Who did not get an Olympic medal? The creators of the themed-ads we all saw during this year's Olympics. One of my favorites was the VISA commercial where Morgan Freeman congratulates Michael Phelps on winning the most gold medals of anyone - ever. It may be because I like anything where Morgan Freeman speaks. He is definitely my new James Earl Jones.
Fourth Place Medals determined the best Olympic commercial and awarded it to this one:
Nike's ad depicts the various images of life on the way to Olympic glory are complimented by the Killers' song "All These Things That I Have Done."
What was your favorite? What was the worst?
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Fourth Place Medals determined the best Olympic commercial and awarded it to this one:
Nike's ad depicts the various images of life on the way to Olympic glory are complimented by the Killers' song "All These Things That I Have Done."
What was your favorite? What was the worst?
Click here to visit the FPM page.
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What do you do when you've been deemed "The Greatest?" Michael Phelps has won 8 gold medals in Beijing, broken every record and is being upheld as the greatest olympian ever!
Is there room for improvement? Phelps seems to be handling these moments with humility. I've even heard him comment in interviews that "he did not feel he did his personal best." Wha? You just won the gold medal! Um, actually 8 of them... bringing your total to 14?
I've never been deemed 'the best' or 'the greatest' but it makes me wonder how I'd handle myself if I were.
How about you? When you are at the 'top of your game' (according to your audience, congregants, peers) do you still feel like there is room for improvement? or do you become complacent with your current status and not provide your personal best?
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I warned Jason Curlee... "...if you challenge me to join the March Madness tourney I will probably WIN it!"
The last time I was challenged I did so.
Currently, I hold SECOND PLACE. Early on I held 7th place, then I didn't place at all and now after choosing the Final Four I have left my competition in the dust and I've taken SECOND... and if North Carolina and Memphis go down I will officially WIN this thing.
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I realize I may totally tune my blog audience out with this one but I must get this out. However, if you stick with me you may get a nugget or two out of this.
I am a pro-wrestling fan as many of you know and have been for years. Last night I watched the career of "The Nature Boy" (Ric Flair) come to an end at Wrestlemania.
I was stunned.
I guess I did not see it happening. I mean, Ric Flair retire? He is like many of us leaders who will probably never say die. We'll be in this thing called ministry until we draw our last breath.
On Saturday evening he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Ok, that could have been my first clue. However, I still did not see it coming.
He was to wrestle Shawn Michaels (my personal favorite, who I actually met two years ago!) in a career-threatening match. (The Chairman, Vince, made a stipulation that if Ric lost, his career would end.) Ok, that should have been my second clue. There were about 35.7 more clues along the way but again... never saw it coming.
The match was incredible. Shawn and Ric both delivered the best matches of their careers... and thats how Ric wanted it.
In the very last moment of the match Shawn was to deliver his finishing move and he said to Ric "I'm sorry. I love you" dropped Ric with a super-kick (aka "sweet chin music") and pinned him.
In reflection I thought "There is no better way to go. He entered the Hall of Fame and wrestled one of his best friends on the biggest stage of them all." Wow.
This actually made me think about how I want to finish my career. What legacy do I want to leave? If I were to write my own E-True Hollywood Story how would it conclude? I know some of you reading this blog post may be decades away from finishing, but thinking about the end is certainly in order here.
I definitely want to be still working for the Lord in my final years. I want to be serving Christ in some capacity (who knows what that'll look like at the time) and it would be incredible to be serving alongside my best friends.
How do you want to finish?
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Ok... out of 12 games so far, I've picked 10 of 12 teams correctly in my personal March Madness challenge. Bummer. I thought I had these nailed.
I picked Kentucky to win over Marquette. That didn't happen. I love Kentucky. I would have picked them to win it all this year, but its not their year. I picked Kansas to go all the way. I also picked Kent St to whip UNLV, another incorrect choice.
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Check the FOX Scoreboard here to see what games have gone down so far.
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Jason Curlee challenged me in his post to join his March Madness Tournament. I don't think he wants any of me. The last time someone challenged me to a Madness Bracket Tourney I ended up winning the entire thing! Ok Curlee... DEAL.
If you want to get in on the action, leave a comment with your email or email me and I'll make sure you get the details to join.
It all begins on Thursday, March 20 - so don't delay, sign up today. The winner gets bragging rights. To visit our group's standings online click here.
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Super Bowl Highlights from Twitter.
for all the Patriots who were talking smack to me... THAT just happened! (4 minutes ago from web)
woooooo! (about 1 hour ago from txt)
etrade commercial rocked. giants lead! whoooo! (about 2 hours ago from txt)
troy aikmen is like a natural commentator. i'm impressed. (about 3 hours ago from txt)
i did like "free falling." what a classic. (about 3 hours ago from txt)
can we FF past the half time show? (about 3 hours ago from txt)
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I was trying to recall the Super Bowl Entertainment history tonight with a friend and could not remember anything beyond last year. Well, except for that Janet Jackson boob accident in 2003... but we won't go there.
I remembered a performance by Sting (Love him!). One by Shania (Ok, ok). And, of course, U2 (Wow!). But what year? Then I found the entertainment history chronicled here.
This year Jordan Sparks (American Idol) performs the National Anthem, Ryan Seacrest is scheduled to host the pregame and the half time show features Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, The Eagles and Bruce Springsteen. That's a pretty good line-up. What do you think? Who would you like to have seen?
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... I would have lost my money tonight.
I really thought the Packers would have taken down the Giants this evening, but Eli Manning apparently wanted to go to the Super Bowl THIS year since his brother was there LAST year.
The Giants just won the game against the Packers in overtime 23-20.
Sorry, but I'm not really thrilled the Patriots are in the Super Bowl.
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I must give a shout-out to my Tigers for pulling out a victory on Saturday over the Gamecocks.
I always watching these two rivals play.
Boy, it was close too! In the last 3 seconds of the game the Tigers scored with a game-winning field goal, defeating the Gamecocks 23-21 and leaving Gamecocks Coach Spurrier with the longest losing streak of his college career. Of course, if you know me, I don't pin every win and loss on the coach. I don't think its fair.
Good job Tigers! Hopefully, you'll head to a bowl.
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