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Imagine 1000 songs on an iPod smaller than a key. Plus, it talks to you! That’s right, who needs an LCD screen when you can press a button and have the song, playlist & artist information spoken to you. Very cool feature.
The iPod shuffle can be ordered online from Apple for $79. For more information, check out the Apple Shuffle page.
A little over a year ago I attended Gateway Church with some friends who’d recently relocated to Dallas from Poplar Bluff. Setting the worshipful tone of the morning’s service included a young, female worship leader named Kari Jobe.
I had just concluded a lecture-ette, warning my children not to believe that anything said or done on the iCarly show (or any TV show for that matter) resembled reality. “Try talking to your boss disrespectfully some day and see if your real life ‘audience’ cheers you on like that! No. You will end up on the street with your little box of office knickknacks.”
I have been introducing my boys to FBB (Flicks Before Birth) over the past year. Rediscovering some of my favorites movies has been great family fun. The other night we were watching Men In Black and I heard a quote that I missed the first time I watched this movie (I was probably getting a popcorn refill at the time). Agent K, Tommy Lee Jones, was filling in Will Smith’s character about the existence of aliens on planet earth:
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Still looking for a great way to bring in the New Year? The music of Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Christopher Cross and a number of other artists will be performed by Toni Becker, Pat Hunt (from Houston, Tx), Tim Hicks, Becca Hunt and Brian Becker.
The cover charge of $20 will include party favors and bubbly at the midnight hour. Come early for dinner and bring the new year in with a tasty meal.
This is going to be the best music in Poplar Bluff, so make your way to the New Years Eve Party at the Wine Rack!
After seeing the trailer for Bill Maher’s new movie, Religulous, my initial reaction was similar to the way I feel when someone messes with my kids: protective; defensive. First, I didn’t want to see the movie at all, but then I decided to go and just see where Mr. Maher was heading with this. I know that Maher is a comedian, an equal opportunity mocker, so I assumed that my spiritual convictions were going to be irreverently trampled underfoot.
“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace; two are a law firm; and three or more become a congress.”
—John Adams, “1776″
Don’t be fooled by the subject matter; this play, under Stage Company perennial Ron Gilliland’s deft direction, offers laugh-out-loud moments throughout—and even a generous dollop of romance, to boot!
But for now, picture the genteel, the be-wigged, the be-stockinged, 
the deeply annoyed and the highly nervous coming together from all over the land to chart a course for a new kind of political entity. Of course you’ve worked out the play’s title year and its significance; well, physically, the action in 1776 is set almost entirely inside chambers of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where delegates representing the 13 original U.S. colonies are battling it out—figuratively and musically, for the most part—to advance their positions on the advantages and disadvantages of independent rule.
From TVWeek:
President Bush is reopening the fight over government support of public television, unveiling a 2007 government fiscal year budget that would cut federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by nearly 25 percent.
A spokeswoman for PBS said that the cuts would be “disastrous” for public TV stations.
“For PBS, it could mean the end of our ability to support some of the most treasured educational children’s series and primetime icons to which CPB funding contributes,” said Lea Sloan, VP-communications.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced yesterday that iTunes Music Store will now be carrying movies from Disney, Pixar, Miramax and Touchstone Pictures. The movies will be viewable from iTunes, as well as video capable iPods.
From Apple News:
Apple today announced iTunes 7, delivering stunning new features such as the new album and Cover Flow views of music, TV shows and movies. In addition, the iTunes Store is now offering over 75 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films, which customers can purchase and download to watch on their computers and iPods, and soon on their flat screen televisions with Apple’s upcoming iTV player. [Sep 12, 2006]
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TONI BECKER’S NEW CD IS SHIPPING!!!
That’s right, Toni’s new CD is now shipping and you can order it online at http://shop.ToniBecker.com.