State of The Robert's Land Address

Ladies and gentlemen, The Robert of Robert's Land

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Well, we are winding down the final days of summer. For some, you may have already gone back to school, others may still be enduring 100+ temperatures, while others may not have even noticed it was summer. For me, the temperature has dropped about 20 degrees over the last few weeks (for those who think Boston is the Arctic, its not...we are hitting around 80 currently). All the summer trips have been taken and enjoyed. All the visitors from the south have come and gone. Time to set my sight on what lays ahead.

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First off, as some of you may have noticed, I could have really cared less about blogging this summer. With the start of summer came the turning off of my brain. That will be changed...hopefully by Monday morning. I have been putting up puff pieces about movies, video clips, pictures, and copied news stories. I have reviewed these postings along with posts of the past and will try and get back on track this fall with my flow of creativity.

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With the end of summer comes the beginning of a new school year. My 2nd semester of BBC will officially begin Monday the 28th.

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I will begin my semester with a two week, nearly 6 hour a day blitz featuring the Exposition of General Epistles. The Fall semester will continue after that with Old Testament Survey I, New Testament Survey I, Exposition of Prison Epistles, Exposition of Thessalonians, Intro to Ministry Skills, and Journalism.

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For those bad at math, that is 21 hours with the blitz. The key to the War on BBC is speed my friends. We want a speedy resolution to this conflict. I will go in, do a lot of shock and awe and get out as quickly as possible. You have my word.

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For those who have enjoyed the photos from various summer trips, do not worry about the approaching seasons of change. There are currently plans under way for a trip to Vermont to see the leaves change. There will be the premier of "NASH RETURNS" in November. There will be snow, Christmas, and plenty of memories to share along the way!

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*Clears throat* Most importantly, the fall season brings the start of football and new television shows to our lives once more. FOX Sports predicts that the Fighting Aggies of Texas A&M will meet Arizona State in the Sun Bowl!...or Purdue, Wisconsin or Michigan State in the Insight Bowl...or possibly Wisconsin in the Alamo Bowl. Either way, best of luck to you A&M as you begin your new season.

New shows are always exciting, but be warned there may be some duds out there! Do not be fooled. I have taped FOX's new series Vanished and will review it this evening. Expect a full report tomorrow. Will Till Death shine for the former Raymond star? Who will win the war between Studio 60 and 30 Rock? 60 is a bigger number. And what of our returning favorites? How will Clark get out of the phantom zone? Will House be cured of his limp? Are Jim and Pam going to hook up? Did Dean and Sam survive? And what the crap is happening with those lost folk? All these questions and more will be answered in the coming months! Except maybe the one about the lost people.

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And so my fellow Robert Landians, I encourage you to keep up the good work. Visit often, laugh much, and cry a little. And for the love of everything, leave comments every now and then. I don't do this for giggles. It's all for you Damian...or whatever your name happens to be reading this. You don't have to be a member of the United States of Blogspot to leave a comment. I close with this: ask not what Robert's Land can do for you. Ask what you can do for Robert's Land.

And the answer is leave comments.

Seriously, I know where everyone lives who visits.

Thank you.

(coyote howls)

Super Videos

So as the three of you who visit this site know , I am a Superman fan. Love the movies, love the show, love the comics, love it all.

Like any faithful fan, I visit www.supermanhomepage.com which provides Superman related information (no need to make fun. Sports fans visit their team's page, music fans visit their band's page, Dekker fans visit www.teddekker.com).

Anywho, Neal Baily posted a Do's and Don'ts list on how to pass the time till the next Superman movie. It was very funny and I was going to share the whole thing, but decided to focus on one particular item.

DO: BUY THE soundtrack.
DON'T: Do THIS.

Click the above "THIS" link for a pretty hilarious video. Hilarious to me anyway. Probably cause I have made up words like this before.

Whle you're at it check out "How Superman Should Have Ended" as well.

If nothing else (or in addition to) be sure to hop over to Grace Blog and watch the video from this past Friday's Family Flicks & Fun Night.

