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I watched the old Bourne Identity and not to be a loser, but I liked it a lot better than the Matt Damon one. They're just very different. The old one closely resembles the book. That trilogy are some of my favorite books ever! For days after the movie, I felt like I was in the middle of reading a Ludlum novel and had to remind myself that it was just a movie I'd seen. The movie was made in the late 80's, which I think is probably best because the book was written somewhere around 1980, so all the technology would've been nearly the same. If you make that movie now, there's no way that you'll stay true to a book from 30 years ago because how are you going to make a modern movie without cells phones and computers and high-tech stuffs?  Plus, the old version is 3 hours, and that's good. That's how you know there's lots of plot!
      I don't get the hype about the iPad. Explain it to me. It's not even as good as an iPhone! It's a big iTouch. It's not even as functional as a netbook! I seriously don't understand why anyone needs or even wants one of these things! It's all gimmick! Who wants something that can only run one application at a time? How helpful is that? But, this is typical Apple. They release something new and innovative, everyone will go and buy it, then 6 months later they'll release a slightly better version with the functions they forgot in the first model. Mark my words! By the end of the year, I'm sure there will be a newer iPad with a camera, maybe a speakerphone, possibly GPS or a word-processing app or something like that. They purposefully leave that simple stuff out of the first release so that everyone will have to go buy a new one, even if they already have the old one. They did the exact same thing with the iPhone. Ask Eli! He had to go buy the newest one not long after he'd bought the first one because they'd improved it so much. They do the same thing with their computers and other hardware. It's a genius scam!
      My favorite part of the Easter story is when the curtain separating the holy of holies gets torn in the temple. That's such a small little detail of the story that often gets overlooked, but the symbolism and ramifications are HUGE! AH!! I love that!! I love seeing the sacrificial system done away with once and for all. He's no longer accepting sacrifices. oh my sweet mercy! That sacrificial system was such a beast. It's like this tidal wave of grace, blew in and swept it all away instantly! So not only do we don't have to go through that whole process, but we can go directly to God ourselves! HE is our high priest! BAM! that's freaking awesome! We don't have to rely on someone else, we don't have to rely on our holiness or their holiness, we don't have to make amends for all the things we've done wrong. He has paid it all and we can talk directly to Him. We're already covered! No more sacrifices. Not that we don't try. It still seems to be a part of our evangelical mindset, but it shouldn't be! HE is our once-and-for-all sacrifice. I'm not sure we'll ever grasp how truly powerful and humbling that is!
  I think I wanted to tell you something else as well. If I remember, I'll probably tell you later. My mind is on baseball and the ranch, so I can't really concentrate. I just want to drive down to the ranch and make the rest of the world go away for a while. or forever. umm.....dang....I wish I could remember what awesome thing I wanted to tell you.
Eat your veggies and drink your soda!
-J