Man, sometimes Previous Bryan is an idiot.

He constantly forgets to take down important information, doesn’t save multiple versions of files, he procrastinates, and he’s completely incapable of laying off the cheeseburgers.

Sometimes he’s taken care of me, though. He leaves me notes occasionally, and he has left money in my pockets a few times…

My goal is to become a better Previous Bryan for Future Bryan. Hopefully he’ll thank me for it.

This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time, and maybe it’s just because I know him, but I don’t think so.

Brennin Hunt, a good friend and amazing singer/songwriter who now lives in Nashville, entered a video into Ellen’s “Bathroom concert series.”

She picked him, and her response is hilarious.

As you can see, he’s an incredible vocalist. You should check out his stuff. Even better, send a note to Ellen voting for him so she can fly him out to the show to sing a duet for some great exposure.

Dear blog,

I’m so sorry.

I finally jumped on the Twitter bus a while ago, after refusing for so long (because, really, who wants to know what little ol’ me is up to every hour?) and, of course, I love it. I feel more connected to friends I don’t see every day, and it’s bailed me out of a couple of jams (like needing to find speaker stands a couple of hours before a gig – thanks @katycarris).

But the one serious side effect has been that I have neglected you, my dear blog. Found something great that I want to share with everyone? I’ll just toss the link up on Twitter. Same with stuff I’m working on, interesting things that happen throughout the day, etc.

But I’m realizing the void that’s been left. Twitter can never replace you. First, you listen – much longer than Twitter’s 140-character attention span. Second, you remember – I can’t count on my thoughts lasting more than a couple of hours with Twitter before they’re completely forgotten.

So, consider this my apology. I’m coming back to you, baby.

You can still follow me on twitter (@bryansclark) for those quick thoughts, though.

What more is there to say?

Why, oh why, do we come up with these things?

Following the success of last year’s “No-Shave November” event, the guys on the LifeChurch.tv “Bling” (Media Design) team have decided to up the ante this year with “Stache-tember.” Yeah, the name doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, but it’s the best we’ve got (though I wanted to use “monthstache” somehow).

Anyway, the short story is: we’re all growing moustaches.

This year, we’re inviting all to participate. Let us join together in this blessed celebration of life and hair growth.

Beginning today, Sept 2 (since we were all gone for Labor Day) there is but one rule: “thine hair on thine upper lip shall remain untouched by thine razor.” It shall be one moustache, multiple faces – a beautiful display of camaraderie and unity. Our collective moustache will be revealed at the staff October Event in all its glory, and then here for all to see.

The only downside: we’ll all have moustaches.

This is by no means breaking news, but I’m finding more and more people who don’t know anything about it. So, let me just take a second to tell you why I think you should be using iGoogle as your browser’s home page.

iGoogle is just Google’s way of letting you put all of your favorite information directly on your internet browser’s start page so you don’t have to get it all from multiple locations. Just sign in with your gmail account or create a new one. Here’s why it’s great:

Reason 1: Google Reader.
Google Reader is an RSS reader, which basically just means this:
Every time I post something to my blog, you can see it immediately. Case closed. Sign up now.

Ok, maybe that’s not much of a reason, but you know all those blogs/sites that your friends or family members or favorite bands/celebrities/directors/companies/magazines have? Every new post will appear right on your home page as a clickable headline, so you don’t have to try to remember to check in (and miss 6 months of posts before you remember).

Reason 2: Gmail Inbox
This was the first thing that made me start using iGoogle, and – even though I don’t actually have it on my page anymore – it’s awesome. Every new email will show up on your home page as a link. Don’t worry about missing an email, because you’ll see it when you log on to search for that video clip or kill a few hours browsing strangers’ myspace/facebook pics (my wife does this, I totally don’t get it).

Reason 3: the Add-Ons
This is where it REALLY gets cool. TONS of apps are created specifically to bring your favorite stuff to iGoogle, so you can go crazy with customization. You can add things like YouTube videos, Twitter, weather, movie times, news ,comics, even Pac-Man.

Here’s what my page looks like:

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The bottom line: it saves a ton of time and keeps you up to date. Give it a shot.

Today I am officially old. Time to trade in all my ripped up jeans and Chucks for Dockers and loafers.

Here are a few things that were happening when I was born, 30 years ago:

Grease and Animal House were being released in theaters. Star Wars was still new.
The Blues Brothers had just made their 1st appearance on Sat Night Live.
The Bee Gees dominated the charts with Saturday Night Fever.
Space Invaders launched a craze for computer video games.
Average Cost of new house = $54,800.00
Average Income per year = $17,000.00
Average Monthly Rent = $260.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas = $0.63 (this one hurts)

And….commercials were awesome:

Today, I saw the most disturbing thing I’ve seen in a long time.

I watched my neighbors as their 2-year-old almost died in their arms.

Please, please, if you’re a parent, don’t let your young kids into a hot tub.  My neighbors did, and the boy’s temperature shot up so high he began seizing, stopped breathing for an insanely long time, turned blue and went limp.

I will never be able to get that image out of my head. I thought he was dead.
I’m actually having trouble sleeping because of it (okay, so I was already an insomniac, but it is keeping me up).

Thankfully, the rescue team was faster than I thought possible (I was the one who had to call 911, and I sincerely thought that it was too late) and the baby’s okay (with a bit of help from our friend Randy Sanders’ dad, one of the first to respond), but without them, he surely wouldn’t be.

So hug your kids a little tighter today, and keep them away from hot tubs.
I’m going to go watch Noah sleep.
-bc

Some people around me might remember hearing me refer to a “geyser” exploding in my front yard early one Saturday morning. I’m sure many of them chalked it up to my tendency to exaggerate stories for comedic effect, but this time, my friends: no exaggeration. I just dug up the proof.

Oh well, I don’t live there anymore