’t be right not to, since he is named after one of my favorite characters on The Office – Dwight Schrute.

Change We Can Believe In?

Just thought I’d pass along some examples of “Change We Can Believe In”

1. Al Franken steals the Minnesota Senate election – how can I use the word steal? Well, here’s just one example. During the recount there were at least two instances where the recount totals didn’t match the election night totals. In one instance the board took the recount total, and in the other instance they took the election night total. It doesn’t take much to figure out that something is fishy there. Oh, in each instance the total favored Franken – how convenient.
2. Impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich appoints Roland Burris to fill Barrack Obama’s vacant Senate seat – I’m not even sure where to start on this one. There is so much improper behavior here it’s not even funny. Never mind that Blagojevich was just impeached and will most likely face criminal charges, in our new Senate that’s not an issue at all, “come on in.”
3. Obama’s “Climate Czar”, Carol Browner, is a leader of a socialist group’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society – Oh, they just favor global governance and think that rich countries should shrink their wealth in order to combat global climate change. Oh, by the way, global sea ice ended this year at the same level it was in 1979.

If you find yourself in a much different and much worse America in 2012 or 2016 than you did on January 20, 2009, don’t be too surprised.

Church of the New Covenant Sermons

Speaking of my church, I also wrote a Facebook App for them to play our most recent sermons.

Check it out at http://apps.facebook.com/cncsermons/.

Erin Murray Music

An old friend of mine, Erin Murray, is an amazing singer. Erin is the daughter of one of our former pastor’s. I was playing around writing a Facebook App to play the most recent sermons from our church, and figured she needed an app for her music, which was on MySpace, but not Facebook.

Check it out at http://apps.facebook.com/erinmurray/.

Schrute at 7 Weeks

Here are some shots we received today of Schrute, who is now 7 weeks old and weighs almost 14 pounds!

If anyone out there is interested in getting a Dane, the Pickrels still have several left at bigpineydanes.weebly.com