How Many Planets?

Just read this interesting article and wanted to pass it along.
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DALE McFEATTERS: Neptune, Pluto, Xena, Dasher, Dancer ...

Scripps Howard News Service
Last Updated: August 14, 2006, 01:40:00 PM PDT

(SH) - If it's one thing we thought we knew, it's that the solar system has nine planets, beginning with closest-in Mercury and extending to farthest-out Pluto. But apparently we got ahead of ourselves, and the astronomers are saying not so fast.

The solar system may instead consist of eight planets, or 10, or 53, or some number in between. An astronomy conference now under way in Prague, Czech Republic, may decide to demote Pluto or promote a 10th, nicknamed Xena, to planethood.

Pluto's planetary status, always shaky since its discovery in 1930, received a blow last summer with the discovery by a Cal Tech astronomer of Xena, or 2003 UB313, farther out and slightly larger and brighter than Pluto. Like Pluto, it has a moon.

Also like Pluto, Xena is in the Kuiper Belt, a vast and unexplored zone beyond Neptune, the last "regular" planet, so speak. The Kuiper Belt is filled with thousands of celestial objects - some of them comets, but some of them potentially meeting the same criteria for planet status as Pluto and Xena.

Astronomers are debating ways of handling this, such as going back to eight planets or listing planets by category - "gas giants," for example. Pluto would be an "ice dwarf." Or, astronomers could say that more information is needed and wait until NASA's New Horizons space probe arrives at Pluto 9-1/2 years from now.

The astronomers could solve the status of Pluto rather quickly except for one thing. Many nonscientists, and especially schoolchildren, are enormously sentimental and protective of this tiny frozen rock several billion miles from Earth, and they go nuts whenever it is suggested that Pluto is not a planet.

As for the rest of us, we would tell the astronomers this: We could get reconciled to eight planets; we could deal with 10; but there's no way we're going to memorize the names of 53 planets.

Robert thru the Years

Sox, Joker, Video, & Mel

Just a few quick things. First up, I have posted pictures from our (my sister and brother-in-law) trip to Fenway Park. Very cool place to see. Hope to be able to go to a game there someday. Fenway is not like ballparks/stadiums that I am used to seeing. Normally there is a huge parking lot and lots of open space. This, however, was just right in the big middle of everything. Lots of cool restaurants and shops all around it. Click here to see the rest.

Also, I read yesterday that Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger will be playing The Joker in the next Batman film. Would love to know your thoughts on this. Is this good casting or a big mistake? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.


I have also added two new films to the Video Clips section. These were made by my talented friend Josiah. He has a real creative mind and I think a bright film future ahead of him. Not bad since he just entering his senior year of high school. One film is titled "The incrediball" and th other is "The Chase". They are probably only a few minutes each so check them out.

Finally, I have a note regarding all this talk and judgment people are placing on Mel Gibson. What he did was wrong and a horrible mistake. But which of you can say you have never sinned/done something wrong? Who among us can honestly look back over their entire life and say that we have never done or said something we regret? No one is perfect. Not even those who are believers in Jesus. Becoming a believer does not mean that that person's life will be perfect and sin free. Mel Gibson made a mistake, admitted it (something most of us have a problem doing), asked for forgiveness (even more difficult than admitting) and has taken several other steps to fix his problem through rehab and what-not. Some of these people in Hollywood and elsewhere who are saying he should be 'kicked out of Hollywood' (funny considering what other people are doing there) and that he shouldn't be forgiven...well I can't say much about them. Many are probably unsaved and therefore do not know any better. It pains me though when I hear Christians saying the above statements. We do know better. Colossians 3:13 teaches that we are to "bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." We as Christians are to forgive one another. Plain and simple. This is about as straight forward as it can get. Jesus suffered greatly and died so that we may be forgiven of all our wrong doings. Seems like it should be pretty easy for us to forgive someone, especially a person we have never met. Hope everyone is enjoying their final months of summer.

Enjoy the pictures and videos.