when i have time toNIGHT, i'll post on my thoughts on the artest trade deal finally done as well as my opinion on piston fans that ARE detroit residents

get lucky, and i might even write some stuff about us ball 2-3 spots.

or more about e-sword.

but i can't really go into that in depth right now, as i've got some stuff to handle. and it's late.

hope this little stuff keeps your ears and eyes peeled though.

later

1st Thessalonians 5:21 has more-or-less become the creed by which i have been living for about 1 year now

because if we just live by accepting what others say, even in the church, and never make sure what they say is bibically correct, are we not just sheep led to the slaughterer? people will act like it's terrible to keep a skeptic's eye at everything, but look at the possible consequences that can occur. i for one, refuse to be taken advantage of regarding my christian knowledge if i can help it.

*i need to update the bible verse links at the top of my journal; there's so many other verses that i have tried to commit to learn because of the influence that they have*

just to list a smattering of them:

Psalm 2:1-3
Psalm 12:6-7
Isaiah 55:8-9
Jeremiah 11:9-10
Ezekiel 22:25
Ezekiel 33:6-9
Romans 9:6-8
Romans 11:5
Romans 11:29
Romans 11:33-34
1st Corinthians 10:23
1st Corinthians 16:30
Galatians 3:16
1st Thessalonians 5:21
Hebrews 2:14-18
Hebrews 7:22
Hebrews 8:6-13
Hebrews 9:15-17
Hebrews 10:16-18

note how many of these deal with conspiracies, God's promises, definitions to help assert those promises, etc.

for instance, one of the hebrew verses defines what a "testator" is, who writes a testament. it's one of the arguments that is used to help assert why only the kjv bible should be used(kjv uses formal equivalence(word-for-word translation), except when necessary to add words, and when they do, they put them in italics)

you guys should read what pippen said on his blog about not being able to compare kobe to mj

and it's not b/c he says mj's better; it's the way the rules of the game are compared to back then. it was more physical, harder to score points.

(maybe that's why i was so impressed *and still am* by the pistons being able to hold the lakers to below 70 pts in game 3 of the 2004 finals; it's great to know that in the modern nba era, some teams are still committed to playing exceptional defense, and not just squeezing by with the minimum)

but going back to the subject, don't forget; mj was also one of the best defenders; you exert all that energy on defense, and it's not a surprise that he only topped out at 69. and i believe this was against the celtics, which were really up there on both ends.

ahh, the crux of nba bball; you change the rules so that you can score more and bring in more fans, but now you have more people who just don't "get it." or you leave it as is, but now you're making a lot less money.

makes me wish i actually got into nba bball seriously while i was still in jr high, and not like starting senior year in high school; nbc played a lot more games than abc did, and all those great players were still playing back then. i could've learned a lot more from actually analyzing everything mj and scottie did.

kim clisters vs martina hingis was a great matchup

korean food is like black food asianized

seriously, i've never eaten asian food where almost everything in the menu is in some way doused with hot sauce

something concerning the message bible for you guys to mull over

and i thought this sunday was going to be all about the afc and nfc championships

well, didn't everybody? (my mind was totally in football mode this sunday; big ben is now the 2nd youngest player to make the super bowl, and has made the super bowl in just his 2nd year in the nfl *i think*)

how can you top kobe's 81 in this day and age? i dunno.

but it's funny; ppl watch nights like these, and think that kobe is invincible.

then you watch the games where his team's trailing against great defensive teams, where he gets pissed like he did last night, and then proceeds to hoist roughly the same amount of shots, and none of them fall.

i know that great teams will never do this, and i think that in the future when kobe has a better supporting cast, *hopefully* he doesn't ever do this(or maybe does just to lose so i can mock him and all the laker fans which support him, for thinking this is how you win games); but for the record, right now it is pretty intriguing to just check on espn.com and nba.com occasionally to see him just take off against defensively-weak teams.

keep in mind that if you watched a transcript of the shots he took, almost all of them were in close; a number of them were at the free throw line. only 7 3s were hit for him.

so THAT is why he can't do this stuff against defensive-minded teams; they'll have great big men to contest him when he gets in close, and they'll have great perimeter defenders to prevent him from driving in the 1st place; as a result, he'll have to take a LOT more outside jumpers, which just doesn't fall.

e-Sword - the Sword of the LORD with an electronic edge

simply the best study software for the kjv of the bible. period.

it's free too.

while you can't carry it with you, like on a usb drive, it's simply unbelievable.

for 17 mb, it includes all this and more:

scripture memorization tool
prayer request tool
dictonary and concordance
enables you to markup all over it, with highlighters or to write and save notes on the side
print specific verses
bible reading plan
change fonts and stuff
etc

plus you can download addins on their site like maps and stuff to further enhance it.

it's really great, the problem is that i'm usually not studying the kjv in front of a cpu. when i am on campus, i usually can't use this b/c i'd have to dl and install it, which won't work on the other cpus in the lab, and i can't use it on a usb drive.

but it sure is useful at the apt.

martina hingis must have a really weak serve and smash hit

because everytime i've seen her serve, the sound of the ball bouncing off the court barely sounds at all. no speed.

nevertheless, her all-around game in tennis is astounding.

sorta like roger federer without that (occasional)strong serve.

big ben, the bus, and troy are all too good

bettis just mows over defenders when he runs forward. and he provides excellant additional pass protection for ben during pass plays.

this year's super bowl's gonna be interesting; steelers and seahawks.