Pack draft

I truly am struggling with enjoying Ted Thompson. He is the Green Bay Packers General Manager, and he has been ineffective and taken nada in the risk catergory. Green Bay over the past few years, with Thompson in charge, has made abysmal progress.

What has happened?

• He broke up our outstanding offensive line by letting our two pro bowl guards go through free agency
• He let our pro bowl safety go through free agency
• He drafted an over rated QB in our first round of the draft. While I would agree with that pick to an extent, but just because he was available, he didn't NEED to be picked.
• He and our pro bowl wideout got into disagreeable interactions and he had to let him go
• He fired our very capable head coach and hired an unproven man as coach
• Green bay continued to have plenty of salary cap room and he let more proven players go. A linebacker, center, and kicker
• His drafts have also been uneventful. He did draft A.J. Hawk...DUH, the pick to make.
• This year, he drafted an un-needed DT in the first round. Totally unneeded.

We did fill our need at running back, but that was in the third round and the late round picks were all fairly useless. I believe we deserve a D for the draft grade. PLUS...no aggression in free agency despite a massive amount of cap room.

3 days and one hour

So here at the U, as I like to call it, there are 3 days of classes left. On top of that, I have one more hour of class on this Friday. Then I will be headed to sweet sweet funness for the weekend. Jennee and I are going up to her family's lakehouse with her parents. That should be fun, to just chill after a busy as all get out week. And then I'm going to Busch to watch the Cubs and Cardinals duke it out on Sunday. What a good weekend before school ends.

It kinda reminds me of the times of fasting followed by times of feasting. I had to bust my butt this week in school, but it feels so good to take a load off. Whether it be goofing off, or knowing that there is no more homework due...except for heat transfer....:-\. Finals are around the corner. At this point two weeks from now, I will have been done with 2/3 of my undergrad. Wicked!

Then I'll be in Colorado again for a summer. It seems a world and a decade away. At times I don't want to think about it. I have plenty of support raising left to do as I am at around 55% of my final goal. That is awesome, but I'm worried that support raising is going to take a bulk of my time.


I truly don't know if many peeps read this now (I hope more will soon, as I hope to write about my experiences in Colorado), but if you are one of the people that reads it, I need prayer to finish my support raising. I also need names. This is weird, but easy to do over online. Of course it becomes everybody's ask, and everybody thinks somebody else will supply. I need the names of people willing to hear my story and willing to support my cause in building my ministry. If you know people, if you ARE those people, my email address is available on this site. Don't be afraid to step out and email me. I think it's amazing when things like that occur and God seemingly pushes you. Don't deny that push.

I also need prayer as I just struggle through life, of course we all do, but I'm now asking for it from you all. Thanks, and God bless.

Va Tech

What an intense world we live in. As if that wasn't obvious, it sometimes takes a kick in the face to realize it. And boy, for those involved, what a kick in the face. These pictures speak I think far more than I could about the reactions of people involved.

Slideshow

Right now, the University of Illinois is having students push for an emergency text message system to tell about these types of crimes right after they happen so they can prepare for any followup. It's an interesting topic.

I dunno, I know God is in this somewhere...it's just hard to say what he's doing, how he's working, etc. Of course, it might seem that his professed followers have different perspectives about what he's exactly doing...WOW.