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After dropping Janet off at the San Jose airport, I picked up a couple of caches on the way home in Milpitas. One was an interesting, hot hike along the Coyote Creek trail and the other in a bush in a restaurant parking lot (it give me a bit of a problem). Michael Vick has plead guilty to being involved in an illegal dogfighting operation. A talented and exciting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Vick’s poor choices may mean he will never play pro football again. In a public statement, Vick took full responsibility for his actions and added, “I’m upset with myself and, you know, through this situation I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God.” Reportedly, a number of Christians are quite skeptical. Frankly, it’s too soon to know whether he’s being truthful, or just saying things for PR value. In the Bible, the book of James lays it out clearly (chapter 2 verses 17 and 18). So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” See, the deal is, if you are going to proclaim faith in Christ, is there enough evidence to convict you? Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks announced exclusive support (sort of) for HD DVD. Turns out they are rumored to be receiving about $150 million from some unknown HD DVD backer (Microsoft says it’s not them, so maybe it’s the HD DVD coalition spearheaded by Toshiba) for this 18 month deal. It’s bad because it prolongs the market indecision over which format will become standard—Blu Ray is commonly thought to be winning in the marketplace, but this will artificially distort that. In the long run this could be costly for the studios (consumers postpone buying until the standard is clear) and definitely is not good for consumers (at least for this consumer). |
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