Ok – a few random notes.

First – is it ok that I REALLY want to see Clint Eastwood’s upcoming movie Gran Torino? I just watched the trailer and must confess it looks like the old days of Dirty Harry. I can’t help but think that there’s a twist to this one though. Eastwood is really a brilliant actor/director. The trailer is here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/grantorino/large.html

Second – Caleb (my youngest son) and I were playing with a superball outside church today when he bent down and picked something up. He came to me holding a bolt and he said in complete seriousness "hey dad, look what I found, I think it’s either a wallace or a grommit." Classic.

Third – My Christmas Dream list has grown ridiculously worldly and currently includes the following:

– Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
– Fable 2 (Xbox 360)
– Bioshock 2 (Xbox 360)
– Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
– Mario Kart (Wii)
– Batman: The Dark Knight (DVD)
– The Incredible Hulk (DVD)
– the new Kindle from Amazon
– Soviet Kitsch, Regina Spekor CD

If it helps balance things out I also want The Archeological Study Bible from Zondervan and the complete New International Commentary of the Old Testament and New International Commentary of the New Testament.