Random Thoughts 1/29/09

• 20th Century Fox will be making the next Narnia film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They'll be cutting costs, rewriting scripts, moving production, and generally trying not to kill it like they did Eragon, but at least it's going to be made. Look for it a year from Christmas (2010).
• We've finally hooked up HD television at home which enabled me to watch the KU basketball game (and Cole Aldrich's bloody, broken(?) nose) in glorious high definition. With DirecTV I have something like a hundred high definition channels but the most stunning to me so far is ESPNews. It's the most wonderful information overload I've experienced yet, with three or four things to watch/read at any given moment. Hmmm… mesmorizing.
• Here's the High School Jayhawk Musical, starring Conner Teahan as Zac Efron and the women's volleyball team as… whoever. Good grief.
  
• Herm Edwards, God bless 'im, was hired by ESPN to not make any sense exclusively on their channel. If you've never heard a Herm Edwards press conference, it's something like listening to an enthusiastic five-year-old explain something they like but don't quite understand. President Bush unfortunately had the same likable but confusing trait, though the former President won't be doing political commentary on FOX News (I hope).
• I'm starting a new sermon series next Sunday on Colossians. I'll be trying to cry less this Sunday (it seemed like a lot this last week, didn't it? Awwww-kward).
  
• We're having a Super Bowl watch party at the church this year. We'll have the game on the big screen and lots of food and soda. We'll also have a room with board games and maybe a Wii or something. It should be a lot of fun!
• Will Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley be the next Chiefs head coach?