IT'S TEBOW TIME

Let me preface this piece by saying I am a HUGE Alabama fan! My love for the Crimson Tide runs deep and burns bright in my heart. When the Tide loses, I lose. When the Tide wins, I win.

Anyhow, when it become necessary for me to pull for other teams because Alabama is either not playing or already done, I have a few favorite backups. One of those is Florida. I have always enjoyed watching Florida play. When they are hitting on all cylinders, they are unstoppable. And you cannot talk about Florida without talking about Tim Tebow. He is a man among boys. He is probably one of the greatest college quarterbacks in modern football history. All that, and he still has a year of eligibility left.

However, despite all his on field achievements, one of the best aspects of his character is his accomplishments off the field. Tebow is a devoted Christian. He spend much of his free time either overseas on mission trips, speaking at prisons, or ministering to groups around Gainesville. He is a what young people need to look up at. It has been a while since athletics have given us someone with this much ability AND this much character. Kids can look up to Tebow as an athlete, person, christian, and role model.

Way to go Tebow. God bless!

FLICKR

As I wrote previously, I have been introduced to photography. It is fun to capture nature, family, and just about anything else that captures my eye. It has become one of my favorite hobbies/obsessions. That being said, everyone loves to have their pictures viewed by others! I know many of you have cameras you received for Christmas. Why don't you try your hand at photography. You need not have some ridiculously expensive camera, nor do you need to have a degree in photography to begin taking cool pictures. Start snapping picture of things around you. Whatever interest you would be fine! I keep my camera with me when I ride to and from work. I try and take a few pictures each day.

One way we can all enjoy each others pictures and comment on them is through FLICKR. No, I did not misspell it. Go to http://www.flickr.com/ and register for a user name. Its free. Add me as a contact. My user name is "firefocus". (I could not think of anything else!). Feel free to comment on my pictures. Let me know if any of you sign up so I can add you also! Have fun!

Israel vs. Hamas

Lets look at a hypothetical situation....

Say you wake up one day and hear that Canada has begun to shoot rockets into America. Now granted, they are only hitting North Dakota and Minnesota, but they are hitting American soil. What would you suggest the course of action be? Should we just let it go on without any repercussion? Should we try to negotiate? Or should we blast them into the stone age? Hmmmmmmm. Let me think about it.

Israel is facing much the same problem. Hamas militants are launching rockets into Israel. Israel is responding by bombing Hamas positions and entering Palestine (which they gave back 2 years ago under cease fire conditions). Are they doing anything wrong? I think not! They have every right to defend and protect the land they live in. Yet some would say they are doing it all wrong. Many newspaper columnist have come out in support.....of Hamas! Are you kidding me?

Just another example of the messed up world we live in!