Back to WoW

Well it has been some time since I have updated ye old blogg so here goes a coffee induced attempt to let you know what has been going on.

After months of playing LotRO and really loving it I hit the MMORPG brick wall.  Ealdor was 50, Kilii is 45 and there was no way left to do anything solo.  The only thing left was grind for rep, which I had managed to get the highest rep for the dwarfs only to find nothing new opened up, or grind for traits and titles.  As much as I love the game the "fun" aspect had worn off.

So, one weekend while sort of bored and down and out I picked up wow again just to see how it felt to play again.  To be honest I messed around with a geek project to play on a private server at home.  It was then that I realized that even though I left a 70 hunter, a 48 pally, and a 50 mage behind in the past, even deleted them, that I still had not seen nearly 1/16th of the content that the World of Warcraft has in it.

So, after taking a drive to town with Tan I popped the question.  "What do you think if we try playing wow again hun?"  At first she was not to interested in it, but when we talked about the fact we where loosing the "fun" aspect of LotRO she agreed.   That night we rolled new characters on The Scryers, a west coast RP realm.  It was fun again, and as it turns out some of our kinship members in LotRO where feeling the same way as we where and they moved back to wow as well.

We where having fun again.  But something was missing.  Those characters that I spent a lot of time leveling.  The ones that when I left wow to never come back I had striped of all items, sold to a vendor and given the gold to our remaining guild members.  The same ones I deleted where gone.  I took a stab in the dark and sent an email to blizzard seeing if it where possible to undelete them.  Now mind you this has been several months.  I figured I would get a reply that said no and would just level my new version of Valimonde, my paladin that I rolled after BC came out.  What I got instead was a reply that they have been restored, however any gear that they had in the past and did not currently have on them during the state of deletion could not be recovered.  I was very excited.

I transferred them over to our new home and have been busy leveling my main, Valimonde, 48 when he arrived on The Scryers, naked with no armor or weapon, and only his mount and hearthstone to his name.  I managed to level him up and get him through the portal into outland where he has been able to shine.  Hes now 54, nearly 55 and decked out in some great gear.  He has 3 armor sets to chose from now, its that insane out here.

Early on we formed Redeemed on this new realm and have made some WONDERFUL new friends.  In do time I hope that we are able together to hit some of the great content having a ball on Vent as we do, but keeping real life in perspective.

So, I still own a lifetime sub to LotRO, and I hope that with a major expansion to go back, but for now it looks like World of Warcrack, I mean craft *smile*  is where I will find time spent with good friends and fun times.

*A side note for a good friend*

Mouse, we miss you and can not wait for your arrival.  We are praying for you and support you.  The door to home is open and a bowl of soup is on the table.

Last.fm Removed from PastorPlayz

Hmm, I woke up very early this morning while at my mom and dad's house in Fresno. Tanya and I had come down to pick up our girls after a week at the Grandparents house. I log onto the blog to listen to some music while wanting to get some reading done. I head right to my Last.FM player on the blog. Press go and WHAT? Lindsey lohan? GIVE ME A BREAK, thats not music. . .

For those of you that don't know, Last.FM is a site where you able to listen to music that you like.  First thing is to download the little applet that will watch the tunes you play on your computer using iTunes or any other media player.  Last.FM then collects that info and makes a playlist and chart of what you like.  Eventually it will be able to build a radio station of songs you like, or songs from people with similar tastes as you.  Well, that is how it used to work.

So this morning I expected to hear some of my favorite songs but instead its giving me stuff that I would never listen to.  I'm not sure what is happening.  Either there is some problem with all the heat that has been put on Internet Radio stations of late or the suggestion software algorithm has gone completely stupid.  So, for now I have taken it down.

I will get to the bottom of this :)

A little tired of WTF ussage!

Pet-peeve department:  I don't know about you but I am really getting tired of seeing the term "WTF" become a mainstream acronym.  Now mind you I am not a prude but I think our language in today's day has moved beyond the point of using a swear word as a means of expressing ourselves.

There is no difference in using the letters WTF than saying "What the ______"  You get the point.  And my point is stop.  There is no need to be vulgarer just because you think its cool, everyone is doing it, shoot John C. Dvorak is using it in his headlines everyday.

That does not make it right, it just means we are being conformists.  Conforming to what we think is the norm from people who can not communicate is a waste of our time. In Romans 12:2 Paul tells us not to conform to the world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

So, enough with using WTF.  Lets have some class and represent.  :)

Nothing new to see here. Ok, maybe a little.

Ok, just got home from Fresno and thought I would post something. Tanya and I left the girls with my parents and we are concentrating on getting some ministry stuff put together as well as leveling our characters in LotRO.

Here is a screeshot of Tanya's Guardian at level 45.

If you are interested in joining us in playing a great online game, Lord of the Rings Online, then drop me a comment and we can help you get set up.

I will be posting more in the next couple of days. I have found some great resources out there for churches and individuals to help in there day to day life in the Lord.

MESSAGE: God's Word

Authority. Who, or what is our authority?Believers have but one authority, and that is the Word of God, the Bible.We must understand just how important God's Word is in our lives.

WHERE DID GOD'S WORD COME FROM?

"All Scripture is God–breathed . . ." 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)

". . . no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God." (2 Peter 1:21)

WHAT USE IS GOD'S WORD TO ME?


God's word is profitable for

• Teaching (Doctrine)


• Rebuking (Reproof)


• Correction


• Training in righteousness

(1 Timothy 3:16 & Romans 15:4)

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF GOD'S WORD?

"so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:17 (HCSB)

" For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope." Romans 15:4 (HCSB)

The purpose of God's Word is to help you become equipped to live a productive life and serve him.

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Worship Matters: Let Your Kingdom Come MP3

Worship Matters: Let Your Kingdom Come MP3

I am always on the lookout for new music to use in our worship services.

I have been subsribed to the Worship Matters RSS feed for a couple of weeks and today I found this wonderful free download.

Head over and see if this will work for your service.